Top 5 breakfast place in Melbourne

WARNING! Do hold your saliva because I am going to share a post on my personal Top 5 favourite breakfast place in Melbourne. 

Australian breakfast is my all time favourite! Mr.Dar doesn't fancy Australian breakfast plus they are all very expensive. But we made a deal to have breakfast every once a week! =) Fair enough? 

Trust me I can spend hours searching for good breakfast places in Melbourne, and of course the good ones with good rating. And believe me, one day Instagram will be totally responsible for all those extra kilos on my hips. It has far too many inspiration, especially when it comes to foodies. 

Been to so many and all are so far up to my expectations. They not only look good on the presentation but taste good too! 

Good food, good coffee and nice ambience.

Sir Charles

Visited this place twice because we simply love the food and the ambience there! It was located at Brunswick street and Johnston street in Fitzroy.

Address: 3065, 121 Johnston Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Take Tram Route 11 to West Preston from the city and get down at stop 16. 

Always start my day with a cup of Mocha~ 

Had their dinner menu on our first visit!

Salt and pepper squid with chilli vinegar as our starter $12

Mee Goreng with house satay, tofu and vege $18.5

Sticky pork belly with apple & herb salad, green nam jim $21.50  *Thumbs up for this dish! =)

Pan Fried duck breast with plum sauce, pickled watermelon and lychee salad $23.50

2nd visit was in the morning! 

BBQ Pork with tonkatsu sauce, spring onion & fried egg on crispy roti $17

Sir Charles Benedict with panko crumbed eggs, Sriracha hollandaise & bacon on roti $18 *Another amazing dish that I would recommend! 

Service was spot on and the coffee to die for.

Rating: 4.5/5 

Top Paddock

A very popular cafe in Richmond which you may need to wait for a table. It has a very modern setting to it, with the wide open space and large windows allowing for plenty of natural light to enter. Love the dining environment there! 

Address: 658, Church st, Richmond

Opening hours: 

mon-fri : 7am - 4pm

sat-sun : 8am - 4pm

From city, take train from Flinders station to Richmond station, then take tram 70 outside Richmond station to Church st then change to tram 78 down Church street. The shop is just next to the tram stop. Sound complicated but actually it was easy to spot on! Follow your google map! =)

Chilli scrambled eggs with local seasonal mushrooms and feta on toast $17.5

Frech Queensland soft shell mud crab roll with a fennel & dill salad & lime mayonnaise in a brioche bun $21

and here goes their most popular item on the menu......

Blueberry and ricotta hotcakes with berries, organic maple, seeds and double cream $18

*Pancake to die for! It's too beautiful to dig in! 

Just know that they’re big, really big. So make sure you order to share. =)

Rating: 3/5  

Hammer and Tong

This place is famous for its soft shell crab burger! Been here many times but I never ordered their burger before. I had a few bite tho it was really good! SMALL but delicious~ 

Address: Rear 412 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Opening Hours: 

Sun & Mon: 7:00am-4:00pm, Tues - Sat: 7:00am-11pm

Tram 11 will take you there. 

Soft shell crab burger $16

What's so great about this burger? The pillowy soft brioche bun is delightfully sweet that makes the bread just so good. Plus the crab itself it's heaven! Brought mum and uncle Jojo here once and glad that they liked it here! =)

Corn and Zucchini fritters $17

If there is to be a weak dish that I've tried there, the corn fritters would have to be it. It doesn't taste as good or let's put it this way, I've tried better corn fritters somewhere else. The fritters itself is too dry to my liking. 

The fisherman pot. This is no more in their menu but I just have to share this! The pie right there was just too good! 

Breakfast Ramen with 62 degree hens egg, bacon, mushroom, spring onion with bacon dashi $15 

The is not the ordinary ramen we have in the Japanese shop. It comes served with the broth in a separate bowl you can add to the mix. Pretty and tasty. 

The brilliant dishes keep on coming, with the next one more like a piece of artwork than food! 

Just look at how pretty this Lavender Custard Yoghurt is? So much fruits in a plate but you just won't get tired of it. It's never too creamy and too sweet. A very healthy breakfast indeed! 

Rating: 4/5 

Breakfast Thieves
Another great breakfast spot in Fitzroy with superb interior and atmosphere! As soon as you see the plates you want to grab your phone and take pictures of your food. Yes, everything is that pretty. But let me tell you they does not only do pretty, what finally comes on the plates is mouth-watering heavenly delicious.


Address: 420 Gore st, Fitzroy, Vic 3065

Opening hours: 
mon-fri : 7.30am - 4pm

sat-sun : 8am - 4pm


Take Tram Route 86 via smith street from the city and get down at stop 21. Then let you google map to guide you from there =p

Botak Chin Burger 

Robinhood

The Legend $19

Leprechaun - Crisp fried sweet corn fritters on puree of chipotle & grilled corn, pickled beetroot, yuzu-avocado mousse & poached eggs $19


I actually ate here twice and I had Leprechaun both times! It's funnel puree was seasoned well and everything just seemed to complement each other perfectly, HEAVEN! =) look at those cute little avocado smash =p

If I were to judge I think this little piece of heaven would kick butt! =p

Second visit here was with cousins =) Can't wait for the next visit! 

