It was brunch-time after visiting the Cat Cafe practically next door. One of the delights of Melbourne is, of course, it's often 'mysterious' laneways. It's even better when those lanes hold restaurants that seem almost as determined to hide themselves. Krimper has a little 'A' frame sign you may not see unless you're already nearly on top of it. I adored the visage of the restaurant though, and opening the big doors, to step inside into a rather dingy, yet clearly jovial space. Friendly wait-staff greeted us and although it was buzzing with chatter, a table was found for us. Unfortunately it was underneath a dodgy light, that was on, then off, then onandoffonandoff - drove me bonkers, which is unfortunate.
Brunchtime meant we felt happy to let everyone go whichever direction they wanted, so kids went breaky while The Lovely Man and I went lunch.
For drinks there were a couple of iced chocolates, and I am told it used 'real chocolate' (as in cocoa) which made those two very happy. Our youngest had a hot chocolate, but, rather than let me know it wasn't sweet enough, he just only drank a few sips and left it go cold. I am sure it would be delicious with a bit of sweetness. Only coconut sugar is available at the table, but we didn't ask if there was any regular sugar as The Lovely Man was fine to go with the faux sugar. For me, it was a delightful fresh juice titled 'Recharge' which included pear, blueberry, mint and lemon. Delish.
Brekkie Platter was a winner for Miss, with poached eggs, mushroom, spinach, tomato, bacon, feta and sourdough toast. Middle child went for poached eggs, avocado and toast, and that made him. Smoked Salmon Scram made our youngest happy, though he left the sourdough - he always dose right now - finds it too hard. The eggs were cooked perfectly, and had a generous amount of salmon, and the guacamole with it, paired well.
The two lunch dishes we tried were Wagyu Burger with chips and the Soup of the Day (potato and leek). Wagyu was apparently nice enough, we've had a few burgers in recent days, and this one couldn't compete with a couple of them, though there was nothing 'wrong' with it - and it was absolutely juicy, the chips were good too.
My Potato and Leek Soup came with kale chips and sourdough 'toast' - I say 'toast' because the reality was, it was barely warmed bread, there was no golden look about it, and whatever the spread was on it, didn't get anywhere near the crust. The kale chips had gorgeous flavour, but the chip-factor was lost because they were soggy from being put into the soup. Perhaps if they were dropped onto soup and then sped out to the customer it would be different. The soup itself was nice, it was quite thin, and while I am glad I couldn't stand my spoon up in it, I do think of soups based on spuds as being a thicker, more unctuous consistency myself.
The 'vibe' is great here, and, while the serves aren't huge they are also not extraordinary priced considering it's the city.
Remembering I mentioned we went to the Cat Cafe before hand - you may notice a photo-bomber in the shots.
PS, smokers, please, even if you are desperate to light up, can you wait until you've moved away from the doorway before putting flame to tobacco, thanks.
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