Birdman Eating

Along the road from my work is a very cool cafe. Birdmen hang from the ceiling alongside little test tube vases of meadow flowers and a light sculpture made from old fashioned egg beaters. For breakfast there are eggs baked in terracotta dishes and later in the day a choice of big and little dishes. On the day Jo and I went for brunch the eggs came with either pancetta and sugo, creamed zucchini, beetroot, silverbeet and dukkah or roast cauliflower. We went with very good coffee and lunch rather than breakfast.

First there was smoked cod croquettes with a lemon aoili. Smooth smoky fishy filling in a crisp and crunch coating. Perfect.



And then a calamari, potato and chorizo salad with a side of roasted cauliflower. Some might say that the calamari was a little rubbery in that almost underdone squeaky way - but it was a good combination of flavours. The cauliflower was roasted to a sweet lush softness and came with some sliced almonds which gave it a nice bite. The only thing that let it down was too much oil in the balsamic dressing - maybe we should have had some bread to soak it up.