We braved the heat on Monday morning and adventured out to Northcote, for brunch, at Espresso Room.
A gorgeous shop front and huge sign indicating their location (that we somehow managed to walk straight past), they have a huge selection of tables in side and a few smaller tables outside. We chose to sit inside, where it was cold. We accompanied the air con with some iced lattes, which were excellent!
We ordered 3 dishes to share: the San Pedro (their take on a lux Eggs Benedict), the sweet hot cakes and the pumpkin & haloumi fritters. All three dishes were absolutely massive. Well worth their price tag.
My friend at the San Pedro and said it was delicious. English muffins, hash browns, bacon, grilled tomato, poached eggs & hollandaise, What isn't to like? Hash browns in any dish make it an instant winner in my books.
I had the fritters, and was unable to finish it. I tucked in to the top fritter with my poached egg on top and left the second fritter untouched. Wasn't a fan on the huge chunks of Spanish onion hidden underneath, but WAS a fan on the massive amount of smashed avo that came with this dish. The fritters were lovely and puffy, but a wee bit dry - the avocado fixed this problem though. The egg was poached to perfection.
We shared the sweet hot cakes and loved the toffee style syrup that was drizzled on top. There was also a generous amount of berries scattered around the plate and the flavour of the hot cakes and mascarpone on top was beautiful. Glad we got it to share - don't think I could have eaten it all myself.
The venue, staff and food at Espresso Room in Northcote is excellent. I highly recommend visiting if you want real value for money and a very decent feed!
Thanks for having us, team :)