EAT | TWO:BOB (Fitzroy, VIC)

High ceilings and white walls with a pared back Scandi-style feel to it. Two:Bob is housed in a former bank building -- now the name makes sense, right? 

Friendly staff and seriously good coffee, they're using Brunswick roastery Code Black's 3056 blend. A great spot for all-day breakfast with heroes like the Brekkie Bowl or hearty serve of bacon n eggs, plus the lot.  

Brekkie Bowl | braised cauliflower and spiced chickpeas, roast mushrooms, avocado, sauteed kale, quinoa, two poached eggs and sauerkraut

Boy's Breakfast (not real name) | thick cut bacon, sauteed kale, hash brown, sausage, two poached eggs and toast

Chilli peas and fetta with two poached eggs, avo and thick cut bacon 

Legit egg porn...

EAT | INDUSTRY BEANS (Fitzroy, Melbourne)

From simple bacon and eggs to the cured salmon or kale and kimchi bowl, you can't go wrong with Industry Beans. Each season, Chef Jess Allen takes the latest produce for a spin to uncover a new menu and the Summer iteration did not disappoint. 

Cured Salmon: fennel avocado mousse, kaffir lime jelly, tea-marbled egg and crispy quinoa. 

Kale & Kimchi Bowl: broccoflower, activated charcoal puree, pickled beetroot, avocado, cashew butter, puffed grains, pea dusted poached egg and cured salmon.

EAT | GRACE (Fitzroy, Melbourne)

You'd never know it was once a brothel. Despite its seedy past, Grace on Rose Street in Fitzroy shines with cosy decor, staff with smiles and a no-fuss wholesome brunch offering.

BARRY (Northcote, Melbourne)

From those clever cats that unleashed Pillar of Salt on Melbourne brunch goers, comes BARRY. A good mix of fresh power breakfasts and unctuous butter drippers to start your morning right.   

Benedict eggs, slow braised free range, ham hock, apple cider hollandaise, granny's apples, potato hash

Scrambled red chilli eggs, bacon, spring onion, parsley, parmesan, toast

Zucchini, pea and mint fritters, zucchini, salad, poached egg and minted yoghurt. Bacon added for good luck. 

EAT | PICCOLO'S CORNER (Leederville, WA)

Oh how I love lazy Sundays! Waking up to your body's natural circadian rhythm, dappled sunlight streaming through curtains gently rouse you from the deepest slumber. Its a hell of a lot nicer than jolting up in the dark to the ruckus of an alarm clock. As Winter creeps in, the mornings grow crisp and it's so tempting to hit the snooze button. Sometimes just knowing that a mood-lifting, soul-warming cup of joe is in reach makes mornings so much brighter.

Tucked away in West Leederville, a suburb fast becoming home to many gorgeous local haunts, is one of my favourite spots for a caffeine fix and lazy breakfast.  Piccolo's Corner is only three years young and has earned its stripes as one of Perth's best breakfast joints. A cheerful little place that continues to serve wholesome dishes using vibrant, fresh local produce.  Located on a quiet residential street, clad in vintage and verge rescued finds, a quaint corner home-come-cafe hugged by a lush green garden.  Great coffee, food and service and definitely worth springing out of bed for on a chilly autumn Sunday.   

Avocado smash with peas, chorizo, fetta, poached egg on gluten free toast with a side of beetroot pesto and Piccolo's big breakfast served with bacon, tomato relish, poached eggs and toast. 

OLD LAUNDRY - a new spot for breakfast

I am loving the vibe of North Perth, its brewing with new spots to feed the hungry souls of the neighbourhood. Old Laundry is its latest offering brought to you the wonderful team behind Five Bar and Lot Twenty. 

Saturday mornings call for caffeine 

Smashed avocado, Persian feta and poached eggs bruscetta $16

Moroccan oven baked eggs, deconstructed chicken sausages and tomato sugo $17

EAT | SIXTEEN OUNCES (Victoria Park, WA)

sauerkraut and a lonely pickle

There has been a bit of a fermenting frenzy circling our office.  Kombucha bubbles at our desks and words such as scoby and kefir often fill the air. Fermentation is an ancient 8000-year-old practice, responsible for delights like kimchi, sauerkraut, yoghurt, wine and cheese and stinky stuff like nato (eewww).  

Since local fermentation goddess Lisa Thornton of Get Cultured pickled it up on air for our RTRfm 92.1 show The Food Alternative, my interest in pickling, fermenting and basically cramming anything into a jar quickly escalated into an obsession. So when I found both sauerkraut and a lonely pickle on my plate at Sixteen Ounces, I instantly called it love.

Bratwurst hollandaise is a pretty plate of streaky bacon, sauerkraut, shaved parmesan, gherkin, poached egg and greens for $16.80.  I ordered mine sans toast which is my idea of starting to watch what I eat in the new year (note I still had the hollandaise!)

The crew here use Five Senses Coffee and always put on a good brew.  We had a long mac (topped up) and flat white.

Sixteen Ounces' Farmhouse Brekky is everything you (okay .. or your ravenous boy who isn't bent up on the pickling phenomenom and who can happily eat bread three times day) have ever wanted in a big breakast.  Complete with double meat streaky bacon and bratwurst plus poached eggs, mushroom, baked tomato, greens and toast all for $21.50 which is pretty reasonable when it comes to morning delights in Perth.

EAT | THE KETTLE BLACK (South Melbourne, VIC)

When two of Melbourne's most esteemed mavens in food tell you to check out The Kettle Black for breakfast, you go.  

Mixed beans with house-made tomato sauce, basil and toast $15

Tataki ocean trout with a raw kale and pickled seaweed salad, nuts and poached eggs $20

Oh hello amazing river of golden goodness! 

