Does anyone else out there love nursery rhymes as much as I do?
I remember playing a PC Game once (when I was quite little) about Mother Goose and all the nursery rhyme characters, it was so much fun!
I mean, even Enid Blyton wrote about it in one of her books. She had Little Miss Muppet with Jack and Jill all together in the battle with the big mean spider, who really just wanted his curds and whey!
So when I heard about a little black sheep who had come to town to stay, I was more than eager to see what he had in his Three Bags Full.
So we woke up early and trekked to the other part of town to find an abundance of people already seated inside and a line that was just starting to curve around an old steam-powered hat factory which is a beautiful red brick building. This was still early morning mind, you! (Well, 9.30am is early, is it not?!)
We finally managed to get a table (with only a 10 minute wait) right by the door, so we had a good view and feel of the very busy place.
The Boy ordered Eggs on Toast – Florentine: Poached Eggs, Spinach & Hollandaise ($14.50) which he claims was probably a worthy death of good ‘ol Humpty.
Eggs were beautifully poached and the hollandaise sufficiently rich and creamy. The only thing that could have been better was perhaps a little more seasoning with the spinach.
I on the other hand, had the rather magnificent and luxurious Beetroot Cured Salmon – Corn, Pea & Feta Fritter; Avocado, Rocket, and Dill Sour Cream ($16.00) for my breakfast.
The salmon turned up in a bright beetroot pink and was so light and beetroot sweet, that for a moment there I forgot that I was dining on salmon.
I couldn’t help it, and found that I was humming happily to myself as I was demolishing this plate of deliciousness. All together now!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Once I caught a fish alive
6,7, 8, 9, 10
Then I let it go again…
Instead of biting me though, this fish ticked all the satisfaction boxes. The corn, pea and feta fritter went really well with the fish and paired together with the dill sour cream, I was swooning for more! It somehow made me reminisce the wonderful Mexican Extravaganza from Q-Eleven, with its fritter and corn pairing.
And a breakfast wouldn’t be complete without a beautiful freshly brewed cup of latte, would it?
The recent publication of The Age Good Cafe Guide 2011 gave the coffee of Three Bags Full a whopping rating of 3 coffee cups, and I can’t help but agree with them.
So which nursery rhyme do you like best my dear readers?
*Disclaimer: All food ratings are purely based on my own experiences and how I feel about the service, food and quality at the time of visit
Food/ Cuisine: Breakfast
Dining Style: Cafe
Overall Food Rating (Based on the Dining style): 7.5/10
Restaurant ambiance: 7.5/10 ( I love the wide open spaces of cafes and restaurants that used to be old factories/warehouses!)
Service/ Attitude: 7/10 (service was a bit busy and you could tell, so it wasn’t bad 🙂 )
Value for money: 7/10
Address:
60 Nicholson St
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Tel: (03)Â 9421 2732
Website: http://www.threebagsfullcafe.com/
Three Bags Full is open
Monday to Friday, 7am to 4pm
Saturday & Sunday, 8am to 4pm
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I like ‘Little Miss Muffet’ :D.
That beetroot pink salmon looks so cute ^^. Another to add on the list to visit one day!
Hee hee.. yeah the salmon was awesome!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again!
Such a sad and tragic rhyme don’t you think?
Aish more seasoning for the spinach? The spinach ought to be sweet enough itself. 🙂 A pinch of pepper may do the trick though.
Not my words 🙂 Ahahaha.. personally I love spinach with loads of butter!!
What? You didn’t try the black gingerbread!!!!!
NoOoOooOoooo *panic-attack*
For a second I got really excited, because I thought you meant it used to be a factory that made hats that were steam-powered. I WANT A STEAM-POWERED HAT.
Personally, I’m fascinated by all the nursery rhymes with naughty or ghoulish back stories, like Ring a Rosy and Mary Mary Quite Contrary!
I also like the look of that salmon.
Unfortunately it was nothing that exciting… but it would be really awesome if they did make it, with little whirring noises.. hmmmm… Inspector Gadget like I suppose…
Ahahaha, I’m going there tomorrow! Now will have to order something that you didn’t order! ;P
In case Allan screams.. ORDER the black gingerbread 😛
I was there today for lunch! I was going to order the beetroot cured salmon. Looks sooo good.
Ooo What did you have instead? The salmon was really nice!
You caught me on the egg shot! Still not been… so slack!
Hahahaha.. I know.. my list is still growing on places to go.. I can’t keep up!
Another one to add to the list when I get back to Oz. Looks divine. At the moment ‘London Bridge is falling down’ comes to mind, only because I’m sitting in my flat looking down over it!
Wow.. you have a London Bridge view? So lucky!
Great review – my colleague has been trying to drag me up there for weeks now. I’ve heard so many great things about it… that beetroot cured salmon looks beautiful!
Now you have good reason and authority to go 🙂
What a cute name! And I have seen beetroot cured salmon but come to think of it I wonder how it is cured in beetroot? I’d love to give that a go one day! 🙂
It does have a super cute name. Maybe they let it sit in beetroot juice?
I loved this place! I did a post about them a while back but I didn’t know the salmon was cured in beetroot, no wonder the colour’s so red! Learn something new everyday 😀
Brilliant idea isn’t it? I love things cured… the more interesting the better 🙂
I can’t choose a nursery rhyme, I love them all!!!!!!! hehe. Love this place too. Black Sticky Gingerbread!! & yes, amazing coffee.
Heidi xo
Little Tom Thumb? Hahaha… I know! I can’t believe I missed the black sticky gingerbread.. grrrr
Hmm I rated it a little differently to you so would love to see your version of a 10/10 breakfast/brunch!
I went there for the first time this morning, and boy I was impressed. The Big Breakfast was just superb, the coffee amazing and the staff super dooper friendly even as chaotic as it was!
– SkinnyPhat
PS: those poached eggs are making me hungry again!
Oh what did you rate it? Don’t get me wrong, it was delicious, but certainly not the best I’ve ever had 🙂 I know! Those poached eggs are making me hungry too 🙂
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