Sunday, August 30, 2015

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!




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