Herald Rating:
The menu was two pages on a clipboard, full of interesting and less-than-usual options, such as quinoa cooked in coconut water sweetened with fresh dates and local honey with slices of mango and coconut yoghurt ($15) or wagu mince on toast rubbed with smoked garlic, served with a poached duck egg and jus split with truffle oil ($24).
We ordered corn beef hash cakes, watercress and poached eggs with pickled red cabbage and wholegrain hollandaise ($22) and an omelette l'ancienne with sauteed chicken livers, onion jus, pain de mie and watercress ($22). We were both impressed with the presentation and thoroughly enjoyed the fare - lifting our iron levels no end, too.
The service was just the right level of helpful without being intrusive.
The coffee - Allpress- was so good as to require a second round and just had to be accompanied by a sample from the ever-so-tempting cabinet. A "very gingery gingernut", which lived up to its name, an Earl Grey tea biscuit (also tasty, washed down with the tea itself) and a slice of dark chocolate, pear and pistachio cake (decadently divine).
