Eating Out - Food For Champions

Reporter: FELICITY URQUHART

The Wallabies - the champions of our great nation. We cheer them on. We watch them with great anticipation and let’s face it – we want to be them. So where’s the first place to start? With a breakfast fit for champions of course!! And then? a lunch fit for champions – obviously!

 

 

Café Zoe
Just south of Cleveland Street, this delightful split level corner café offers great value.

There’s an extensive breakfast menu here, including lots of organic choice … perfect for the health conscious foodie!

 

  

 

Grab a seat under the awning for a quick coffee or snack during the day, or settle in for a more substantial meal … either way you’ll see why this place is a favourite with the locals.

 

 

Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:

Breakfast menu:

• Ricotta Pancakes served with caramelised apple and berry compote
• Organic open range eggs and organic toast served with
  • Pork and fennel sausages
  • Wilted spinach
  • Grilled tomato
  • Haloumi

Lunch Menu:

• BLT on panini
• Scotch fillet steak sandwich with fresh tomato, baby rocket, caramelised onion and seeded honey mustard mayo
• Grilled lamb fillet salad with greens, tomato, mint and yoghurt dressing
• Angel hair pasta with olive oil, garlic, chilli and shaved parmesan

More Information
Café Zoe
688 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
Telephone: (02) 8399 0940
Hot breakfast starts from $6 and lunch is from $9
Open Monday to Saturday

Prices correct as at 07/07/07

 

 

Café Mint
This stylish oasis at the far end of Crown Street completes a journey for chef/owner Hugh Foster. His previous establishment, Fez, took the flavours of Cleveland Street to Darlinghurst, and now he returns to the source of his inspiration in a smart, Rob Sample designed space. Wooden paneling, a clever use of concrete bricks and a massive photographic mural create a calm and intimate environment.

 

 

The simple, tasty food is mainly from the Mod Med repertoire with the strongest influences coming from the southern and eastern shores.

The menu includes many of the Fez favourites, which became signature dishes, such as breakfast couscous, the meze plates and the spicy lamb with hummus. Dinner specials change regularly and reflect seasonal produce.

 

  

 

Some of the dishes you may find on the menu:

Breakfast Menu:

• Spicy lamb mince with pinenuts on hummus, pomegranate roast onions & za’atar toast
• Breakfast couscous with honey yoghurt, spiced fruit compote & pistachios & warm milk
• Turkish breakfast with roast tomato, spinach, boiled egg, olives, grilled haloumi & za’atar toast

Lunch Menu:

• Salad of roast pumpkin, baked ricotta, toasted mixed seeds & spinach leaves
• Mixed dips – hummus, baba ganouj, tzatziki, roast carrot and caraway, muhammara (walnut and red pepper) beetroot, horseradish
• Meze dishes from the grill:
  • Pomegranate lamb fillets with meshwiya
  • Chermoula prawns skewer

Desserts:

• Sweet meze: Turkish delight, Syrian nougat, rose custard, baklava, medjool dates & apricots, nuts & fruit

More Information
Café Mint
579 Crown Street, Surry Hills
Telephone: (02) 9319 0848
www.cafemint.com.au
Tuck into breakfast from $8.50 and lunch from $9.50
Open Monday to Saturday

Prices correct as at 07/07/07

 

 

EATING OUT COMPETITION …

For your chance to be a winner, dial our Eating Out competition line and you could be eating out for a free at Café Zoe or Café Mint. Call now on 1902 55 77 08.
And kick a goal!

M.NET 55 cents max call cost. Mobile phones extra.
Lines close 12/06/07 at midnight
NSW permit number:  TPL 06/14891, ACT permit number TP 06/05508
Terms and conditions are available by contacting The Seven Network