Wow, it’s been two months since my last post. To be honest, life happened and weekend morning breakfast got reshuffled down the priority list – yes, believe it or not, there are more important things than having a lazy weekend morning! But to redeem myself, I thought I would write a post on a cafe a friend and I went to for breakfast a while ago – Filter. Filter sits on Brunswick St, Fitzroy, just before Johnston St, not far from San Churro, and definitely not far from Atomica.
First impression – nice place, high ceiling, minimalistic, modern, has a chill out ambience to it. Menu looks okay – all the standard breakfast offerings that most cafes have. Coffee was not bad. Not great, but not bad. Service was acceptable. So it ticks all the boxes for a decent place, although not particularly outstanding I have to admit. I ordered my usual breakfast choice - scrambled eggs on toast and baked beans on the side. And boy was I surprised when my order arrived! It literally was scrambled eggs on a single slice of toast! The baked beans came in a small dish, almost like a sauce/dipping bowl. The serving was not generous to say the least. I’m used to breakfast ala Atomica, so a sparse dish does not go down well with me (all that empty space on a white porcelain dish just seem to translate to “not enough”). Although the quality of the food is not substandard, value-for-money wise, it definitely does not rate high on my list. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant breakfast. The location did make up for it–an hour later, I was at San Churro chowing down hot spanish doughnuts dipped in dark chocolate sauce. So much for a healthy breakfast.
