A girlfriend and I recently met up for a mid week brekkie at the Subiaco Hotel. I was early (or rather, less late), and wandered into the restaurant. It wasn’t at all busy (a nice change) and they told me I could, "sit anywhere", so I grabbed a magazine and took a seat. It didn’t take them too long to take my coffee order, and it was followed by my coffee reasonably quickly. When D showed up (poor girl, parking in Subi can truly be traumatic), it took us awhile to get the waitperson’s attention - they were playing, "I don’t see you smiling meaningfully at me" (A game for 2 or more players), but we did manage to get in another coffee order. We sat and chatted for awhile, and made the fatal error of saying, "Can you please give us a moment" when they sauntered around to take an order. Turning our attention promptly to the menu, and making a choice quickly (it's limited at breakfast time), we then waited…and waited…
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After the remains of our coffees eventually fossilised and were ready to be dug up and examined by beardy archaeologist types, I ripped off all my clothes and ran screaming naked after the nearest Wait-thing…(ok, it wasn’t that bad, but it was getting close), and we managed to get an order in. I had not had French Toast in what seemed like aeons, so I ordered that ($15) and D had Scrambled Eggs with spinach and feta ($15). It arrived reasonably promptly. And so it bloody should. Aforementioned French Toast was ONE piece of brioche with berries and little bit of yogurt. The eggs came with ONE triangle of Turkish bread toast. Both were tasty, but if we hadn’t been eating slowly while chatting, we would have needed a second breakfast. I would hate to see a male try to survive more than an hour on that type of sustenance. We couldn’t attract the Wait-thing’s attention to get any more coffee, so we left.
Breakfast for 2, $40. Irritation level 3.5/5 (Don’t bother on a weekend, you’re likely to go postal)
/end Kvetch
Where do you think the best breakfast in Perth can be found? I plan to do some serious investigation of my own...
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Hmm I happen to like the Aroma Cafe or Dome for breakfast. They both have a wide selection, large meal sizes and VERY hot. I wouldn't mind seeing what you think of a Dome Cafe...
ReplyDeleteI tend to think of Dome as a slightly more upmarket McDonalds. The coffee is normally uniformly crap, the food is not quite inedible etc. There are benefits, just like McDonalds in that no matter where you are, Garden City, the City etc, the menu is the same and the food will taste the same. But when I go out for breakfast I want something interesting and tasty. Something that I or Mr K CANNOT make better at home (or at least not without lashings of effort and dirty dishes). So things like a sauce 'inspired by hollandaise' don't really float my boat. As places to try, what about Sunday brunch at That Little Mexican Place? Or Sassy's on Swan (just be prepared to wait in line a while)?
ReplyDeleteI have never considered Mexican for Sunday brunch, I am presuming that That Little Mexican Place is more than just cheese and sour cream? Especially since it is you that is suggesting it... what are the prices like for brunch? I would be most interested in an evaluation from you on TLMP..... looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteI tend to have a breakfast meeting at the Subi hotel every 2nd month. The food is usually good (Tho, i've been going there for over a year now and some variety for the breakfast menue would be nice).
ReplyDeleteI've had the scrabbled eggs with feta and turkish bread. From memory, there is usually 2 pieces of turkish bread... maybe they were running out...!