Rating: 4.5/5 

5. Las Chicas 
A small but cozy cafe with good food! One of Mr.Dar's favourite place. 

Address: 203 Carlisle St, Balaclava Vic 3183

Opening Hours: Mon - Sun: 7:00am-5:00pm

Take train from city on Sandringham line and stop at Balaclava station. It is next to the station. 

Shallot Omelette $17

Buttermilk Pancakes $12

Pork Belly Roll $14

Breakfast Burrito $18


came here twice and I had the same thing again! lol.. Love the burrito with smashed avocado and salsa, and the perfectly cooked eggs. YUM! 

Rating: 4/5 

Phew, finally done writing this post! 

And no, I did not enjoy writing this blog post. Definitely not. It was pure torture having to look at these photos. They are so mouth-watering that it was hard not to get hungry just by looking at them. 

Do visit at least one if you get the chance to visit Melbourne. 

More to come! 

Cheers~ 

Hong Kong Day 5

Cheung Chau Island was the plan on day 5! 

Was searching for good places for food and I came across this Thai restaurant called Greyhound cafe inside IFC mall. This place has a pretty good rating so we decided to give it a try since we have to catch the ferry to Cheung Chau from the central pier in front of IFC mall. 

You might ask why do we even thought of having Thai food when we were actually in HK. but this Thai restaurant is no joke! All the waiters are wearing suit and tie of course other than that the food was pretty good! Had many good thai food in Melbourne too and this one here is one of the best! 

See! That's a waiter behind Mr.Dar. Professional much? 

Again, Iced lemon tea! It is Iced lemon tea Iced cubes plus Iced lemon tea, you get me?? lol...That is one good Iced Lemon Tea right there! =p

Phad Thai and Miss Saigon that taste good too! Love the Phad Thai definitely best so far!

Ferries depart from Central pier 5 in front of IFC mall. We bought the ordinary ferry fare for HK$16.80, with large triple deck that can occupy between 1200 to 1700 people which takes around 50 minutes to reach Cheung Chau. 

Not sure if you have heard a Hk drama called Slow Boat Home, it was filmed in Cheung Chau. 

It is famous for its Bun Festival, but apart from that, you can find lots of eateries like their local curry fish balls, seafood etc. 

Cheung Chau promenade. 

Every stall you will see people queuing up for their local specialties like fish balls etc.  

Look at those HUGE balls dip in different sauces~~ OH so yum! 

It costs HK$5 for 2 fish balls if I'm not wrong! Yes only 2 on a stick. So we bought 2 sticks with spicy and plum flavour. 

It was so damn good I missed it so much! T___T  They are so tender and so flavourful~

Tried their grilled squid as well. Taste was good too! 

Never a fan of fried Ice cream but I have to try this because Fala Chen is inside the poster! LOL...she is one of my favourite Hk actress btw ^^ 

Glad that I did try it! It ain't just a normal fried ice cream we have in Kch! This is freaking good! It's actually a fried hot mochi coating together with the cold ice cream! What a fantastic idea. 

Shouldn't have had lunch before that, we were actually too full to try out everything here! 

Well we went for a short walk at Cheung Chau Tung Wan beach after our food hunting session. 

There are actually many more things to do/see in Cheung Chau but we have too little time  to explore that day as we departed late in the afternoon. 

It's dessert time again! Came to this famous dessert place on the island called 允升甜品. 

Fresh mango mochi and mango 'Fen Chang' made to order. 

Ordered 3 different mango dessert although we were quite full still. The must have mango roll 芒果腸粉, mango mochi 芒果糯米糍 and mango sago! 

Definitely worth a visit for all mango lovers out there! =)

Before leaving the island, I can't help but to buy more curry fish balls to bring back to the hotel for supper! LOL...

Tried a different stall this time and I decided to go with the one because of the actors in the poster hahaha...

Forgot what flavours I got but they were not as good as the stall we first tried. Got cheated! SO I BOUGHT MORE FROM THE FIRST STALL AGAIN!!! I know I'm crazy! =p

Leaving Cheung Chau with a happy tummy! =) 

Took ferry back to Hk city and we went for a walk at the Ladies Market in Mong Kok. Nothing much just like Chi Cheong Kai, Chinatown in KL. 

It was pretty fun seeing the sellers trying to force the customers to buy their stuffs tho! And there was a lady seller trying to get money out of a customer's wallet asking him to buy LOL 

Went to Kam Wah cafe wanted to try their famous Polo Bun and egg tarts but they were all sold out! =(((  

So we ordered a french toast and a fried rice instead! French toast was pretty good but the fried rice sucks! =(




Lastly, dessert of the day will be this beautiful Green Tea Molten cake at Next Station Dessert.

Adress: G/F., 13 Hak Po Street, Mong Kok. Just type the address in your google map and you will get there! ;)

Was super excited to try out this and it lived up to my expectations! *two thumbs up! 

Can't believe how much we actually eat throughout the day! Pretty scary right? =p

All the hard work on planning and researching for this trip was so worth it! =) Thanks to all the people who share their posts on the internet as well~ 

Cheers~