This Little Kitchen — Restaurant in Melbourne

Visited here recently whilst staying with friends in the local area. The venue itself is gorgeous - a really nice interior fit-out with a lot of attention to detail. They clearly spent time and money on making the place look good. The staff were all friendly as well. The menu had a good range of breakfast and lunch options - 2 had Eggs Benedict and 2 had the Jalapeno Flamers burgers. Presentation of food was spot-on. Eggs Benedict - both people were a little disappointed that the eggs weren't what we would call poached - they were closer to fried eggs which wasn't what we were expecting (might have been poached in a closed lid frying pan? Not sure, but you could see a bit of browning on the underside of the eggs consistent with pan cooking). The hollandaise sauce was nice but there could have been a lot more of it. There was also some type of shaved slaw and black sesame seeds over the eggs which (in our opinions) didn't really work. Jalapeno Flamers Burger - most ingredients were all fresh and well prepared. However jalapenos were pickled which didn't go down too well - quite an overpowering pickled taste so they ended up getting picked out by one of the guests. I think if fresh unpickled ones had been used it would have worked well. The jalapeno croquettes were interesting - again, a little bit of an overbearing pickled flavour and a bit unsure of the cheese filling. Fries were nice - crunchy and well seasoned. Coffees were good. My partner also asked for an English Breakfast Tea - they hadn't actually looked at the menu at that point and just assumed it was there. The waiter wrote it down so didn't think anything of it. When they were drinking it, they felt it had quite a flowery fragrance - we then checked the menu and saw only a Persian Classic black tea was there, so we all assumed that type of tea had that fragrance - they weren't a huge fan so left half the pot. Only when we checked the receipt after leaving did we realise he had been given French Earl Grey. Clearly just a small mix-up (waiter may have assumed it was the same) or perhaps being misheard, and we should have questioned it at the time but these things happen - and they know to read the menu first :) I would say it is a 50/50 split between the group as to whether we would all revisit again - always tricky reviewing food in a group as it so often comes down to personal taste. I think they take a lot of pride in what they do, but a couple of tweaks could lift it. I'd definitely go back for coffee as it's a nice little spot, and might take a punt on something different on the menu, if we are in...

Had eggs benedict with hashbrown, soy cappuccino and vanilla milkshake. What they serve isn’t eggs benedict but 2 fried eggs with a drizzle of mayonnaise with overcooked rubbery bacon. I asked why the eggs were fried not poached and they said that is how it is prepared. Sorry but it’s false advertising serving fried eggs and mayo calling it eggs benedict, which is by definition poached eggs with hollandaise (which takes more time and skill to prepare). The restaurant owner (who is the cook) tried to make amends bringing out 2 eggs he said was his best attempt at poaching, but was clearly fried eggs cooked in a pool of water (gross). Clearly the cook didn’t know how to cook a poached egg, which suggests they have no formal training. Coffee was horrible, with some weird curdling of the milk happening that made the froth look more like melted chocolate icecream. Vanilla shake for $10 tasted like made with cheep ice cream like McDonald’s. When I paid I noticed in their fridge their sparkling water which they sold for $4 a bottle was Coles brand, which shows they are sourcing cheap and trying to pass as upmarket cafe (the vanilla shake tasted like cheap Coles branded ice cream and the hashbrown looked and tasted like the 50cent hashbrown sold at Coles deli section). While the service is good (family business) the food quality is clearly poor using cheap ingredients, presented all fancy to try and pass as good quality, but tastes horrible. I’ve eaten at a lot of places before, and I have to say I felt this place is trying to fool it’s customers into thinking they will get a nice dining experience with the atmosphere, service and high prices, but then serving cheap poorly prepared food to make a profit. Sorry to be so critical, but I felt I need to be truthful here and hope the owners might change their approach (e.g. source better ingredients, hire a trained cook, and serve amongst other things a properly prepared...

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