22.03.2020
Second visit!
Visited one of my favourite places again and had such a great brunch!
This time, I decided to feature something different, but at the same time keep my favourites! Yes, because this place has one of the most balanced and tastier acai bowls I’ve had in Melbourne and I will never get tired from it!
Here’s what I had:
Acai Bowl - a blend of acai, mango and banana, topped with seasonal fruits and the BEST granola. It also came with that perfect scoop of peanut butter. Please read my Zomato review below for more details but 100% recommend!
Sautéed Greens- my friend had this meal and it looked beautifully presented! The portions looked great and it screened health all over it! So many different green beans, sautéed kale, and wellness in a bowl! It came with persian feta sprinkled on top and two poached eggs, that were perfect to get that egg porn shot! With some pumpkin puree, pesto, dukkah and a generous piece of toast, this was outstanding and my friend loved it!
Beef Burger - Absolute stunning surprise! With a 150g premium beef patty, American cheese, caramelised onions, tomato, pickled beets, ranch dressing, we decided to go bold and ask for something different and balance the ‘health’ if the greens and acai 😂 it was a great portion and definitely a premium quality burger! Taste was decadent and mouth-drooling and it came with obviously crispy chips with aioli that paired very nicely!
Green Goddess - one of their best selling smoothies and a combo of banana, mango, spinach, supergreen mix and coconut milk. Overall taste is pretty good even though you can still taste the greens and spinach in there. Not bad, not bad at all but personally I would have liked it more sweet! But then again, it’s a health bomb for sure and will bring a lot of benefits to your health so definitely an option to consider if you’re more towards a ‘healthier’ option.
Berry Blitz - an outstanding combo of mixed berries and apple juice bringing that sour and sweet perfect balance spot to your tongue! Absolutely my favourite of the two and would ask for it again! These guys are big on the smoothie game and they certainly know how to do it, so it you’re a sweet tooth like me and love anything fresh, this will win you over!
An absolutely terrific experience as usual! Will be back again of course!
01.09.2019
Rosing to the sky! 🌹 Literally! Yes, if you didn’t know, actually roses can grow quite tall and the tallest ever recorded bush is over 7 metres tall! 🤭 my question here is: how doesn’t that even break? Maybe special powers?! Well, I’m sure they do because this little rose was PREEEEEETY AMAZING my friends 🤩 and to be honest I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck, am I right?As similarly all their other venues from this group, St Rose is a beautiful rose INDEED! 🙌Yes, all the brunches that I have had at Pinkie, Bowls Baby, No19 and now St Rose have been incredible and definitely amongst the best ones in Melbourne 🙌👏 While the menu doesn’t vary much between the venues, to be honest, they do have some special touches between each site and seriously, this is the type of place that will leave you craving and wishing to visit again straight away, so that is actually a positive aspect here! 😂 This specific venue is located at Essendon, very close to Bowls Baby, the first place from them that I actually visited and fell in love with not only the food and their ethos but actually was so impressed by the quality of costumer service they provide that obviously I felt that I needed to visit all their other venues and see what differences they had in the different locations as I am the first one to always make always little adjustments and creative additions to the same/similar recipe! We arrived at the venue and it was quite busy as I would have expected. They are quite popular and attract from local costumers to people that live on the opposite side of town – yes, that is how good they are! I was kindly welcomed by the staff and although they were quite busy, these guys handle chaos and business with confidence and in the upmost professional manner and we were prompt presented with a spot. Always with a smile, we were given the menu and after asking if there were any specials (which there were!) we made our selection. Of course that having visited their other venues previously, there were a few MUSTs (SERIOUSLY, the bowl that makes you dream of it over and over again!) and there were sure a few other items I was very curious (and excited to try) because I had seen how good they looked on social media, so here’s what we had: - Coffee bircher: okay, I am starting wqith this one because this is something EVERYONE needs to try. Like, OMG. It surpassed all expectations I had. I had seen a picture of it in social media and it looked interesting, like a cute little tube shaped grains and small… and I mean, I didn’t have much expectations for this besides ‘normal’ meal similar to a porridge, without much flavour (as oats/muesli is usually not very sweet and does not have a very strong taste) and WOW, boy was I wrong! 🤭😳😂 Not only is AMAZING and I was literally speechless after trying the first spoon but it must be the BEST bircher I have tried across ALL Melbourne 👌👏 NO, not even kidding. In terms of portion, the size from pictures is not accurate to how big and how great the portion is – seriously it was the first thing that impressed me and you sure won’t find it small or be hungry after this. Secondly, the taste. OMG. OMG. What is curious is that I am not a maaaassive coffee taste lover (I do drink coffee but I am not an addict and obviously prefer other flavours such as salted caramel or chocolate) but here the taste was just PERFECT. It does have a subtle taste of coffee yes, but I am pretty sure the origin the use here was so careful chosen because it has a touch of sweetness and cacao that clearly wins over and perfectly blends with the coffee. I would never have thought something like this would work so wonderfully – the espresso infused muesli and the puffed quinoa cacao are just A BLISS and possibly one of the best combos I have ever tried! Really! What is even better is that the surprises don’t end here and they use coconut sorbet on top, with again a good GOOD portion and that matches the whole meal supremely. Actually, if you combine a spoon with the smooth and mouth drooling and perfectly soaked muesli, with the crunchiness and natural sweetness of the puffed quinoa (like SO good) and the sorbet – WOW. Basically, indescribable and just a pure party to your mouth. I cannot get over how good it is, really! 