Pawpaw Cafe

Pawpaw Cafe
Address: Cnr Potts St And 898 Stanley St, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102
http://venzingroup.com.au/our-restaurants/pawpaw-cafe/

Pawpaw came into my vision as one of those highly recommended brunch places. Strangely, I have never been too curious to visit Pawpaw until a friend of mine dragged me to it (this could have something to do with me hating driving to the Gabba).

Anyway, after (not)much debate, we set out to Pawpaw.

The decor at Pawpaw extremely quaint, with the blue tin walls and neon looking sign on the outside and long wooden benches and bambo print wallpaper on the inside... At that point, I really did wish I had taken some photos as I walked in.

For our brunch, as I went with friend who doesn't drink coffee, we all ended up ordering tea instead. Thinking back, I really wish I had bucked the trend and tried out their coffee. Cos apparently the coffee there was quite fantastic. But saying that, at least this gives something to go back and try later.

Food wise, I ordered the Pawpaw house burger whilst my friend had the quinoa and potato hash cakes with beetroot relish.

The burger was delightful. Full of flavour and it was so large that I really had trouble finishing the whole thing. My only concern was that it was a tad greasy. However, given that I am having a burger, there's no way that grease was not going to come with the package.

One of my friend had more of a mixed feeling to the hash cakes though.

whilst it was flavourful (I had a snippet of a taste), it really didn't go well for her as she really doesn't like halloumi (the dish is full of it) and quinoa (it had quite a bit of quinoa too)...

But despite it all, she agreed that for the portion of the dish, the flavour of the food and the price we paid, it was definitely worth the visit.

Curious to Try: Quinoa & potato hash cakes with beetroot relish and coffee

Moose and Gibson

Moose and Gibson
Address: 77 Jurgens St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
http://www.mooseandgibson.com/

The girls and I had started this habit of trying to do monthly brunch/catch up in late 2013. It is really meant for us to take some time away from the daily grind and catch up on each other's life and well... gossip.

Moose and Gibson in the Gabba was our first stop as we have heard good things about it from a myriad of people dining and wining in Brisbane.

We scheduled to meet at 10:30 on a Sat, and whilst we had to wait a lil to get seated, the waitress was nothing pleasant and accomodating as we not only got the number of people turning up wrong, we also arrived in drizzle cross the span of an hour.

Now the one thing everyone recommended to try at Moose & Gibson was their peanut butter salted caramel shake (? - can't remember exactly what it is called), but unfortunatley on the day, by the time we were ready to order, it has been sold out. Which was rather a shame.

The other dish that came highly recommended to us was the chorizo egg bake.

The dish came out quickly enough (probably because by the time we ordered, the brunch crowd has dissipated)and I was well impressed with what I received.

For one, someone has finally done it right and toasted my sourdough bread and provided some butter! (Cold bread is a little peeve of mine - bread is just meant to be warm!)

The eggs themselves was nicely cooked (running yolks and all)was supported by chorizo and spinach in a tomato based sauce. And the portion! It was massive!

I finished the whole thing of course and rubbed my food baby in delight.

Yes Moose & Gibson, I am definitely coming back for that shake I missed out on!

Recommended: Potted Eggs