Sardi

I’ve been meaning to try Sardi as it’s on the way to my gym, but luckily for me, I was invited to their menu. I took my personal trainer after she put me through the wringer doing squats. I digress. The menu is varied and extensive. We tried two dishes – the peanut butter pancakes, and the hangover cure with avo.

The peanut butter pancakes are the hype dish of Instagram at the moment, with many a food blogger wanting to try. I can see why. Fluffy buttermilk chocolate pancakes, with a peanut butter maple sauce, it’s rich but not excessive. It’s presented very well, and I’m a chocolate peanut butter connoisseur and this met the brief.

I really enjoyed the hangover cure. Not because I was hungover (although I did drink the night before), it was a hearty breakfast cooked to perfection. The star of the dish was the spiced baked beans. I was pleasantly surprised.

I suggest you get one sweet and one savoury and share them to get the full experience. We also tried the beet it smoothie and the sadri sling, the juice version of the Singapore sling. Out of the two drinks, the sardi sling was my favourite, but I am partial to ginger. The beet it smoothie was visually stunning and tasted pretty good also.

The café itself is rustic, light filled, clean and welcoming. You can tell by the diverse clientele that this is a café that serves its community. Staff were friendly to everyone, and the masters in the kitchen gave off a great vibe. There’s a friendly vibe to Sardi, the older lady next to us asked my friend if her heels were comfortable and entered into a conversation. There were people dropping in for their fix of takeaway coffee as well. That’s what you want from a local café, to feel like a second home.