Antoinette

So much has been reviewed already by people all over, about this cafe, but I still wanna write about it because this is where Paul brought me to celebrate my 23rd birthday :)

I will skip the introduction, to pictures!

French onion soup. 

My breakfast set

Cakes

The décor is lovely, the staff is relatively helpful, the prices are tad steep… but the food? Paul's wild mushroom risotto (sorry no pictures for this! He was too hungry and tucked in before we could take photos) was great-- The risotto was creamy, the mushroom was strong though not too overpowering for the palate. 

The experience would have been better if not for the letdown from the breakfast set. Poached eggs they served were rubbery and cold. Perhaps they had stopped the cooking process by dunking the poached egg into cold water and forgotten to warm it up in hot water. Or perhaps it was just my fault for eating the egg last. Not my fault what- I wanted to save the best for the last. I had great eggs at Wild Honey, eaten last too. Unfortunately, that eggy, oozy, burst-in-your-mouth feeling wasn’t replicated at Antoinette.

The cakes on the other hand, were fabulous. Good things come in small packages; size wise not money wise. We took small, dainty nibbles with our forks but the cakes finished all too quickly. 

We hadn't had enough at Antoinette to conclude about their food offerings, but we do know one thing for sure, is that we will only patronise it again for its cakes. Main course elsewhere, cakes here -- if we have that extra moolah of course :)

Total bill was $80 + (incl. GST & Scv Charge)] 

In conclusion,

Food: B

Service: B

Ambience: A

Value-for-$: B-

Overall grade: B

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