I thought given I brunch practically every week, that I should capture my granola sweet fixes. And on the days I order a more sinful sweet treat like pancakes, French toast or oats with honey & poached fruits, I'll do a post about that too!
Today we had brunch at The Brix, it's a kinda cool fit out, French what else, where you enter off Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. Erm. But the entrance is really along Westgarth St so it would have helped my poor lost friend if there was some kinda notice that led her to the said venue. Ah well. These "hidden gems" always want to be discovered. A Melbourne trait I suppose.
The brekkie menu runs until 12.30pm, with lunch starting at 1pm. Thankfully we were there for breakfast and I chose the granola option. I shan't bother about the other diner's details cos I'm selfish and writing this post because I thought, hey maybe I should just jot down my likes and lesser liked granola/muesli finds. So that's what I'm doing now.
I chose the one cereal option on their breakfast menu. It was very oat lacking but on the upside, heaped with sticky dried fruit and my fave, nuts and seeds. The granola was supposed to be served with buttermilk but they gave me almond milk instead (weird choice) and a serve of apple juice. Personally would have preferred a dollop of yoghurt instead as the double liquid made everything all so runny. Bah. Not saying it was a bad granola it was tasty but there was so much fruit it ended up sticking all over my teeth. Kinda made it hard for me to chat too.
Last week I had the unfortunate chance of having a gluten free muesli at St Edmonds along Greville St, Prahran. They had two options, a standard muesli and a bircher muesli. Next time I'm sticking with the bircher. Gluten free muesli was served with a lovely organic yoghurt and topped with poached pears but the actual muesli was so full of puffed bits that I just found each bite so aerated. Ecks. Not sure how coeliac disease sufferers do it but I really found it hard to swallow. The rest of the dish was lovely. I will go back but I'll try the Bircher next time for sure!
A few weeks back, a group of us cycled to My Sister Says, off Bay street in Port Melbourne. I love how there are so many cute non pretentious cafes in the South side. I orders the granola which came served in an adorable pot filled with fresh yoghurt. On the side was another little pot of homemade jam (ooh love!!), a semi boiled egg and some little soldiers toast. I could have done without the egg and toast although in all this was a really satisfying tasty brekkie!
Have to say though, in the last month my best muesli breakfast was at the Farm Cafe, Collingwood's Children Farm. We adore the Farmers Market so a few weeks ago when it was at CCF we decided to have a mid-morning bite at the on farm cafe. I ordered their muesli which not only was a really generous portion but came with a big serve of yoghurt and fresh jam to swirl through. Mmmmm. Yum. Toasted oats with chunks of lightly honey roasted nuts. Crunchy goodness. I loved it!
I'm looking forward to next weekend and discovering another granola gem. Some may say it's silly so pay $8-12 for granola outside of home and I say it's ok to treat yourself once a week. I do have my regular Carmen's muesli, kapai puku seeds, yoghurt and jam on normal days but my weekends r about enjoying this yummy treat in a different setting and a different style.
What is your favourite granola spot?
Until my next post. X
