21/04/2013: Yesterday piece travelling along Sydney Rd nosotros noticed that Empire has closed.
15/09/2013: Empire has been replaced yesteryear Maddox.
15/09/2013: Empire has been replaced yesteryear Maddox.
Red Box, Brunswick Flour Mill in addition to Empire Cafe Gallery. Cindy remembered Anikee raving nearly Empire, in addition to thence nosotros wandered into its stunningly decorated interior. We settled into the cozy piddling front end room (there seemed to hold upwards enough to a greater extent than infinite out the back) in addition to perused the menu.
The women who run the identify are insanely friendly, in addition to the adept folks at Aduki brand it clear that they'll tweak the ingredients inwards whatever of their dishes to trace concern human relationship for everyone's dietary requirements. We didn't demand to tweak anything: the vegie burger (a homemade pattie made of scarlet lentils, roasted garlic, chickpeas, scarlet onion, carrot, carrot, mushrooms, capsicum, basil, bread-crumbs in addition to flour, served upwards amongst grated carrot in addition to beetroot, lettuce mix, alfalfa in addition to tomato plant if yous desire it, $12) amongst wedges ($3) for me, in addition to a fetta toastie (slow roasted pumpkin, fetta, toasted pinenuts in addition to infant spinach, $11) for Cindy. While nosotros were waiting for dejeuner to become far I enjoyed a really fine coffee.
Then the burger came out:
... in addition to it was huge. Look at it! Imagine anyone attempting to consume it inwards the traditional burger-eating manner! You'd demand ii mouths. I carefully deconstructed the tower in addition to tucked inwards amongst my cutlery. The pattie was delicious - a keen combination of textures in addition to flavours - in addition to the piles of fresh salad allowed me to bask the crispy golden wedges guilt-free. Amazingly I managed to larn through it all (with some aid on the wedges from Cindy) - which is a will to the lineament of the burger. You couldn't consume something that size if it was bland.
Cindy's repast was a to a greater extent than manageable size:
It was thick amongst fresh spinach, liberally sprinkled amongst toasty piddling pine-nuts in addition to smeared amongst a sweetness in addition to salty combination of roasted pumpkin in addition to fetta. The fetta was a piddling unevenly distributed, but that didn't tiresome Cindy downwards - she mowed her agency through her toastie (while sneaking a decent portion of my wedges), in addition to smacked her lips happily at the end.
The staff were wonderful throughout, sharing wisecracks in addition to banter amongst everyone who came in, piece ensuring nosotros had everything nosotros needed. What to a greater extent than tin yous inquire for: first-class coffee, heaps of vegie card options, substantial in addition to tasty meals, keen staff in addition to atmosphere upwards the wazoo. The exclusively query is why we've never wandered inwards before.
If you're inwards the neighbourhood, produce drib inwards in addition to purchase a coffee, a vegan sweetness process or some dejeuner - Empire has late been hitting yesteryear an absurdly high meshing neb (thanks to their generous gratis wi-fi policy), in addition to could role whatever tips yous tin spare. Keep an optic out for a ''kill the bill' produce goodness nighttime at the Playspace roughly the corner.
Address: 295 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Ph: 9387 6696
Prices: $9-$12
Website: http://www.myspace.com/empirecafegallery
The women who run the identify are insanely friendly, in addition to the adept folks at Aduki brand it clear that they'll tweak the ingredients inwards whatever of their dishes to trace concern human relationship for everyone's dietary requirements. We didn't demand to tweak anything: the vegie burger (a homemade pattie made of scarlet lentils, roasted garlic, chickpeas, scarlet onion, carrot, carrot, mushrooms, capsicum, basil, bread-crumbs in addition to flour, served upwards amongst grated carrot in addition to beetroot, lettuce mix, alfalfa in addition to tomato plant if yous desire it, $12) amongst wedges ($3) for me, in addition to a fetta toastie (slow roasted pumpkin, fetta, toasted pinenuts in addition to infant spinach, $11) for Cindy. While nosotros were waiting for dejeuner to become far I enjoyed a really fine coffee.
Then the burger came out:
... in addition to it was huge. Look at it! Imagine anyone attempting to consume it inwards the traditional burger-eating manner! You'd demand ii mouths. I carefully deconstructed the tower in addition to tucked inwards amongst my cutlery. The pattie was delicious - a keen combination of textures in addition to flavours - in addition to the piles of fresh salad allowed me to bask the crispy golden wedges guilt-free. Amazingly I managed to larn through it all (with some aid on the wedges from Cindy) - which is a will to the lineament of the burger. You couldn't consume something that size if it was bland.Cindy's repast was a to a greater extent than manageable size:
It was thick amongst fresh spinach, liberally sprinkled amongst toasty piddling pine-nuts in addition to smeared amongst a sweetness in addition to salty combination of roasted pumpkin in addition to fetta. The fetta was a piddling unevenly distributed, but that didn't tiresome Cindy downwards - she mowed her agency through her toastie (while sneaking a decent portion of my wedges), in addition to smacked her lips happily at the end.The staff were wonderful throughout, sharing wisecracks in addition to banter amongst everyone who came in, piece ensuring nosotros had everything nosotros needed. What to a greater extent than tin yous inquire for: first-class coffee, heaps of vegie card options, substantial in addition to tasty meals, keen staff in addition to atmosphere upwards the wazoo. The exclusively query is why we've never wandered inwards before.
If you're inwards the neighbourhood, produce drib inwards in addition to purchase a coffee, a vegan sweetness process or some dejeuner - Empire has late been hitting yesteryear an absurdly high meshing neb (thanks to their generous gratis wi-fi policy), in addition to could role whatever tips yous tin spare. Keep an optic out for a ''kill the bill' produce goodness nighttime at the Playspace roughly the corner.
Address: 295 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Ph: 9387 6696
Prices: $9-$12
Website: http://www.myspace.com/empirecafegallery
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