I've been wading my way through a list of cafes that seems to be ever
expanding. My focus is mainly from the brunch perspective - for those that
haven't noticed its definitely a favourite meal period. And along the way I've become increasingly aware of the appearance of two
distinct varieties of menu. One with lots of choices and another that seems to
be a little limited and not always because of the number of dishes. Both styles
usually have a few of the conventional English style breakfast items such as
eggs with bacon and sausages together with selections a little less traditional such as beans or mushrooms. But even so, at times I feel it's a battle to choose a
dish, why I ask?
Now I'm no vegetarian, not even close. But I do like menus that allow me to choose a dish that has a balance of components and scrambled eggs, even if they are truffled, served with pork and fennel sausages is a lot of animal! Consequently it’s the menus with a little less meat that I find most appealing and seemly I find these in business staffed by lots of women. Now I know that physiologically we girls require less protein in the diet and meat provides higher percentages of protein than say cheese or legumes but does it really impact so obviously on the way the menu is structured??? A question to explore further I think, do women write less meat based menus?
Any way the menu at Milkwood is meaty without all the meat! Even the pork
and fennel sausages come braised with heaps of onions, which created a better
balance. There's also tomato butter beans with feta, lemon thyme mushrooms with
ricotta, avocado with lemon oil and potato gems just to mention a few of the choices. And the sweet and fruity porridge, muesli and pancakes all sounded good too – ah
next time! (The lunch baguettes and cakes on display looked appealing as well). Besides
the grand choices I particularly liked the structure of the menu where one
could almost 'build' your own dish. Tasty and generous serves of real food I
feel. And efficient service to boot.
Milkwood, 120 Nicholson St, Brunswick East.
Now I'm no vegetarian, not even close. But I do like menus that allow me to choose a dish that has a balance of components and scrambled eggs, even if they are truffled, served with pork and fennel sausages is a lot of animal! Consequently it’s the menus with a little less meat that I find most appealing and seemly I find these in business staffed by lots of women. Now I know that physiologically we girls require less protein in the diet and meat provides higher percentages of protein than say cheese or legumes but does it really impact so obviously on the way the menu is structured??? A question to explore further I think, do women write less meat based menus?
Milkwood, 120 Nicholson St, Brunswick East.
One thing that's a little scary about 'building' your own dish - the prices can stack up if you're greedy. :p
ReplyDeleteInteresting concept about balance between meat and veg though. I will try to keep that in mind in future brunch expeditions.
Speaking of that, does anyone else find brunching on weekends stressful? The huge crowds and buzz can sometimes be overwhelming.