Cafe Enni

915 High St, Thornbury

The re-run of the Grand Final a few weeks ago affected many people and events around Victoria. It also affected our breakfast plans, changing our plans at the last minute to make sure we could all get to our various Grand Final events. Unfortunately for Thornbury it also meant that it was very quiet and everyone was hiding inside, and, as a consequence, Cafe Enni was also very quiet. However Blue Eyes comes here regularly and assured us it is normally packed.

The layout is simple and decorated in yellows and greens, the main focus is the delicious cake cabinet. Even if you don’t feel like breakfast duck in anyway and get some of their housemade cakes, biscuits or jams. Blue Eyes 18 month old baby boy, woke up from his nap and loved the sight of them so much he walked over to push his face up against the glass, stare and talk to them. 

 Egyptologist had the Indian Eggs – creamy eggs scrambled with their own blend of curry powder and spring onions. It was served with crispy bacon, yoghurt and coriander. Not too spicy with great texture and blend of flavours.

 Blue Eyes ordered something she could share with her young one and had the Bircher Muesli – Swiss style rolled oats with Greek yoghurt, sultanas, dried apricots, honey and roasted almonds with freshly grated apple. Bircher often looks so boring and uninspired but Cafe Enni reinvented to make it look appealing, delicious and taste the same.

 Lost Girl tried the dukkah eggs – soft poached eggs with sautéed mushrooms, spinach and feta on lightly toasted Turkish bread, finished with housemade Egyptian spice blend. It was filling, with nice touches of spice. And, as is always the test with poached eggs, the eggs were nice and runny.

 The only let down was watching the staff serve everyone wanting take away coffees whilst we waited for our drinks. Then when the cafe was empty they had to be asked twice before they remembered to bring over our drinks. Cafe Enni is one of those places that is so close to being great, a better system for managing the food and coffee orders and you’d be back here every week.

And, do we want to stay for breakfast? Come for the cakes, stay for the breakfast

Ratings (out 0f 10):

• Overall                7
• Atmosphere    7
• Service                5
• Food                      8
• Coffee                   7

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