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My Rating: 4.5
BRIM CC is a really nice little Japanese café serving organic vegetable with their Japanese curry. There’s always long queues during lunch peak period and I often enjoy going to BRIM CC especially during winter as their meals are very hearty and tasty. At times I try to get there early to avoid the crowd, but it’s difficult as the café is so small, but regardless I prefer to dine in rather than take-away.
🔆LOCATION🔆
BRIM CC Japanese Café is situated on Little Collins Street between King and Spencer Street, very close to Southern Cross train station. The café is small with limited seating. Most people who dine-in literally just eat and go due to the queue of customers waiting for a seat. Often people decide to get take-away rather than wait for a seat. But as I have to travel a fair distance from my office, I prefer to dine-in.There’s a lot of customers that leave little messages and notes, mostly written on napkins and the staff has placed them on the wall which is a nice touch.
🔆SERVICE🔆
If you haven’t been to BRIM CC, you may possibly be overwhelmed with the list of different combination options they have on the menu. The Japanese staff are very friendly, helpful and very efficient. The queue to order does move quite quickly, so you don’t be put off. Once order, you get an order number. When your order is ready your order number will be called. If you like more soup options, its best to arrive earlier, as when they run out then your very limited in choices.
🔆MENU/PRICE🔆
I’ve been here a number of times and have mostly ordered the following options: Half Curry & Rice, Soup Set, $14.40(their soup options changes quite frequently and they will advise you what soup is available)Half Curry & Rice, Salad Set, $11.40(salad options include teriyaki chicken salad, tofu salad, potato mayo salad)Homemade Tokyo style curry & Rice, $9.90(organic vegetable stock with sweet vegetable curry)BRIM CC Bento Box, $12.90(includes 3 different Onigiri – triangular rice balls, grilled eggplants, marinated carrots, vegetable ball, and potato salad)
🔆VERDICT🔆
On my most recent visit I ordered the half curry & rice with soup set. I like this option because both servings of the soup, and the curry rice is really good portions and I’m always full afterwards. I love their purple rice and the curry is also very light and flavourful, sometimes I do think they have too much of the sauce though.
On days when I’m super hungry I go for the BRIM CC Bento Box, its decent serving and it definitely fills me right up in includes 3 different Onigiri – triangular rice balls, grilled eggplants, marinated carrots, vegetable ball, and potato salad. Sometimes I think its also good option to order to share with another person and then get a soup or curry rice to share.All in all BRIM CC is a really nice café to have home-cooked style organic Japanese food.
Our score 4.0 stars (avg of lots of visits). J picked up takeaway dinner from here on Wed 13th Nov. Quick & lovely service.
Vego curry ($9.80) – Same as usual, maybe a bit more carrot (nice). A lot of sauce, not a huge amount of veg, but very filling!
Chicken Katsu curry don ($12.80) – Similar to Veg curry but with onion & crumbed chicken (which is submerged in curry sauce, so not crunchy – but still tasty). Wouldn’t get again though!
Oct 2018. Have been getting takeaway from here for years. We usually have Chicken & tomato curry/Vego curry. Chicken is free range! Vego is basically chunky root vegetables – both dishes very filling. Accompanying mixed rice has good texture. Plenty of nice curry sauce, which can be a bit samey when you have these two together, but it is such comfort food! Service staff are ALWAYS nice & ordering in the afternoon (before catching the train nearby) means you avoid the lunch rush. Good value too!
No. of Visits: about 10-15 times
Overall Rating: 4.5
Verdict: Consistent quality, Organic Veggie
BrimCC has one of the best Japanese curry in Melbourne. It's affordable, tasty, healthy and quick so it's always a nice lunch option.
All meal sets and combos have lots of veggies and really healthy. The veggies, both salad and cooked, are always really fresh and you can really taste the natural goodie flavours in it. It is really hard to find nowadays as well.
Great soups and curries in a simple no-fuss setting. Warm your soul with hot Chicken Curry and rice on a cold winter day. Can be crowded during lunchtime on weekdays and difficult to find seats inside.
I love Brim CC for their interesting, wholesome menu and reasonable prices. On past visits, I've had the veg curry over whole grain rice and tried some of my friend's soba salad. Both feature classic flavour profiles and quality ingredients and were above average in taste.
Most recently, I strayed away from my normal order and got the salad combo with bread. I chose potato and tofu as they were the two best sounding vegetarian options, and they ended up pairing wonderfully. The potato salad was a massive serve, made with mayo and mustard and topped with a hard boiled egg. It was extremely filling to the point where I felt a bit sick after eating it, but at least it a sticks to your ribs. Meanwhile, the tofu salad was very nice and fresh and light and served with a soy dressing. The best way to eat this dish is to take the sourdough, spread potato salad onto it and top with salad leaves. 👌
Heads up: If you're visiting during lunchtime, keep in mind that you may have to wait for a seat.
3.5
Finally went to try this Japanese eatery after so long. There were not many seats but the ambiance was fine. Staffs were nice and food didn't take long.
Of course I went with their curry, specifically the tomato and chicken (requested half size for 7.9). I actually really enjoyed the curry as it was not too spicy and the chicken and tomato was a good combo, however I find it too salty, especially when it drowned my rice so I had a hard time eating it.
My sis' vege curry she also found too salty but I tried and it was less salty than mine.
I feel like the ultimate solution would be separating the rice and the curry so we can adjust the intensity of the flavour.
Overall though, very affordable and hearty meal that I would highly recommend separating their curries from their rice or using a plate instead of a bowl even for their half size.
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My first day back working in the city. I have really missed this place or more importantly the chicken curry that is produced here. I’ve never actually eaten in b causes it’s a little bit squishy and always full but today I was fortunate not to have to queue. Half serve chicken curry is enough for me for lunch. Mild organically produced curry base and a generous amount of chicken. Tasted as good as I remembered. Glad I got reacquainted.
This place is bliss. This is my comfort zone. I love the food here and I feel my soul is nourished. Come here. Be kind to the staff. If you come at a busy time you might not get a table.
It's a shame that BrimCC only opens on weekdays. I bet they'd do a roaring trade on weekends if the weekday crowd is anything to go by.
I had the half size curry and salad set while my side kick had the organic soup salad set. All their ingredients were organic and this was certainly obvious in the taste and freshness of their offerings. The curry had the right amount of umaminess while the salads were healthily tasty.
Will definitely make the effort to come into town during the week in the future just to try their other items.
I got the chicken curry don and an omurice for takeaway, both of them came with the same small side salad. The food here is very fresh, healthy and homey. The curry was more subtle than the usual Japanese curry you get elsewhere but it was tasty and the chicken was tender. It came with red rice which I love. The omurice also came with red rice. It was a little on the sweet side for me but I think this may be how it is supposed to be. The salad was crisp and lightly dressed.
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