POP UP | THE SARAPAN (Victoria Park, WA)

The pop up - 1 Leonard Street, Victoria Park

Transporting you to the streets of Malaysia. The Sarapan means breakfast in Malay and pops up every weekend at the restaurant incubator on Leonard Street in Victoria Park.  

Roti Canai - freshly made flatbread with dahl and sambal and chicken curry $5  

Nasi Lemak - A Malaysian breakfast staple of fried spiced chicken, sambal, crispy anchovies. peanuts, slices of cucumber and boiled egg served with fragrant coconut rice $11.50

Roti bom - flatbread with condensed milk

A peek into the kitchen at The Saparan 

Kaya Toast - thick white bread with homemade kaya $4

EAT | BREAD IN COMMON (Fremantle, WA)

I am quietly in love with the idea of ordering plates to share for breakfast.  Bread in Common with its breezy, communal feel is just perfect for conversations, sharing and breaking bread.   

house made ricotta, nectarine, witlof, pinenuts

scrambled organic eggs and toast, hazelnut duke, rocket

asparagus, green olive, red onion, spinach, tarragon

tomato, avocado, seeds, sprouts, basil

polish sausage, corn relish, pickled chilli

Solomon's Cafe

It's almost kinda hip to have an allergy these days.  Those buzz words raw, paleo and gluten free are now so proudly spoken.  

With all the talk of nourishing thy body and people embracing a cleaner way of eating, its no surprise that Solomon's Cafe is bustling.  Holistic eaters have welcomed the latest offering brought to Beaufort Street by local hip-hop artist Drapht and his sister Alisa.  

Here you can treat your body to a smoothie or two then enjoy the best damn pumpkin pancakes you have ever dreamed.  I am pretty sold on the breakfast offerings at Solomon's.  Healthy and nourishing, its a lovely way to start your weekend.  

Kettle Cafe

Every pocket of the globe needs a great local cafe.  Somewhere to walk to on a Sunday morning knowing the smell of coffee and a paper await.  Kettle Cafe has recently popped up in Lathlain much to the delight the locals piling in for honest home cooked fare.   

Our friends who all live close have been singing Kettle's praises since it opened.  Breakfasts are my favourite catch ups so we quickly snapped up the opportunity to check it out.  The cafe has a breezy neighbourhood feel with warm furnishings and welcoming staff.  There are cosy and intimate tables for lovebirds, larger tables for groups and the rustic communal table is perfect for spreading out the paper.  The rugrat friendly corner is right by the low, lounge style seating for parents to enjoy their meal whilst the little ones play.   

The breakfast menu is short and simple and the counter filled with sweets and muffins for those wanting a sweeter start to the day.  

I can never understand my boyfriend at breakfast time.  He always orders what I think is the boring option, this time the classic free range eggs poached with avocado and bacon which was wolfed down in seconds. The lemon and thyme polenta served with creamy mushrooms, rocket, thick shavings of parmesan and a drizzle of basil oil caught my eye so I added a serve of poached eggs on top.  It was warming and hearty, tasting like a Winter breakfast should. 

 Kettle Cafe is a quaint little cafe just perfect for this corner of the world. 

​Ain't no party like a cheese toast party!

With its namesake a clever play on Wu-Tang words, Toastface Grillah was carefully curated to reign supreme.  You can't help but  think .. how was this not thought of earlier?! 

Tucked away down Grand Lane (home to Lightspace Lockers amongst other sweet projects) this little toastie joint breathes life into a somewhat seedier part of the 'hood.  

The sunny outdoor area is a mix of crates and makeshift seats making it the perfect place to hang as you suck up some rays or shelter from the  rain.  

Relax, kick your sneakered feet up and knock back a coffee (which I hear is first rate) or in my case a bottle of Sarsaparilla whilst you wait for the magic.   

We ordered an Apple & Gouda and a Ham & Cheese both ticking all the right boxes and gobbled down in seconds.   I think what makes a good toastie are a) two thick slabs of wonderful white bread b) a generous application of salty butter 30 good quality (and plentiful) cheese and trimmings and d) it must be thrown onto the grill at the right temperature instantly sizzling the butter warming up to golden brown as the cheese slowly melts down the sides.  

Whilst I would have loved to tear through the menu chowing down multiple toasties my gluten hatin' tummy would not have left smiling.  But that's okay ... I am quite alright with tackling each menu item one visit at a time.  

Breakfast with Miss Kitty

Greeted with freshly cut orange wedges, post workout breakfast perfection.  

Yee hawww!

If you are craving a dash of Canadian charm with your bottomless jar of iced tea, then head to Inglewood’s latest eatery for a comfort food fix.  This little piece of the US is the brainchild of Perth’s favourite Scotsman, Iain Lawless, and Liam Atkinson who spent a few years in the Rocky Mountains polishing up his Western ways in the kitchen.  Miss Kitty’s Saloon is full of all those things that make you smile and want to bootscoot.  Doughnuts, ribs for breakfast, poutine and fried chicken on waffles, what more could you ask for.

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Miss Kitty's Saloon
​882 Beaufort Street
​Inglewood WA ​

The Greenhouse

Breakfast at The Greenhouse is usually quite magical.  This time was no different.​

ribs for breakfast

Um yes please. You can find these bad boys served up for breky at Miss Kitty's Saloon.   

breakfast pizzas

Preheat oven to 150.
​Add chopped spring onion, garlic and sundried tomato with a little oil to a pita bread or pizza base.
​Heat in oven whilst you panfry chopped mushrooms and walnut in garlic and butter.
​Fry two eggs until base is firm enough to move.  Ensure you leave yoke not quite cooked.
​Add to pizza bases and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
​Garnish with parsley and sprinkle pepper and volcanic sea salt.

Easy!

Sayers Sister

  The best way to start your birthday celebrations, is with breakfast.