Since last Sunday the need to have a time out and a decent breakfast in the sun has been huge. We haven’t had much time out lately and the last time we went to breakfast it was the middle of winter – freezing cold and I was only about 3 weeks out of surgery. Wasn’t fun. At that stage we needed to do groceries after a particularly gruelling physio/torture session so we chose Crinitis on the Rooftop at Kotara.
At this time I was struggling – still taking mighty pain killers and I couldn’t sit on those chairs – NO I COULD NOT. The breakfast menu was amazing and of biblical proportion as is the norm with Crinitis menu ( so much choice so little time) but the service was crap – the coffee was cold and the waitress tripped over me even though I chose to sit as far out of the way as I could. It wasn’t fun.. ( and the meals were so huge and served on planks of wood and I couldn’t get through mine).
BUT – we decided to give it another go the other day. Again we needed to grab a few groceries and do a little retail therapy and TRUST me .. Breakfast in the Sun at Crinitis mid week was a JOY!
Firstly – the menu has changed – FOR THE GREATER GOOD. Its still of biblical proportions but there is an all day breakfast choice on there as well as divine twists on the usual suspects.
Now I love an Eggs Benne – and will go out of my way to enjoy this particular meal – and I love nothing more than a twist on the original. Crinitis serves this up with perfection. You have a choice of your two poached eggs with hollandaise served with lashings of gently wilted baby spinach on toasted Italian bread – you can have bacon, prosciutto, porchetta or smoked salmon. I chose porchetta.
Melt in the mouth and gorgeously flavoured this rich rolled slow cooked pork is perfect for a delightful twist on my all time favourite breakfast. Next time I go Im going to ask for a side of the crumbed eggplant that came with my husbands Italiano Breakfast. As I could have stolen the lot of that from him!
Again – perfectly cooked and melt in your mouth – the only thing missing from this was the chilli on the side he forgot to order! The Italiano Plate has house made Salame, Mortadella, Lashings of Crispy Crispy Bacon, Provolone , Italian Sausage and the Crumbed Eggplant plus two eggs done your way… AND MORE. Its like the Italian equivalent of a mixed grill but with cured meats. My hubby loved it. The only complaint that we had was that the eggs were overcooked for our usual liking. We both love a good runny yolk – but poached eggs can be tricky ( they were not busy – maybe chef got momentarily distracted? – maybe we should have specified runny yolks?)
We had our coffees and pineapple juice and water was served to the table – so well hydrated and fed and at just under $60 this breakfast wasn’t an everyday treat – but it certainly was a delightful one that we will be back for again and again and again.
If you’re going on the weekend I would suggest booking a table as this restaurant really has to be the best choice to date on The Rooftop and they get excruciatingly busy and NOISY! Breakfast through the week is lovely and relaxing and with the weather changing – this will prove to be one of the places that the Husband and I frequent.
If you want to look at the menu before you go ( the choice can be overwhelming) you can find it here , the online menu seems to have little differences I’ve noticed – but the coffee was great and it was HOT this time! So Buon Appetito!
The Domesticated Ms Hemsworth 