My kayaking lessons this week were held at Rose Bay. On Thursday we went early, in order to have breakfast before my 11am lesson. Bernasconi’s was well-reviewed in one of my cafe guides so we tried that.
Overall impression? Fairly large, well-run, busy cafe. No magic, but also no complaints.
Ling ordered field mushrooms and spinach on thick toast that tasted fantastic. I think it was a combination of many types of mushrooms plus a lot of garlic that gave it such good flavor. Her drink was atrocious, turned out to be a glob of ice cream floating in enormously sweet cocoa milk. She hated it.
I don’t remember my coffees at all, which means they were neither fantastic nor horrible, just fine. I think it was a long black to go along with my scrambled eggs/toast sort of meal.
I’ve found that most cafes in Sydney can manufacture a coffee that you’d have to at least give an “above average” mark to. Also, they seem to have dialed in what good toast is: big thick, crusty slices.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here, but if I was in the area, and wanted a cafe lunch or breakfast, this would be a top-three candidate.
23 Plumer Road
Rose Bay, NSW 2029
Phone (02) 9327 5717
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I hope your toast wasn’t that crummy “TEXAS TOAST” that Pa was SO disappointed in ,so much that he held Texas itself in low esteem afterward.