Brilliant day for brunch by the sea

About 25 min from Perth CBD is Fremantle Loop, a set of apartments by the sea. Underneath is this bustling cafe The Shipping Lane. The theme of shipping is around. The mirror at one end of the room is framed by a container. The feature wall is a nautical map. But the most captivating feature is the view of the sea and the brilliant clear blue skies. Although if the cafe was 1 floor higher, it would have had a much better view of the sea and the coast line.

There is a brunch menu, sushi menu and dinner menu. My friend ordered a serve of poached salmon sushi with popping candy and fish roe, a rainbow juice and the slow poached salmon salad. I ordered the avocado guacamole on toast plus 2 eggs, poached of course.

The staff came around offering water giving us time to order drinks. They were very attentive throughout actually.

Sushi came first. Perhaps they could have offered us an extra plate, seeing that we were going to share. But they automatically gave us 2 sets of chopsticks

My friend's slow poached salmon came slightly different from what I envisaged. I thought it would be a portion of whole salmon. But it came in pieces. But the most important thing was that it was nicely poached. I thought it was a bit fishy but very tender and juicy.

As for me, my guacamole smothered toast was topped with cherry tomatoes and feta. The two poached eggs came wobbling, ready to burst! There was some pepper and salt seasoning on the egg. I didn't do much egg white resection because both looked like they were on the verge of bursting already. The toast was a little bit thick for the about of egg available. Plus as my friend noted, rye bread (or some form of brown bread) was not buttered making it a touch on the dry and bland side. The guacamole could have done with a squeeze of lemon or a touch more salt. But overall, it was nice.

My friend's verdict of the coffee was a bit average. My Marrekech tea was reasonable - a bit spicy and aromatic.

Overall, the eggs were better than average but the rest of the food was probably average. 3.5/5 on the Olivia egg scale. Would be back for the view but then there is another cafe even closer to the sea 100m from here!

Sprolo- poached eggs with kayan jam

Haven't blogged for some time. However, it does not mean that I ceased my search for the perfect poached eggs on toast. Quite the contrary.

Firstly there was Sprolo. Sous vide eggs on toast plus Kayan jam. THis was a much better experience of sous vide eggs than Nul Nam. The eggs were just that tad more cooked and I didn't feel like a neanderthal eating something completely raw.

One criticism I do have is the use of packets of butter. It just doesn't look quite right. I do however always had this preference for whipped butter. It would be even nicer if it was whipped and flavoured. The kayan was good but nothing special.

THe cafe itself was nice and casual. I loved the guitars on the wall. Apparently the owners are also musicians. Although I did think my guitar loving friend might have a heart attack, seeing the dismantled instruments on the wall.

Overall, on the Olivia egg scale, 3 1/2 out of five.Losing points on just being average, nothing very special.

Typika - Claremont

Finally made it to Typika in Claremont! The place was buzzing - long queue for take away coffees and queues for tables as well. The staff took my name down and said it would be about 20mins. I wasn't in a rush. But a word of caution is that they won't give you a table unless all of you have arrived. Fair enough, I guess. I just stayed there, taking photos of the place and chatting on my phone. I'm not sure how it would work if you went away to the mall and a table turned up earlier. In spite of that, we got a table within about half an hour.

My friend who have been here numerous times before said that there were new foods added to the menu. One ordered the dang dang beef with hand made thai sausage. The other ordered the charsiu pork bun, white man style of course!

Service was relatively quick. Suffice to say, both my friends were satisfied with their choices. I tried the sausage, and it was rather delicious. Tender and fragrant with no nasty bits in it. There were nice touches to detail. If you order tea, the milk comes in a tiny wee milk bottle. The butter comes in a little glass container ready softened for spreading. As for me, poached eggs on gluten free bread with mushrooms was my choice.

The eggs were the runniest I've had so far. I couldn't really dissect away the white as it was all too fragile. In the end, I broke both of the eggs :( However, there was a bit of seasoning and pepper already on top of the eggs so I didn't have to add anything. The bread was crunchy and fresh although not as nice as the brioche at Harvest.

So overall, 3.75 eggs out of 5 from me. Better than Sprolo, just that bit more attention to detail.

Absolutely would come back. Next time I would try their huevos rancheros - 62 degree eggs with chorizo sausage, tomatoes and feta on toast! YUM!