Flat White - not so flat and full of colours (on their sweets)

This has to be the most wholesome, hearty, and not to mention short dessert tour ever. In fact it wasn't a tour - it was one single location - but it was divine.

Flat White Cafe, Woollahra, not a new discovery for some, but DDT saw an opportunity to introduce this place to those who haven't been. The single stop was justifiable - servings of their breakfasts were more than generous, sharing was absolutely necessary to allow sampling of their extensive breakfast menu.

Two items jump out of the menu at us - Brioche French toast with maple syrup and bananas, Ricotta hotcakes with straberries and yogurt; and on the specials board, porridge with rhubarb and strawberry compote and brown sugar. On the shelf, muffins, biscuits, friands. Savoury selection - baked eggs, omelette with chorizo, scrambled eggs, poached eggs ... you name it, they got it. And they got it good!!

Beautifully fluffy, fully soaked French toast made with brioche bread. Wonderfully aromatic and hearty. My favourite for the day, but not saying I didn't enjoy the others dishes.

Fluffy ricotta hotcakes - you can see the ricotta in between the hotcakes. Warm, light, hugely satisfying, dare we say it was better than Bills!

Beautiful fruit and nut toast - gorgeously aromatic and nutty and tasty and healthy. Until we melted the whole blob of butter on top. It was so wholesome and delicious at the same time - who says healthy food can't be tasty?

Mixed berry friand  - not your ordinary friand, it was so hearty, scoop of mixed berries on top, hazelnut and we suspect toasted oats to give it that wonderful texture. I had to take 2 extra friands home - at $5 a pop they appeared expensive, but they were twice the size and flavour of your normal standard cafe fare. This comes close to my second favourite of the day.

But wait there's more! I have been eyeing the porridge on the specials board, that after the banana french toast, the hotcakes, friand, fruit and nut toast and ahem the savoury items (see below) I ordered the porridge, much to the waiter's delight and surprise. I love a good porridge - it was perfect for a cold, damp winter's day.

Savoury items - yes it was allowed (shock horror!) but, considering there were only 5 of us, and how many desserts have I already mentioned? Yet we were still hungry. One of the stars of the breakfast menu was the baked eggs and chorizo with a salad of fetta and pine nut. It was brilliantly rustic, runny creamy yolks, sprinkle of zaatar, top notch.

One thing about this lovely joint is no booking policy. You want a table, you queue up with your mates and that first coffee. However the wait is worthwhile, food and service were excellent. Must come back one day!

CS