January 9, 2011: Monk Bodhi Dharma Ii

The view of Melbourne ex-pat in addition to vegan twitter fiend Not Josh to our fine metropolis prompted K from In the Mood for Noodles to conform a brunch veg*n twitter meet-up at Monk Bodhi Dharma. Luckily, alone K & Toby, Cindy in addition to I in addition to Josh joined inwards - whatever to a greater extent than in addition to we'd accept been hard-pressed to squelch into the tiny infinite that MBD occupies.

Having tried the much-raved-about French toast final time, Cindy opted for 1 of their other sugariness options - the Dharma Banana ($9), warmed house-made banana bread, served alongside lemon ricotta. This was a reasonable version of banana breadstuff but everything was very, really sweet, pregnant this didn't quite alive upwards to the standards of the French toast.

I couldn't resist the specials board, going for the Balinese soup, alongside viscid rice in addition to chilli jam, sweetcorn in addition to lemongrass ($14.50).

This was outstanding - peculiarly alongside bonus chilli jam from Toby. The soup had a prissy lemongrass flavour, some sweetness from the corn in addition to a delicious oily slick of chilli all through it. The viscid rice was a prissy improver - giving the dish plenty essence to fill upwards me upwards in addition to providing a fleck of textural variety.

Monk Bodhi Dharma accept shot towards the function past times of my brekkie listing - it's dandy to accept a veg-place that focuses on brunch nutrient in addition to serves dandy coffees in addition to teas. I'm pretty certain Josh went dorsum to Vancouver wishing that MBD had a North American branch.

Read almost our get-go view to MBD here.

Since nosotros visited inwards November, Monk Bodhi Dharma has been given the thumbs upwards past times In the Mood for Noodles, Veg inwards the west, Tenth Day Roasters, Nutmeg's Cafe, A niggling blood-red ribbon.