Saturday, July 14, 2007

Tom Phat, Brunswick

Say hello to the Cheap Eats 2007 breakfast dish of the year: the roti omelette at Tom Phat, 184 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Tel +61 3 9381 2374. A monster dish of twisted roti, grilled bacon and asian-style omelette topped with roasted tomato salsa and fried shallots. A bit annoying to eat - roti is better ripped up in the hand than chopped up with knife and fork - but tasty and very filling.

tom phat

Tom Phat is fusion food done well: viet eggs fried with chilli soy and spring onion; sri scrambled eggs with spring onion, curry leaves, cherry tomatoes and crispy roti; and uncle ho's breakfast with grilled marinated pork chop, crispy fried egg, tomato, cucumber and rice; and south african fruit toast with cracked wheat, sultanas and poppy seeds. They also have "normal" food, like toasted muesli, corn fritters, and a big breakfast of eggs, bacon, tomato, mushroom, avocado and hollandaise.

Another strong point is the Coffee Supreme coffee. It had a superb, almost caramel-like flavour. It was organic. It was fair trade. And it was brewed up by a dude with a mohawk.

If you prefer your drinks cold and fresh, Tom Phat does a nice line of juices and smoothies with cute names. Pineapple, watermelon and apple is a "fruit tingle". Banana, apple and yohurt is "monkey magic". And watermelon, apple and ginger is "fit and fresh".

17/20 "phat"

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Eggs & Bacon $9.90 BB100 -1%

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8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

score?

15/7/07 09:36  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that looks good. I guess.

15/7/07 14:39  
Blogger wongoli said...

i agree with the excellent coffee. the baked eggs were even yummier than the roti omelette. one complaint about the roti omelette - the garnishes made the dish cold, so it was a little strange eating a cold egg dish. otherwise, the flavours were good.

16/7/07 16:03  
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16/7/07 18:01  
Blogger Anthony said...

Jamie, if you loved the brekky you'll love the lunch and love the dinner menus! Tom Phat is light but filling Viet/Thai cuisine that's now become my standard.

Read my review on dinner on my blog. Cheers.

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21/7/07 10:00  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think fusion food should be illegal. its like eating celery which is the devils toesnails. ewwwwwwwww

8/5/08 22:53  
Blogger Unknown said...

yeh, i think tom phat is the most interesting breakfast places i've ever been to...i loved it and am trying to get everybody i know to try it!...totally filling though like you said! it's a great place.

28/6/08 15:18  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Winter 2008 - they aren't open until 11am on weekdays - a great shame.

15/8/08 13:15  

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