January 25-28, 2008: Sorrento - A Tale Of Ii Breakfasts, Ii Slices As Well As Besides Piffling Indian

Michael in addition to I took wages of the long weekend to brand our kickoff see to the Mornington Peninsula, nabbing an overpriced room inward Sorrento. There were walks in addition to swims in addition to ferry trips but we're all hither for the food, right? Without anything to a greater extent than than a kettle inward our room nosotros were eating every repast out. Here are roughly highlights.

(Update 31/12/2014: Sunny Side Up is straightaway closed)

Breakfast release 1 was at Sunny Side Up. This cafe was but our means - casual in addition to beachy alongside smiling, friendly waitresses. Michael gobbled downward a plate of rustic beans alongside parmesan cheese, basil in addition to poached eggs ($15), spell I kicked off the weekend alongside Bircher muesli ( $10). It was a corking Bircher, alongside finely diced fresh apple tree in addition to orangish to lighten upward the oats in addition to strawberries in addition to almonds sprinkled liberally on top.

It became speedily apparent that the Continental Hotel had a repast for every occasion, should nosotros desire it. We kickoff visited for a dejeuner of bread, dips in addition to salad in addition to also returned for our concluding Sorrento breakfast. The bill of fare was a flake meat-heavy, but at that spot were no problems altering the touchstone dishes to our preferences. Michael's greenish eggs in addition to ham omelette ($17) was a cast-iron pan of cheesy spinach-y eggs; I ordered my Danish waffle stack ($14) without bacon. The "what the...?" instant of the weekend arrived alongside my waffles, which were garnished alongside chives. I gauge they were supposed to heighten the master sweet/savoury combination of maple syrup in addition to bacon - I'm non convinced that that'd work, in addition to it was downright weird alongside but the fruit in addition to syrup. I didn't intend the mashing of the banana was genuinely necessary either, what alongside me withal having teeth. Oddities aside, the waffles themselves were fantastic, in addition to avoiding the chives was a pocket-size cost to pay.

does a fairly hateful vanilla piece of its own (pictured left). In a head-to-head battle, I'd selection it too. While the pastry wasn't every bit flaky, the theater flavourful custard genuinely won me over, in addition to the squeeze of berry coulis was the perfect tangy garnish to offset it. I'm non going to deem it Sorrento's best - for starters, I don't desire to tread on anybody else's turf. Besides, at that spot are i or 2 other untested bakeries on Ocean Beach Road that create their ain version.

(Update, 31/12/2014: Let's Go Greek is straightaway closed)

I failed to laid upward the VCR earlier nosotros left home, in addition to on Lord's Day black it was fourth dimension to i time to a greater extent than brand a vocal in addition to trip the lite fantastic close Bollywood on SBS. Unfortunately nosotros couldn't locate whatever nearby Indian restaurants for dinner. International dining was express to the Chinaman's Hat in addition to Let's Go Greek in addition to then nosotros went Greek. Actually, nosotros kickoff visited the Continental Hotel yet i time to a greater extent than for a cocktail. Strangely the bar that'll plow over yous breakfast, lunch, dinner in addition to dessert isn't genuinely that interested inward cocktails, though i of their lovely ladies whipped upward something berry-flavoured in addition to strong for $15 apiece. If alone we'd known that Let's Go Greek had a cocktail menu, in addition to it was a lot cheaper! Nevertheless, nosotros took wages of their Vegetarian Feast ($20.50). The spanakopita was cheesy-delicious in addition to I don't desire to, but I'm gonna tell it: these lemon potatoes kicked the arse of the bowlful nosotros received at the Press Club. Tender inside, caramelised in addition to super-tangy on the out. So good!

Sorrento wasn't a perfect represent for us. (Sorrento's perfect represent seems to survive a span of empty nesters inward a argent 4WD alongside a penchant for seafood in addition to designer chutney.) Nevertheless, at that spot was enough for us to bask over our few days there. Best of all, the beach walks don't cost a cent.