July 27, 2010: Gertrude Street Grub - Sonido

For years I've watched enviously spell local bloggers amongst their fingers on the pulse rush out timely reviews of newly opened eateries, earning themselves kudos together with links equally far equally the optic tin see. So when I noticed a novel cafe taking cast correct most my function I started taking the photographic tv set camera to function amongst me every twenty-four hours so I could pounce together with bring together this band of organised together with well-connected food-hounds.

Sonido taunted me - opening a few weekends to exam the waters together with so remaining resolutely unopen for weeks at a fourth dimension (for a spell I idea it was called 'Cerrado', which is genuinely Castilian for 'Closed'). Finally final calendar week they threw their doors opened upwards for the workday trade, together with I was quick to investigate.


Sonido is run past times a friendly Colombian duo, who've spent a lot of fourth dimension plumbing equipment out what was basically a blank component subdivision infinite into a cute together with welcoming picayune cafe. They brand delicious coffee, offering a discount for those who select their ain cups instead of using the disposable takeaway cups together with they conduct maintain a pocket-size make of tasty looking sweets (including a gluten-free apple-crumble muffin that received a rave review from a coeliac colleague).

The dejeuner carte du jour is brusk together with focuses on Colombian specialities: empanadas together with arepas. At the fourth dimension of my see they were even so ramping upwards their range, together with the beany empanadas I had my pump assail were non yet available. There were even so a few vego options, together with afterwards to a greater extent than or less consideration I settled on a breakfast theme, going amongst a huevos arepa ($9.50). The arepas are all corn-based together with hence gluten-free (although unfortunately, K, there's non a lot of vegan-friendly activity at this point), together with for a distich of bucks extra come upwards amongst a tasty picayune side salad.

This was a tasty lunch, although it genuinely would brand to a greater extent than feel equally a breakfast. The picayune tortillas are corny together with delicious together with the topping was light, fluffy together with good seasoned. I in all likelihood should conduct maintain drummed upwards to a greater extent than or less hot sauce to laissez passer on it a picayune kick, but at that spot was aught sitting on the tabular array together with my laziness trumped past times wishing for spice.

Sonido is a fantastic add-on to the frighteningly gentrified Nicholson Street halt of Gertrude Street - there's fifty-fifty utter that they'll larn a liquor licence before long so that they tin create dinners together with drinks, which may occasionally tempt us away from Radio equally our after-work drinks venue of choice. For straightaway they're focussing on nutrient together with coffee, together with they've got a rattling receptive audience of locals hoping that they succeed.

Address: 69 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Ph: ? (this is the cost of beingness showtime to review but hopeless amongst details)
Price: $7 - $11
Website: http://sonido.com.au/