I visited Chaplain’s Office in Hawthorn with a friend last week and was delighted to find such a quaint café so close to my house. I had been eying off a few of their menu items on Instagram and couldn’t wait to try them myself.
The café is hidden on a side street off Burwood Road, and has a lovely, rustic feel inside. There are tables outside in the courtyard and ample seating inside. The staff were warm and attentive and very understanding of the toddler at our table, who was keen to paint the table with our food. We ordered a coffee and a chai latte to start and both were beautiful. The chai had a lovely cinnamon smell and came in a mug, while the coffee was nice and strong (just the way I like it). I ordered the chilli scramble and my friend ordered the corn fritters to share with her daughter.
Hands down, the chilli scramble was the best that I’ve had in Melbourne this year. The combination of egg, cheese, spring onion and chilli was perfect and the streaky bacon strips were delicious and crunchy. I thought that the addition of bean sprouts was an odd choice, but it actually worked perfectly and I will be adding them to my scrambled eggs at home from now on! This dish was perfect in every way and I highly recommend that you try it when you visit.
My friend demolished the corn, feta and coriander fritters. It came with a generous serve of chorizo, avocado, pickled guindilla peppers and a poached egg. She said that the fritters were crunchy and loved that there were three little fritters instead of huge ones – it made the flavour stronger and made it easier to share
I loved our visit to Chaplain’s Office and look forward to returning so I can try the panna cotta and the hot cakes! Thanks for having us, team ☺