Cafe Issus
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on Centre Place in Melbourne's CBD (off Flinders Street) is a charming and cosy, licensed cafe with a fun variety of breakfast and drinks. We came here with a party of about 8 for breakfast/lunch and the restaurant happily sat us at a suitable table for our large group.
After a scan of the menu, my heart became set on the Middle Eastern Meatballs which I paired with a Bloody Mary - after deciding it was indeed okay to drink alcohol in the morning, if I so desired. The Middle Eastern Meatballs were very impressive and filling - they came in a sizzling pan in a tomato stew with two poached eggs. All that goodness also came with two slices of crusty bread for dipping. The meatballs were soft and fell apart easily, though this wasn't a bad thing - after all they'd been sitting in hot tomato stew, and weren't made only of meat - I think that's indeed a Middle Eastern recipe - there were herbs and filling too. The poached eggs weren't dry and were firm without being hard, well prepared.
My Bloody Mary was appropriately spicy and without being overpowering; garnished with olives and served with a couple of pieces of celery taller than the glass and seemingly fresh as well. They supplied a paper straw too, which is admirable in this day and age of plastic reduction.
A few of our friends got pancakes which has a signature addition - fairy floss! I didn't try any of this but they were quite pleased with their pancakes served with fresh fruit and cream. The fairy floss looked quite light and airy and they gave no impression of it being too sweet.
I think our group was quite happy with our respective meals at , I certainly was and the service was good - quick and pleasant, they also let us pay separately too.
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119457 - 2023-06-12 21:30:27