Sunday lunch and where to go? Friends like Barney Allen's so we decided to meet there. It was empty when we arrived at 12:30pm. It's quite a dark place and is a big contrast to the busy and bustling Pelican Café next door. However the welcome was friendly and we didn't have to wait. The 6 of us ordered drinks and sat outside whilst we waited for food.
The waitress kindly set a table inside for us and gave us a shout when lunch was ready. Between the 6 of us, we had 4 roast beef dinners and 2 burgers. Nothing like venturing out of food comfort zones!
The burgers are pretty hefty and the fries are shoestring ones which I actually prefer over chunky chips. Burger comes with cheese, bacon, onion relish and beetroot. Steve says it was nice enough, quite sweet but good meat. They are very proud of the "Kick Ass" sauce which is a fruity BBQ number with a little tingling spice and is nice to dip chips in.
The roast dinner came with three thick slices of beef cooked medium rare, a Yorkshire pud, 2 big roast potatoes, some peas and roast veg. I asked whether it came with carrots and was told not but I did find two big pieces of the offending veg on my plate! The Yorkshire pud was a good attempt and nice and doughy / chewy. Would have loved it bigger though. The roast beef was reasonable enough but needed more seasoning. Could have done with more gravy though...lots more... It was a decent attempt and better than a Wetherspoons job in UK but for Melbourne standards it was probably just above average. Would happily eat it again and bring some Bisto granules to make gravy but got to feel a bit proud and think that I could make i better at home!
The waitress kindly set a table inside for us and gave us a shout when lunch was ready. Between the 6 of us, we had 4 roast beef dinners and 2 burgers. Nothing like venturing out of food comfort zones!
The burgers are pretty hefty and the fries are shoestring ones which I actually prefer over chunky chips. Burger comes with cheese, bacon, onion relish and beetroot. Steve says it was nice enough, quite sweet but good meat. They are very proud of the "Kick Ass" sauce which is a fruity BBQ number with a little tingling spice and is nice to dip chips in.
The roast dinner came with three thick slices of beef cooked medium rare, a Yorkshire pud, 2 big roast potatoes, some peas and roast veg. I asked whether it came with carrots and was told not but I did find two big pieces of the offending veg on my plate! The Yorkshire pud was a good attempt and nice and doughy / chewy. Would have loved it bigger though. The roast beef was reasonable enough but needed more seasoning. Could have done with more gravy though...lots more... It was a decent attempt and better than a Wetherspoons job in UK but for Melbourne standards it was probably just above average. Would happily eat it again and bring some Bisto granules to make gravy but got to feel a bit proud and think that I could make i better at home!
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