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Monday, May 17, 2021

August 2, 2008: Birdman Eating

Edit 11/03/2016: Mary raved nigh it (although she was the first), Birdman all of a abrupt appeared on Cindy's listing of places nosotros should visit.

All bitterness aside, I was looking forwards to the visit. We were surprisingly fortunate with seating - arriving at 10:30ish on a Sabbatum in addition to beingness ushered guide to a table. It's non an overly cluttered place, but there's plenty ornament alongside the build clean lines to laissez passer on it a fighting of character. The java hither is acme notch, in addition to Cindy's chai striking the spot every bit good - a piddling weak, but neither also bitter or also sweet.

has declared Birdman Eating to last shut August 2, 2008: Birdman EatingThe bill of fare is a piddling odd - kippers in addition to dark pudding for the meat-eaters, Welsh rarebit for the cheese-heads in addition to plenty sweetness options to satisfy the sweetest of tooths. Which made it fifty-fifty to a greater extent than surprising that Cindy ordered toast: toasted banana breadstuff with love in addition to cinnamon labne to last precise ($9).

has declared Birdman Eating to last shut August 2, 2008: Birdman EatingIt was in all likelihood a piddling minor for $9, but it filled her upward in addition to was reasonably tasty. I can't tell much to a greater extent than than that - my banana phobia prevented me from fifty-fifty stealing a bite.

has declared Birdman Eating to last shut August 2, 2008: Birdman EatingAs good every bit the regular menu, Birdman has a rotating shape of baked egg treats on the specials board and, in 1 lawsuit I'd ascertained that shanklish was a form of cheese, my view was assail #3 - baked eggs with shanklish in addition to sweetness murphy ($14). The eggs came out perfectly cooked, which meant that past times the fourth dimension they'd cooled plenty for me to consume the yolks were a piddling also theater for my tastes. I gauge you're merely supposed to pounce in addition to consume it spell it's nevertheless bubbling (note: don't produce what I did in addition to impact the pan - non smart). Still, the shanklish was outstanding - lightly spiced in addition to form of yoghurty, in addition to was plenty to win me over. Particularly inward combination with the soft in addition to steaming sweetness potato.

I retrieve my memories of the Min Lokal baked eggs are becoming ludicrously positive (I gauge nosotros should larn dorsum to check), then these didn't quite mensurate up, but they charge per unit of measurement pretty damn highly regardless. Despite the weekend crowds, the service was friendly in addition to efficient (and trendy - I'm sure as shooting roughly of these places hire people based at to the lowest degree partly on how cool they look). Sure the neb was a piddling to a greater extent than than normal, but that's the cost yous pay for hobnobbing at the hip goal of Gertrude Street these days.

Address: 238 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9416 4747
Price: Vegie breakfasts - $6-$14.50
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

September 19, 2009: Birdman Eating Ii

Edit 11/03/2016: Charcoal Lane would soften the blow, though on arrival it became clear that they're non keeping to the 8am opening fourth dimension currently listed on their website. (They did seem to convey opened their doors past times the fourth dimension Michael backtracked from breakfast, though, too thence you lot tin in all probability rely on them for a fine weekend brunch from 9am.)

While this was disappointing, Birdman Eating was an first-class consolation prize. We were surprised to run across it alluvion alongside trendsters at this relatively early on sixty minutes too were lucky to snag a location at the front end window. The carte du jour doesn't seem to convey changed much since our catch a twelvemonth ago, offering enough of new (and veg-friendly) dishes alongside little serving sizes too prices. The baked eggs, at least, seem to come upward inwards a rotation of unlike flavours too at the minute they're all vegetarian. Michael chose the chickpea, pumpkin too ras el hanout version ($12); the spice combination wasn't quite every bit explosive every bit he'd hoped but the eggs were cooked good too happily fuelled him through a productive morning.

has declared Birdman Eating to hold upward shut September 19, 2009: Birdman Eating IIWhile I was tempted past times the dark rice pudding, I was compelled to endeavour the Welsh rarebit ($8.50). It's unapologetically cheesy, though it too had a squeamish fluffiness too distinct hint of mustard. H5N1 raspberry juice was its perfect foil.

Birdman's yet a lovely location to commence a leisurely weekend (or inwards Michael's case, to add together a pinch of leisure to a working weekend). It's no insiders' secret, though, every bit there's constant involve for tables throughout the morn too enough of diners seem to convey travelled from farther afield than the local neighbourhood for a gustation of Fitzroy.
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Birdman Eating right away has a website.
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You tin read nearly our previous breakfast at this cafe here.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Birdman Eating Iv

Edit 11/03/2016: nice breakfasts at that topographic point over the years but our dinner visit twelve months agone was underwhelming together with a workday destination past times concluding calendar week actually disappointed.

