The Club Sandwich ($12) was layers of bacon, chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and, unusually, chopped boiled egg. I always associate Club Sandwiches with hotel room service. A toasted triple decker sandwich held together with skewers and serve with lots of hot chips or sometimes a handful of potato chips (crisps). The egg made this one rather unusual, and while it was filling it wasn't wow.
The Pumpkin and Fetta Tart ($12) was served with the salad of the day. This was my mother's choice and she was very happy with it.
The Coode St Cafe have some serious juices available on their breakfast menu. Some real kick starters and recovery juices. This is a Zinger Juice ($6.50). For an extra $1 it is served with a Beroca! This juice did have a real 'zing' to it; apple, lemon and ginger.
There was some serious dessert sampling to follow. The very friendly staff were happy to tell me that some of the cakes are brought in and others are made on site. This very unusual Citrus Tart had a pastry base, and a very citrusy filling that was not a custard as one expects but a heavy almond filling, and a layer or thick white icing. Being a bit fan of anything almond and having a very sweet tooth that loves thick icing, I found this to be the perfect end to the meal.
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The black cherry muffin was served warm with butter, something I find very strange as I associate a muffin with a cake rather than a bread. It was very nice and tasted quite healthy and brany.
The chocolate chip brownie is hard to comment on. When you make a good one yourself, it is hard to find another that measures up.
The Coode St Cafe was a great lunch venue. It has a varied menu, with specials on the blackboard inside, water freely available and tables outside in the sun. Friendly staff made no complaint about making a plain toasted cheese sandwich for the kids.
