Pearl Café

At 8am on a Tuesday morning, it’s never been this easy to order a satisfying breakfast at Pearl Café, the sister establishment of mother Pearl Restaurant; one hundred metres apart from each other on Church Street’s design end in Richmond. A hospital white communal table is not the café’s single feature. It’s modern surround and clean finishes assist in wakening tired eyes, not to mention the wall-to-wall glass display that is in abundance of a wide range of temptations, strategically arranged alongside a colourful range of organic juices. Daily bakes, breakfast panini’s, baguettes, sandwiches and toasted breads filled with gourmet fillings, as well as some treats for those with a sweet tooth is far from dull, even if Melbourne’s winter is. All bread varieties are top notch. Forget the staple toast that is bought from the supermarket. Instead, the bread is crusty, flavoursome and perfect for accompanying Pearl’s signature organic coddled eggs (all $15) that are served with accompaniments including: smoked salmon, chorizo, wild mushrooms, buttered English spinach and wait for it - caviar. If that isn’t enough for an empty stomach I don’t know what is! For a healthy starter, the fresh fruit salad ($10) was served in a clear tumbler and filled with a fresh variety of seasonal fruit and topped off with ginger, spearmint, yoghurt and honey. My favourite breakfast panini (all $8) was the B.E.L.T – bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato. And of course this was a mouth-watering experience with scrumptious eggs, crispy bacon and fresh tomato slices and a spread of homemade tomato chutney all encased in toasted bread. Presentation is definitely worth a mention, where cutlery is enveloped in their own sleeves, the café’s logo is presented on a transparent sheet on the bottom of each dish, as well as cute Japanese Alessi salt and pepper servers. Not too sure what to make of the Chairman Mao figurine on the corner shelf near the kitchen – perhaps it’s a kitsch addition or a paperweight for their pile of magazines underneath? I am ready to declare that the café latté’s at Pearl Café are (so far) the best in Melbourne, if you’re after the strong creamy kind. Review by Monica Pearl Café Where: 599 Church Street, Richmond. Ph: 9427 1307 Open for breakfast 7am-11am weekdays and 8am-11am weekends Open for lunch 11am-4pm seven days a week Wine: fully licensed Book Online @ MenuLog

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Pearl Café

 599 Church Street,  Richmond Victoria 3121 Australia.  View Map
 Telephone: 9427 1307

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