Mission 11 - the old laundry

I work around the North Perth area and had known for some time that Angove Street has sprouted a trendy row of cafes and shops. It was only last week that I had the chance to finally try one of these places for my operation.

It was a lovely sunny day. I was running late as usual. As I became aware that it was ...11 20 am, I started to drive like the Chinese woman that I am... Breakfast stops at 1130. My very considerate friends however, whatsapp'ed me the menu. But having been brunch buddies for so long, she knew my taste already. So her suggestion was exactly what I wanted.

I loved the ample parking on the street which was free although there were a few motorcycles, making sitting outside not quite so pleasant.

The place was busy but not too crowded. The table was a bit small for three plates of food. We however all loved the ledge on the side for us to put our hand bags and phones on. It's a girl thing.

I had the smashed pumpkin bruschetta with hazelnut dukkah, poached egg, feta, honey and dill dressing. My friend had sweet potato and chorizo hash. My other friend had the Old Laundry green eggs and ham. That consists of pork hock, green pea, polenta fried cakes, poached eggs, pesto and rocket. Then we all shared the Old Laundry peanut butter and jelly pop tart.






There was an ancient washing machine in the backyard but the staff didn't think it was a laundromat in the past. Nonetheless, the decor was trendy and unique.


My friends' meals came first so I tried a bit of chorizo and a bit of the polenta. When I saw my bruschetta, I was quite excited. It looked a good size and rather delicious.



THe smashed pumpkin was nice but better when mixed with feta. Otherwise it tended to be too sweet. Mind you, I've never really felt comfortable having pumpkin as a vegetable. There was only ONE egg! I had to deliberate for some time, how to eat it. From the absence of a photo with the egg cut open, you would be correct to assume I ate the whole egg in one mouthful. The yolk was fairly runny. It was a bit on the small side though. THe bread was ok but I always find the toast in cafes too...toasted...dry. One could argue that's why you put the pumpkin smash on it.

Friends had a few misgivings about the pop tart, namely because they made it too early when we told them we wanted it as a dessert. They apologised and later returned with the plate at the right time. However, the pop tart was cold. So we surmised they just left the plate and did not make a fresh dish even though it clearly would have affected the taste. Apart from that, there was a fair peanut butter taste and it was very pretty, with edible flowers sprinkled over.








So overall, it's a 3 out of 5 from me. THere was only one egg. I just though perhaps avocado smash or somehting would be better than pumpkin. I would go back but only because their dinner menu looked interesting and I like tapas - dates, villa queso blude cheese, ricotta, pancetta, lemon!