At that fourth dimension of the morning, their few other customers weren't seeking to a greater extent than than java thence nosotros easily nabbed a tabular array together with a waiter's attention. The card looked good, with enough of sweetness things for me to conduct with together with several varieties of their famous baked eggs for Michael. What was baffling together with actually inconvenient was the wait. Though the kitchen staff didn't seem otherwise occupied the nutrient took xl minutes to arrive, leaving Michael no to a greater extent than than 10 to slam downward his eggs together with scoot out the door for an appointment.


The dishes weren't quite upwards to scratch either. The waiter assured me that I could larn the house-made crumpets ($9) with jam instead of honey, but it seems the chef forgot together with I received my dense, crusty crumpets with both. The outcome was far likewise sweetness together with confirmation of why I didn't desire the dear inward the outset place.


Michael chose the baked eggs with Szechuan vegetables ($14), though he later decreed at that topographic point to endure nil Szechuan virtually them together with didn't fifty-fifty complete the plate. That's a rare, rare occurrence, folks.

The card notwithstanding looks appealing together with nosotros constitute the hold off staff pleasant, but I'm no longer convinced that the Birdman Eating kitchen tin follow through. The remainder of the blogsphere seems pretty ambivalent too.
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You tin read virtually one, two, three of our previous visits to Birdman Eating.

Since then, reviews accept been mighty mixed! There are unloosen accounts on Edible Posts, Green Gourmet Giraffe, Let's Get Fat Together, Barley Restaurant Reviews, Travel Foodprints, The Hot Chip Chicks, Where Adles Eats together with Popcorn & Toast.
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Birdman Eating
238 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9416 4747
veg breakfasts $5-20
http://www.birdmaneating.com.au/


Accessibility: Tables exterior are on a sloping footpath. There's a small-scale pace on entry together with tables within are a lilliputian crowded. There's sum tabular array service. We didn't see the toilets.
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Birdman Eating Iii

Edit 11/03/2016: several breakfasts, nosotros solely late looked over their level tapas card in addition to gave it a go. It was a adventure to accept our friend Mike in that place - he's got this matter against shared plates - but later a petty spell wandering the neighbourhood, existence turned away from in addition to individually vetoing other restaurants inwards turn, nosotros persuaded him to endeavor it. The menu's merely over one-half vegetarian in addition to had a few items I was real smashing to try.

Our waiter was a flake distant, merely barely helpful in addition to non actually friendly, but successfully committed our fellowship to memory.
First to instruct inwards was the fried haloumi alongside a salad of carmine rice, dried sour cherries in addition to pistachios ($15). Having enjoyed the flavour riots that are Ottolenghi's grain salads all year, this was disappointing. I couldn't sense of savor the cherries or pistachios at all.

Unfortunately later our commencement plate, in that place was a long hold off earlier nosotros saw whatsoever to a greater extent than food. This was a petty surprising, since the eating theatre was at best one-half full. 

The residuum of our fellowship arrived all at once. The confit kipfler potatoes alongside chilli common salt in addition to vanilla aioli ($9.50) were the highlight - a petty greasy, but beautifully seasoned. The unexpected vanilla didn't stand upwardly out.

Meanwhile, the ricotta gnocchi alongside bluish cheese, pear in addition to chives ($16.50) didn't actually come upwardly together. The gnocchi were large in addition to bland, the bluish cheese appeared every bit a few dry out clumps... without a sauce these were merely disparate ingredients inwards a pan.

It was non a functioning to convert Mike to tapas. Yet having paid petty to a greater extent than than $20 each to consume the residuum of us didn't experience awfully cheated. If the dishes had lived upwardly to their descriptions in addition to we'd enjoyed the surroundings a petty more, nosotros would compass got been happy indeed alongside the price. Since they in addition to nosotros didn't, our side yesteryear side repast out alongside Mike is probable to involve jumbo burritos.
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You tin read almost our visits to Birdman Eating for breakfast here in addition to here. Meanwhile, the tapas card has received real mixed reviews from others; run across Foodie About Town, The Love nosotros brand - The Love nosotros take, Out of my kitchen, Fill My Belly inwards Melbourne, The Gourmet Challenge in addition to The Neo Melbournian.
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Birdman Eating
238 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9416 4747
veg tapas $7.50-17.50
http://www.birdmaneating.com.au/

Accessibility: Tables exterior are on a sloping footpath. There's a pocket-size pace on entry in addition to tables are a petty crowded. There's amount tabular array service. We didn't see the toilets.
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

November 9-December 24, 2009: Back Upwards Streetsmart

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How?
Leave a donation when you lot pay your pecker at a participating restaurant. As the Streetsmart logo higher upwards hints, equally footling equally $2 tin brand a difference! You tin also brand guide donations to Streetsmart through ourcommunity.com.au. Spread the discussion via Facebook, Twitter, your spider web log or past times (gasp!) speaking directly, inwards person, to your friends, describe of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement too coworkers.

We conception to see too review a few Streetsmart restaurants during the campaign. We promise you lot tin honour a agency to pitch inwards too!
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