Location: 120 Hardware
Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
After arriving late
Friday night, our “first” official meal was going to be the neat little café
which everyone talks about … the café in which everyone doesn’t just recommend
but states, you just have to go to Hardware Societe.
While waiting, we
didn’t even have to look at the menu to decide what we wanted, watching the
food being served alone we had an idea of what we would order. That was until
we spot another plate walking out, our order changed…
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Cloudy Lemonade $10 Pot of green tea (for one) $4.50 |
Sitting in the cosy
little café on the communal table, we came to our final decision. Feli had
wanted scrambled eggs, so it just a choice of which she would have. The food
came out so fast; we see how they manage to turn their tables so fast despite
the massive queue.
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Scrambled eggs with morton bay bug meat, zucchini & preserved lemon tortilla, aioli $19.00 |
The scrambled eggs
were really lovely, cooked to perfection. It was light and fluffy.
Candice and I both wanted
the poached eggs and baked eggs, so we came to conclusion to share.
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Baked Eggs with chorizo sausage, piquillo pimento sauce, crunchy almonds, queso de cabra goats milk cheese $17.00 |
So … I know this may
come as a surprise, but … it was my first time trying baked eggs, and I have
always wanted to try. So, no better place to try baked eggs then … HARDWARE
SOCIETE. OMG … just omg! I love it; the melted cheese, and the hidden chorizos’
with an egg-y goodness. Even towards the end, the melted cheese was being as we
all like it, stringy!!
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Poached Eggs Deux with salmon tartare, watermelon gazpacho, crushed avocado $20.00 |
I don’t know why, but
I didn’t seem to have much of an expectation of the poached eggs, perhaps I
secretly wanted the baked eggs a fraction more. However, once it arrived I couldn’t wait to
dig in (which of course being foodies is never the case). The egg was cooked to perfection; the yolk
was runny once our knife cut into it. The
avocado and salmon tartare was just sitting there teasing me “Eat more, eat
more!” scraping up the tomato based sauce as well, just made me listen to my
mental mind of talking tartare!
Overall, I do not only
recommend this place when you visit Melbourne, but simply state “you must go to
Hardware Societe regardless of a queue or not.” I mean; that’s what we had
experienced and was definitely not disappointed.
Have you ever been
recommended to a place and walked out disappointed?
Until next time,
seems to be one of the few places opened for breakfast in the CBD on a weekend in Melbourne. always so busy when i pass by.
ReplyDeleteHAHA ... I guess I can say, it's one that you know you can't go wrong with?
DeleteBut yes, it is fairly busy ... I did comment on the cafe opposite how annoyed you would feel to see them constantly queued up. Though, that cafe didn't seem to be doing bad either :)
and the old school lemonade that we had !! can't wait for Summer to be here again so I can be in our beloved Melbourne again :D
ReplyDeleteoh, and Jamie's ! Jamie's was a tad disappointing
DeleteAND revisit Hardware Societe along with LOTF!! mmm~~
DeleteMelbourne Food!! ^^
Just love this place. It's a lovely place to eat for brunch especially for table for one :P
ReplyDeleteI know right!! Their menu is so ... HELLO I WANT A BIT OF EVERYTHING THANKS! ^^
Deleteespecially for a table for one... haha easier and faster to get a table perhaps?
I would like to have a bit of everything too. Damn I need to head down to Melbourne really soon. Missing out big time!
ReplyDeletemmm ~~ Yes, we're all missing Melbourne food so badly!! T^T hahaha!!
DeleteIf only they had a special in the morning where you get to taste a bit of everything ...
I think I'm on to something haha!
Lovely brunch spot in Melbourne! I really liked their tea cosies!
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