Pinbone, Woollahra (26 April 2015)
Monday, April 27, 2015My maiden brunch at Pinbone was a runaway success on every level. Restaurant-quality food at highly digestible pricing.
These guys cater for sophisticated palates that can actually appreciate several of the Asian-inspired choices. Shame on several rookie diners who I observed eating just eggs on toast.
- Sunday wait times comparable to the check-in counter for my Tiger Airways flight last month
- Upstairs acoustics no better than that same Tiger flight with 3 bawling toddlers onboard.
I order brown rice congee with pumpkin based on (i) from a 21km morning run (in rain) and (ii) my love of pumpkin.
Turnaround is rapid and out it comes after 10 min.
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| Malted brown rice congee with mushroom, pumpkin and a poached egg - $18 |
I absolutely loved it and score this 10/10, no hesitation. After spoon #4, I stood up and proclaimed this a top 3 dish in Sydney.
I figured a side of 1/2 avocado would be a clever addition. My mistake. This was not particularly complementary and in effect a low yielding $4 investment.
A good friend gave a verbal 10/10 to the egg white omelette just 30 min earlier. Lucky the wife chooses this else she'd be forced into this regardless.
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| Egg white omlette with prawns, pork floss and chilli - $18 |
Sophistication and taste-wise, this outdoes the congee and quite possibly any brunch dish I've ever had. Every fluffy mouthful screamed flavour (and heat). My personal philosophy is that eating prawns for breakfast is a sign of success in life.
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| Chilli and pork floss, very unique |
We did feel this was missing a carb component - an omelette without bread always feels lonely. No surprise then that the base portion size was appalling.
Lorie scored 10/10 for taste, 2/10 for satiety. I concur.
I'd say on account of the weather and satiety, dish of the day is the congee. Several drool-worthy options not inhaled this time are the creamed corn fregola and pumpkin, bacon, maple tart.
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| Pinbone menu |
Straight 9s:
- Food - 9/10 - incredibly tasty flavour combinations with healthy choices a big plus.
- Value - 9/10 - a $20 note gets you fine dining and $2 change for tipping .. unprecedented.
- Other - 9/10 - never seen such good service in a 'trending' cafe.
- Overall - 9/10 - a runaway success and a feed that you reminisce about in times of despair.
Pinbone is now in my top #3 brunches in Sydney.
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| Pinbone - top 3 Sydney brunch |
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How can I be happy with such a tiny prawn omelette?
Underlying prawn count very good - next time this needs the side of toast.
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