Mission 5 Gordon St Garage

This is the funkiest place this mission has taken me to so far. Being on an unsuspecting side street of West Perth, I thought there would be plenty of parking. Not so. But I was lucky enough to find a free space after going around the block for the third time.

There were plenty of seats. I gathered it used to be a warehouse or garage. All around the cafe are photos of cars and people from the 50's. But because the ceiling was so high, the music a bit on the loud side, it was sometimes a bit hard to hear the conversation...of course, I'm a bit deaf at the best of times anyhow...

There were three dishes suited to this mission - poached eggs with trout and asparagus, poached or scrambled eggs on loaf and bacon, or leek and corned beef rosti with sunny side up eggs. Friends had the last one. I chose the trout cos it sounded like an unusual combination, only to be told that they have no trout! But the chef did make some adjustment and gave me salmon, asparagus and poached eggs instead.

The waitresses were attentive and constantly topped up our water. When my dish arrived initially with just the greens and salmon, there was mild panic. But soon the waitress arrived with the goods.

The greens were ok. The asparagus was grilled nicely - crispy and crunchy still. It was a little on the tasteless side if not for the salmon. As for the eggs, they were cooked to perfection! Never had I had poached eggs that I can remove the white COMPLETELY. The yolk did not break. But when bitten into, the yolk was still thick, runny and eggy :) And since there was no bread to spread the yolk on, I got to enjoy two bursts of yolk instead.

Friends shared their pancakes and rosti dishes. I stole a bit of the pancak. It was fluffy and lived up to its banana flavour name. The corn beef and leek rosti equally received good review from a person who disliked corned beef, too.

When we were asked if we wanted more drinks, we asked for the menu. But the waitress gave us the bill instead. Must have misheard us. So may be it's not just me that's deaf :P

At 22 dollars, it was a little on the pricier side considering there wasn't much salmon to the salad. Friends' dishes were only 16 dollars ...

So overall, the eggs were 5 out of 5 on the Olivia egg scale. The dish itself however ... may be 3 1/2, 4? No bread, a bit tasteless with the salad and false advertising with no trout! But I love the setting and would go back any time still :)