Plunge Cafe - Summer Hill

The best thing about Plunge is that their menu is slightly different. Whilst you can get traditional breakfast and lunch, their use of Turkish and middle eastern spices and ingredients is refreshing and very welcome. Just had fried cauliflower with fenegreek seeds, fattoush salad and lamb boreks as mese plates. Their breakfast dishes are just as stunning. Washed down with a cold Pinot Gris on a sunny afternoon. Couldn't fault it.

Not familiar with the area ducked in for my morning heart starter, looks ultra trendy the breakfasts looked very inviting my coffee was just average though.

Met my friend for lunch at Summer Hill, on one of the hottest days of the year (38.6 Degrees Celsius). Really needed air conditioning and the restaurant we chose was closed. We settled on Plunge No. 46, as it was full of customers and it was cool. A bit noisy with so many people, we moved further back in the cafe, to be able to hear each other speak. The menu for tapas contained a good choice for us, and while we wouldn't normally have this food for our lunch, it was a pleasant surprise. The ingredients were so fresh and super delicious and we loved the flavour combinations in each plate. We chose the thick slabs of halloumi cheese covered with honey and roasted sesame seeds; the tandoori flavoured, skewered, chicken and baby tomatoes; the dark crusted chickpea falafel with diced cucumber and mint and creamy tahini sauce and flat bread; and the roasted cauliflower with creamy tahini sauce. I chose a cold glass of white wine and my friend had iced coffee. No need to dress up for this cafe, it is a laid back place and the staff very busy, just took a little time to get served. But the food and drinks were brought to the table quite quickly. The dirty plates were also removed expeditiously. At $51.00 for the entire meal, it was a pricey lunch, but quite reasonable. I would definitely visit again as the food was most delicious.

I ordered a soy iced mocha (not on the menu) and a falafel sandwich. The mocha was super disappointing and the falafel sandwich was nice but I recommend going to the Lebanese place a couple shops up. It's cheaper and freasher. On the plus side the service was good!

Scoff and Bant roast lamb banquet sounded great for $55 a head. We had done their evening pop up restaurant before and it was great hence another visit. The vegetables weren't fab, the entree ok but lacked flavour but the real killer was a beautiful piece of lamb that was cut along instead of across the grain making the meat tough. A home cook rookie mistake not a chef. Stick to the daytime cafe option.