Harajuku Gyoza Brisbane | thebrunchaddict

While visiting Brisbane on today's hot boxing day my shopping buddy and I decided to grab a quick bite between department stores and avoiding the heat. Harajuku Gyoza fitted the bill with great food, cheery staff and the one essential ingredient, air conditioning! First impressions of here is quite amazing... The roof was covered with…
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Rubber Duck Cafe Clifton Hill

Rubber Duck Cafe Queens Parade Fitzroy / Clifton Hill Rubber Duck Cafe in Clifton Hill is one of my local haunts. It s great for a coffee, cake as well as nice hearty brunch. With Christmas leading to most places having very limited hours and menus I was pleased to see this place was open and packed to the rafters. The menu here is quite eclectic with a bit of everything. Normally I would have their green eggs and ham with poached eggs, pesto and ham off the bone Today I noticed a different item and had to try it. Cheddar muffins with bacon, poached eggs and BBQ sauce. Cheddar Muffins | Rubber Duck Cafe Clifton Hill This was certainly an interesting mix of flavours The cheddar, bacon, onions and eggs were a great combo For me it s a very British feed. I can imagine my French partner s poor eyes rolling in his head however. The hollandaise I am not quite so sure about Just didn t seem to fit.  Overall it was a good meal however next time I am going to ditch the hollandaise. Overall th
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Qantas Business Class Lunch

Hey there Guys. Today I was fortunate to get a Qantas business class upgrade for my flight from Melbourne to Brisbane. I thought it was a great chance to check out the meal service and get a bit of a review up. The flight is quite a quick one at only 2 hours but I have to say they manage to fit a great service in. Tea service Qantas business class Starting up was drinks with wine and spirits on offer. Bit of a forced smile when I asked for tea but they were still very kind and happy to offer my drink of choice. For mains the choices were Vietnamese Beef Noodle Salad or a Savory French Toast. For this flight I opted for the savory french toast. It was amazing! Shaved ham served on french toast with tomato relish and grilled Gruyere cheese. Savory French Toast Qantas Business Class A delicious grilled cheese with ham! The bread was sadly soggy however I am sure this is more to do with the limitations of the kitchen in the sky rather than other aspects. My companion reported he had the s
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Qantas Club Business Lounge Auckland

I have been a member of The Qantas Club for more than 21 years now so I have seen a number of changes in my time. I ve seen it amazing, I ve seen it meh and I have seen it kinda middle of the road where I currently believe it sits. Nothing too exciting, think vaguely posh snack bar Perhaps I am a little too focused on the food offerings but I don t drink. Unlike half of Sydney s white collar execs or WA FIFO workers I don t see the Qantas club as a chance to get munted on free Crown larger. Today I was pleasantly surprised at the offerings in the Auckland lounge. This lounge is of a decent size with plenty of comfortable seating Business / Qantas club to the right Platinum or First get to discovery the amazing world behind a frosted glass door to the left. I was sent to the right but plans are afoot to be a left hand turner again soon. In the food front there was a great selection on offer. Shepherd s Pie Qantas Club Auckland Hot dish was shepherd s pie with sauce. Good old fashioned
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Qantas Business Class Auckland – Melbourne

After my wonderful Emirates experience I felt it was something a little different to be able to offer reviews of some of the best restaurants in the sky. Today s flight in Qantas Business is adding to this tradition. As mentioned in my review of the Auckland Qantas Business Class lounge the food there was very good. Certainly a long way ahead of the offerings in the Sydney and Melbourne Qantas clubs. I didn t want to fill up too much as I wanted to be able to enjoy the experience of the meals offered in flight. Today s flight was on a 737-800 which means they really don t have the storage or galley options available on the A380. That said the food was tasty, not sure Neil Perry would be happy if the main was served the same way in his restaurant however given the nature of the kitchen it s a nice outcome for a meal served in the sky in a large aluminum tube. Salmon with Olive Tapanade Qantas Business Dinner Auckland Melbourne Offerings were a potato and leek soup as a starter. I decid
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Toru Ponsonby Auckland

Sadly today was my last day in Auckland however it was great to be able to join some great friends for brunch in one of the more posh suburbs of town, the upwardly mobile Ponsonby. Toru is a cool cafe with a wonderfully open feel. It s in the middle of an arcade so you are surrounded by shops however it doesn t have that awful Westfield feel. Toru Cafe Breakfast / Brunch Menu The menu is an interesting mix of breakfast standards and some interesting twists such as a spanner crab omelette, wagyu mince on toast (is that what the posh kids at Ponsonby state school have in their jaffles?) and even quinoa bircher should a hipster happen to park his fixie out the front. BTW is there such a thing as a female hipster? I went for two of my favorite foods in the world brought together in a harmony that can only be described as breakfast foody heaven. Pork belly and eggs Benedict. Pork Belly Eggs Benedict Toru Cafe Ponsonby Dam it was good. Pork was sweet hosting a nice layer of fat accompanied
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Quay Street Cafe Auckland

Meatloaf Sandwich @ Quay Street Cafe Auckland Quite often when I am looking for a great place for brunch I will check out menus to see if there are particular meals that get me salivating Pictured above is the meatloaf sandwich from Quay Street Cafe in Auckland It had me salivating. I honestly feel for my partner. You see he is of French origin and so kind in forgiving my passion for American style food. He loves wonderful French cuisine, as do I, however when it comes to brunch I love the exact opposite. Needless to say I am pretty sure that had Jyan been travelling with me he would have had a different choice. For today though, how often do you get to see meatloaf on a restaurant menu? You can be reassured that this meal lived up to it s full potential. The poached egg was great with a nice runny yolk. Hollandaise sweet and the meatloaf juicy. I would have gone for a different style bread, but hey when in Auckland Coffee was good at the Quay Street Cafe however they did do one of th
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