The Peddler

Guess who's back. 

I have been a busy little bee and haven't had much time to blog lately... but despite little time spent bloggin', there has been much time spent eating...so I have a couple  shitloads of places to write about. 

My latest visit was to a cafe in the some say leafy, some say scummy (correct), suburb of Nunawading. There is a general lack of decent cafes around the eastern suburbs, so to find one that is only a 5 minute drive from my hood in Forest Hill makes me happy in pants. 

The Peddler, from the owners of Red Cup in Box Hill, is a city-esque cafe unusually situated within a group of unpopular shops. 

The interior is rustic and old-fashioned- hanging lights, school style chairs, one big communal table, that old chestnut. 

One thing to say about this place is that everything- from coffees to muffins- are BEHEMOTH in size. A friend and I had visited The Peddler previously and ordered chai lattes, only to realise it was more like a chai milkshake (but for $6.5 what else would you expect?). Charging $4.50 for a small coffee around this area is risky business. It's obvious the owners are trying to bring the trendy inner city style out here- and it would be interesting to see how the locals have taken to it...it seemed to be busy for a Thursday morning.

The menu is great. Breakfast is served all day (yippee) and the meals range from good ol' traditional  eggs on toast- to more interesting dishes like Prawn and Israeli cous cous salad.

I had a sticky beak at the lady next to me and noticed that she ordered the french toast. It looked like a work of art! It was served on a wooden chopping board and the fruits were julienned all nicely on top. I  tried to zoom in on her meal to take a photo but I looked like a complete sicko. I should probably just stick to taking photos of my own meal...

I ordered the eggs benedict. Noooooot a huge fan hollandaise so ordered it on the side.

Eggs Benedict ($16.50)

Mother bear ordered the corn and ricotta fritters with crispy bacon and sour cream ($18.50). I wasn't lying when I said they do things BIG here. There were three huge fritters sitting under what looked like a kg of bacon. Unlike some fritters i've tried, these were so tasty and moist- some of the best I've tried.

The other dish ordered was the scrambled eggs with sides (mushroom, avocado, bacon + tomato) on sourdough toast. #thiswasthebiggestdishiveeverseen

At the counter they serve all types of giant goodies. One of the coolest things was salted honeycomb! If I didn't have a food baby I would have bought a mammoth slab.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for opening such a cool cafe right around the corner. Although the prices seem steep for around this area, you can be sure you will be getting what you pay for (and more).    Maybe this is the start of some new trend for the eastern suburbs.....if only...

The Peddler

295 Springfield Road, Nunawading