brekkie quest: eugene, waverley

Eugene

69 Macpherson Street, Waverley

3.10 ‘Tasty new kid on the block.’

Hello Eugene. With a name like yours, one might think you’re the nerdy new kid on the block. But you’re not. You’re pretty sassy; pretty chilled; pretty suave for a nerdy-named-newbie. Your pancakes were killer. They were fluffy and soft and topped with cinnamon ricotta, strawberry compote, crushed pistachios and syrup. Wow. They were nearly on par with Black Pony‘s. I was also delighted with your simple but sensitive decor, including miss-matched tea spoons and little posies of daisies. For such a young lad, you knew a thing or two about putting on a good spread. Well, aside from an optimum knife – the blade you supplied would’ve been particularly useless if faced off against Iggy’s toast. Gah, I can only imagine the anarchy that would’ve ensued. You’ll learn Eugene. You’ll learn.

Coffee: 3.5 Creamy and wonderful.
Eggs: ?  No comment. I didn’t do eggs today – I did pancakes.
Toast: 4  Iggy’s, I like Iggy’s. Four points.
Knife: 2 Good for pancakes, not so good for crusty toast.
Ambience: 3.5 Not too busy, not too quiet. Just right for a lazy Sunday morning read of the paper.
Price: 2.5 Appreciate that you’re a little bit gor-met Euge, but $12 for eggs on toast? Please.

By Katherine Riches

Hello Sydney Cafes. Katherine Riches wants the creamiest coffee, the gooiest eggs and the crustiest toast. Do you have them for her? She’s also looking for sharp cutlery. What kind of cafe serves thick sourdough toast with a butter knife? She does not like these cafes. They make eating hard work. Her brekkie quest aims to seek out all you groovy cafes from you cruel and daggy ones. P.S. She’ll also be scoring your elements from 1 to 5.

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