Salt Cafe Restaurant

Location: 110 Main Road Moonah

Phone: (03) 6273 8833
Website: Nil website

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 8am till 9pm; Sunday-Monday 8am-3pm

Kids menu: No

Adults menu: Extensive brunch menu (house-made granola, middle eastern breakfast, pancakes with mixed berries, bruschetta, baked beans & chorizo compote with a poached egg, & a big breakfast), lunch & dinner menu featuring modern Australian & Asian-inspired cuisine; including house-made pizza's

Prices: Brunch $4.50 - $19, entree's $9 - $12; main meals $15 - $26; selection of cakes $2.50 - $6.50; coffees $3; also fully licensed
Babycino $1 for frothy milk with choc dusting & two marshmallows 

Mumma Review

My little man and I were out running some errands recently and headed into Salt Cafe Restaurant on main road Moonah for a catch up with a friend and her gorgeous little boy.  My sister-in-law raves about Salt for their delicious food and nice atmosphere so I decided it would be a good place for some morning tea.

We arrived at around 9.30am on a weekday morning and the place was busy with eager patrons eating breakfast or grabbing take-away coffee.  The layout of the cafe was simple yet practical with seats seating 2-5 people situated around couches against the walls.  The staff were friendly and attentive, grabbing a highchair promptly for me for my little man (however it went unused as the boys propped themselves up quite happily at the table).

The brunch menu was certainly tempting - house-made toasted granola, french toast, pancakes with mixed berries, or baked beans & chorizo compote with poached egg were all calling my name!  But seeing as I was still full from left over hot cross buns for breakfast I opted for a latte and raspberry & white choc muffin instead.  The latte hit the spot and the muffin was very tasty - moist and full of raspberry and white choc goodness.  Meanwhile the boys tucked into their babycino's - a little more on the milk side than full-on froth but nonetheless they appeared enjoyable :)  All up my latte, muffin and babycino came to $7.50 - great value indeed!

Salt was a welcome surprise and I will definitely be heading back there with the family soon for brunch.  I have heard they also do a delicious risotto and their pizza's for lunch or dinner are meant to be really good.

Has anyone else been to Salt lately and can also recommend it?

Love Mumma Al x

Churros Cafe Update

We headed back to the Churros Cafe at Island Markets last weekend with one thing in mind........ paella!!

Knowing it was served as the clock struck 12 midday we arrived at 1130am - enough time to secure a good seat with our family as they too were joining us (we were keen!).

In our life pre-bub we had traveled through Spain and eaten traditional paella - some of which I never really enjoyed (bland in taste with too much seafood for my liking).  After placing our orders at the counter steaming plates of paella were served to us at our table smack on 12pm.  Hubby and I shared a large serve ($11) which was more than sufficient for lunch however grandpa thoroughly enjoyed a large serve all to himself!  The paella was delicious!!  Utterly enjoyed by all at the table.  We finished our meal with a serve of churros and chocolate dipping sauce - YUM.

Oh and bub enjoyed his egg sandwich brought from home while he sat propped up in his pram (no highchair unfortunately).  After that however he did require a nappy change (way to much information I know) and to our surprise we did discover the parenting room outside of the Island Market complex which we had missed on our previous visit.  Very basic but it did the job.

Churros Cafe at Island Markets is certainly a great little find.

Love Mumma Al x

Churros Cafe at Island Markets

Location: Island Markets - 54-56 Gormanston Road, Moonah 

Phone: (03) 6273 7918

Website:  http://www.islandmarkets.com.au/vendors/churros_cafe.php

Opening hours: Friday - Sunday 9am - 4pm: when the market is on

Kids menu: No

Adults menu: Good range of authentic Spanish cuisine - most famous being Paella served at midday and churros available all day

Prices: Paella $8-11, Churros $4.50 with sugar/cinnamon or $5.50 with chocolate dipping sauce (yum!!), $5-$8 for a variety of spinach pies/tartletts/salmon patties, $1.00-$4.50 for a wide variety of cakes/slices ($1.50 for chocolate eclairs!); Coffees $3.50 - $4 and milkshakes/iced-chocolate/coffess $3.50

 Mumma Review

Wow - what a great little find Churros Cafe at Island Markets was on Saturday morning!  Accompanied by hubby, bub and my sister-in-law I headed out to Moonah with the aim of eating churros and drinking coffee (a great way to start the day!).

Cheap and cheerful the Churros Cafe was just warming up as we arrived mid-morning.  A pair of Spanish dancers added a unique touch to the place (although they were pretty serious) and would certainly be interesting for kids to see.  The staff were friendly and efficient as we ordered our coffees, churros with chocolate dipping sauce and an ice-chocolate (for hubby of course).

There was plenty of room for prams but this time bub was happy on our knees.  Unfortunately there were no highchairs (seeming to be limited around Hobart the more places I start to frequent) and the cold concrete flooring was not ideal had bub of been restless and wanted to get down on the ground.  For toddlers and kids however the place would have been fine with enough space to potter around and a variety of seating options (low seats versus stools).

The churros were fresh and delicious - yum!  The coffee pretty good and it did seem to get better the more we drank it (don't ask me why?!).  They had a great selection of food to choose from, including traditional Paella, and judging from the steady stream of customers they received the place was pretty popular.  Overall Churros Cafe is a fun place to take your kids for an authentic Spanish experience.

Love Mumma Al x

Re-reviewed November 2011 Churros Cafe Update 

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