🙏🥰 As other toppings they also use rhubarb that gives the perfect ending with a little touch of sourness, that is so impeccably welcomed actually! This is SO a must if you visit and I am certainly going to ask for it again when I visit. I am even tempted to say it is even better than the acai bowl (which obviously says a lot from a acai lover!) and I want this to be on the menu forever! You’ll be doing an actual service to the community 😂 🙏 - Maple ricotta hotcake – my friend had this meal and due to the lactose content of it I wasn’t able to enjoy it as well. He was so SO impressed by how flawless and scrumptious it was. The hotcakes came impeccably and moist, with perfect consistency and enriched sweet taste. It has a delightful mango curd, seriously the most decadent and soft vanilla cream and it is topped with blueberries, a significant and substantial portion of granola that is nutty based and looked gold, crunchy and just so temping to indulge (maybe you will also, sneakily steal a little because it looks just SO GOOD) and wait, the best part it still about to come: the white chocolate buckwheat combining the crunchiness of the one and only buckwheat (that is obviously a clear crowd favourite) with actually huge slices of white chocolate that are such perfection. For the perfect touch, it comes with a maple syrup that only makes you crave every bite even more and also gives some very instagramable pictures! (as you can obviously see). I just wish there was a vegan/dairy free version of this because I was SO jealous I couldn’t thoroughly have it too! 😂 🙏👌🙌 - Acai bowl – the acai. OH YES, the famous acai 😍I have had this at all their other venues and it is obviously one of my favourite bowls. The bowl is exactly the same in all three venues (although I am sure that if you have any preferences towards the toppings, it can certainly be accommodated because the staff is so friendly and willing to please the costumer in every way) and it comes with acai, banana blended with almond milk, and topped with peanut butter, organic crumble and seasonal fruits. As it is the same bowl as I have previously had and ADORED, I will make a summary of my reviews from the other places as my opinion hasn’t changed and this is JUST WAY TOO GOOD. This was the only thing I could think of before visiting this place and I was even dreaming about it because hands down for this amazingness! The portion is incredible, the acai is DELICIOUS (the colour of the acai is actually lighter than the one I had at one of their other well-known cafes and they told me they actually blend peanut butter to the mix! Trust me, after youdigging in that spoon there is no way you won’t love it straight away! SO GOOD. The taste is somewhat relatable to Nutella with still that acai hint and it is so inviting and heavenly, that I wouldn’t change anything about it at all (again, writing and thinking about it makes me want to have another one again!). The toppings are quite filling with a good portion of perfectly sliced and aligned banana, a delightful granola and a delightful table spoon of peanut butter. Don’t be deceived by the portion size of the acai as it actually has more that it can seem on a first from the inside of the bowl it can look deceivingly shallow. The only thing left to say now is… when can I have it again? Three times still isn’t enough, really! 😂 👏 - Cold poke toast – this was an interesting meal. We actually chose it as it was a special from the menu and the staff recommended it as a great tasty option. And while the ‘looks’ are not as impressive as the other meals, when it comes to the taste it is flawless indeed! A large size piece of a delicious bread, soft on the inside with little seeds, and a crunchy crust, it could have been more perfectly paired! It had a fair amount of cured salmon (although I think the portion size should have been slightly bigger – I know salmon is expensive but I really think this meal could use a little more to make it a bit more filling!), a generous portion of avocado and edamame beans, along with slices of a fresh cucumber and radish. Like I said, a few simple ingredients indeed that obviously are favourites amongst many (I mean, who does not love salmon avocado on toast?) and taking it to the next level with some tagarashi seasoning, kewpie mayo and honey lemon dressing – so delicious! I am actually not one to enjoy dressings per se, but here WOW, it really was an interesting match and I would certainly like to have the combo again 👌As a friendly suggestion I would say that another piece of bread would be immensely appreciated and that the portion of the salmon could be bigger. Of course that maybe adding some little colour to the meal, maybe with some beetroot would be interesting too and add some extra favours here! - Nutberry Smoothie – second time having this smoothie and it was even BETTER than I remembered it the first time. It so lived up to the expectations and even beyond! I love banana berry smoothies and this one had the perfect sweetness and perfect raspberry taste made with raspberries, banana, peanut butter, nectar and blended with almond milk. I would say that the consistency was even better than last time too! The colour – amazing as usual and a true delight! Again, I wish they even had a smoothie bowl with this mix, so I’ll definitely leave that suggestion here! Topped with some little pieces of almonds and dried raspberries it is a choice you wont regret making at all! - Protein Warrior Smoothie – my friend has this smoothie and in comparison to the other one, the nut butter taste is stronger here. It is has protein, blueberries (that give that purple colour!), nutbutter, maple, cinnamon and cacao nibs, all blended with almond milk and it is topped with little nuts as well and blueberries. It I had to advise how to choose between the two I would say that if you are a massive nut butter lover you will probably love this one more, but it is a smoothie not for a faith heart because it does fill you up more than the nutberry one, that seems more ’fresh’ and still has an incredible nutty taste. Either option would be amazing, really and I am curious to see next time how their banana and snickers smoothies are.What can I say more beside… when am I going back? 😂 Seriously, love this place, loved the service and loved the meals ❤️ Always such a pleasure to visit this team and their venues, walking in with a smile and leaving even with a BIGGER one! 100% recommend! 🙌👏
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