June 12, 2010: Plush Pizza Ii

comments on our previous Plush pizza post, I got a clear message that I needed to essay the Ben Special ($17) - "pesto, push mushrooms, ruddy onion, sliced roma tomato plant together with a calorie-free sprinkle of our hot spice blend. Garnished amongst slices of fresh avocado, cracked pepper together with a splash of balsamic vinegar". While I didn't alternative upwards on the pesto, spices or balsamic vinegar every 2nd I ate, this actually worked! The thinly-sliced avocado was a wonderful creamy alternative to melted cheese, together with I ever mean value it's the perfect partner for mushrooms.

I actually dig what Plush Pizza puts out - bucketloads of veges, flavor together with satisfaction without the oily, doughy ball of regret that takeaway pizza tin live on out inwards your tummy for hours afterwards.

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You tin read virtually our previous catch to Plush Pizza here.

Edit 10/07/11: Sadly, Plush Pizza has shut - Melbourne veg community volition missy it terribly.

October 16, 2010: Plush Pizza Iii

Fiona recommended to us. Unlike your typical potato-thins-and-rosemary pizza, this 1 has perfectly tender roast tater inward chunks, the obligatory rosemary, cerise onion together with chives (there's also mozzarella together with sour cream on the non-vegan version). It's really prissy indeed, though 1 of the less bold options.

Chunky pizza 1 time to a greater extent than ($18.50) - I all the same can't quite believe that pickles together with canned pineapple tin function together with then good on a pizza!

Toby allow me inward on the hole-and-corner to a vegan-friendly Barbecue pizza ($15) - accept the honey-riddled barbecue sauce replaced alongside mustard. I was a big, large fan of the original together with a mite skeptical but, heck, this was all the same amazing.

still non much hint of the promised spices, but mushrooms together with avocado tin produce nix incorrect inward my eyes.

comes recommended yesteryear Bec) - the sparse layer of satay sauce is topped alongside push mushrooms, cerise onion, roast zucchini, fried tofu, fresh coriander together with sesame seeds ($16). It's non every bit good gluggy together with or together with then other perfectly complementary ready of flavours.

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This year, Plush has also been blogged yesteryear Vegan About Town (five times!), Seismic Change, In The Mood For Noodles together with Cupcake Kitteh.

Porgie Together With Mr Jones

September 24, 2011

Cindy in addition to I normally function along our breakfasting out pretty about home. Being car-less in addition to hungry agency that a long journeying for brekkie is probable to terminate inwards grumpiness in addition to impatience rather than repose in addition to contentment. This explains the iii years it has taken us to brand our way out to Hawthorn to endeavor out 1 of Melbourne's most raved well-nigh cafes: Porgie in addition to Mr Jones. Thankfully, the buzz has died downwardly a chip over that menstruation (in business office due to the ongoing expansion of the P&MJ empire), pregnant that nosotros didn't direct maintain to expect for a table, a fact that made me in addition to my caffeine addiction real happy indeed.

Porigie in addition to Mr Jones expands TARDIS-like from a fashionable front end expanse into 2 big dorsum rooms decked out inwards a to a greater extent than homely fashion, in addition to a courtyard beyond the kitchen.

The white tablecloths hand things a fancier experience than I yell upward they're going for, but the staff are relaxed in addition to friendly in addition to the full general vibe is pleasant. Coffee orders were taken similar a shot in addition to I was caffeinated quite before long subsequently nosotros sat down. Breakfast is a decent mix of eggy savouries in addition to a multifariousness of sweeter options - I was inwards the mood for baked beans of some description but they were a surprising carte omission. Still, at that spot was plenty to pick out from. Following our typical approach to breakfast, I leant towards savoury spell Cindy couldn't teach yesteryear the sweets.

My dish was something of a Jones-family staple turning upward on the carte at all iii of his establishments: Mr Jones' golden 'folded' scrambles alongside fresh herbs in addition to holy goats cheese on wholegrain toast ($12.90), alongside added avocado ($3.50).

These are real lightly scrambled eggs, falling pretty about omelette territory. Either way they were delicious, dotted alongside creamy chunks of goats cheese in addition to a scattering of fresh basil leaves. The avo was smashed to guacamole texture, but was at to the lowest degree ripe in addition to fresh in addition to the breadstuff reaffirmed my wishing to see Noisette 1 day. Not every bit good shabby at all.

Cindy went healthier: Fruits of the flavor alongside rosewater, Cleo's yoghurt, love in addition to oat crumble ($11.90).

The fruit in addition to yoghurt were splendid - it's overnice to run across a fruit salad that offers upward a practiced variety, but Cindy didn't teach the rosewater striking she was hoping for (a shame given her obsession alongside it) in addition to the crumble was real fine in addition to non specially oaty. It was all satisfactory but I yell upward she left alongside a vague sense of disappointment. This was somewhat alleviated when I grabbed an splendid brownie to takeaway alongside us every bit a process for the journeying home. It didn't live on long plenty to live photographed I'm afraid.

The carte in addition to the vibe of P & MJ are real similar to their sister-venue Friends of Mine and, unsurprisingly, our feelings well-nigh this brekkie were well-nigh the same every bit our thoughts on Friends of Mine - both direct maintain decent coffee, practiced nutrient in addition to friendly service, but neither wowed us plenty to teach us dorsum on an early on morn tram across town inwards the nigh future. Vegans aren't good catered to here, but coeliacs volition live happy alongside the offering of homemade gluten-free breadstuff ($1 extra).

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In contrast, the blogosphere is dizzy alongside P & MJ love - cheque out rave reviews from:Two Fat Buns, I'm So Hungreee, Melbourne Gastronome, Let Me Feed You Melbourne, Eat in addition to Be Merry for Tomorrow We Diet, Never Trust a Skinny Foody, Melbourne Dining Experiences, The Breakfast Blog, Kate in addition to Zoe, Home Sweet Home, Nouveau Potato, Eat Play Shop in addition to Let's Get Fat Together, Eat Almost Anything at Least Once was pretty disappointed.

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Porgie in addition to Mr Jones
291 Auburn Road, Hawthorn
9882 2955
Breakfasts: $5.00 - $18.90
http://porgiemrjones.com.au/

Accessibility: There's a small-scale mensuration upward into the fairly crowded front end room. There's a chip to a greater extent than infinite inwards the dorsum area, although there's some other mensuration to negotiate here. The identify is good lit in addition to payment takes identify at the relatively depression front end counter. Toilets are upward a flying of stairs.