The top 10 places to eat eggs benedict
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It’s a crowd favourite but everyone likes their eggs benedict slightly different, and we can reveal the top 10 places in Brisbane to feast on the breakfast staple.
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We put the call out for nominations for Brisbane’s best eggs benedict and we were inundated with tips to find the best.
Today the Courier-Mail and U on Sunday reveal the top 10 cafes for eggs benedict as voted by you.
Scroll down to see who does it best.
10. The LoveWell Project
185 Mt Gravatt Outlook Dr, Mt Gravatt
Feast on a traditional eggs Benny at a cafe with picturesque views of the city and do some good in the world.
Hope Foundation’s CEO and founder Bronwen Healy created the “profit for purpose” cafe to help women seeking a life change gain employment and confidence.
Here, two eggs perch on a traditional English muffin topped with fresh spinach, hollandaise and the choice of ham, smoked salmon or bacon, or a vegetarian alternative with avocado and hash browns.
thelovewellproject, 3420 3168
9. Suburban
Shop 4/220 Melbourne St, West End
Eggs Benny for $10 on weekdays? It’s no wonder this inner-city cafe is a hotspot.
The popular Melbourne St venue boasts meals to suit all types, from meat lovers to vegans. Its version boasts poached eggs with hollandaise and baby spinach on sourdough, with a side of potato, feta and chives hash and the choice of bacon, halloumi, apple pulled pork or salmon.
suburbanwestend, 3846 4720
8. Place of Stones
4/86 Whitmore St, Taringa
This casual Italian eatery with bare-brick walls is not only a dinner destination for pizza and pasta, but a terrific breakfast spot, too.
This streetside restaurant and cafe offers a classic eggs Benny, with poached free-range eggs on ciabatta bread with hollandaise sauce and the choice of ham or bacon or upgrade to smoked salmon or haloumi.
placeofstones, 3870 2280
7. Miss Jones
1/599 Brunswick St, New Farm
This New Farm favourite serves up a luxe take on the breakfast staple.
The charming boutique cafe offers a hash cheddar and ham waffle with avocado, chorizo, chipotle hollandaise and poached eggs (pictured above).
Better yet, the eggs benedict is on the all-day menu, so diners never miss out.
missjones.cafe, 0413 630 012
6. Hills Bakery Cafe
3/170 Patricks Rd, Ferny Hills
This northside cafe is on a mission to provide quality, fresh baked goods, free of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.
The boutique bakery specialises in stone-baked organic artisan breads and unique sourdoughs. The brekkie winner at this Ferny Hills bakery starts with a brioche bagel, which is topped with two poached eggs, sauteed spinach, hollandaise sauce and leafy greens, with the choice of ham, bacon or pulled beef.
hillsbakerycafe, 3851 4956
5. The Rabbit Hole Cafe
5 The Corso, Seven Hills
399 Tingal Rd, Wynnum
These sister cafes located at Seven Hills and bayside Wynnum serve up suburban home-style cooking, boasting friendly service and Campos coffee.
At both locations the eggs Benny brekkie is designed to please all — it includes poached eggs with a choice of bacon, salmon, pulled pork or, for vegetarians, mushrooms and spinach.
therabbitholecafe, 0410 119 341 @therabbitholecafewynnum, 0417 667 796
4. She Bangs Coffee
1/21 Collingwood St, Albion
Voted seventh in U on Sunday’s search for Brisbane’s best coffee, She Bangs Coffee owner Rhiannon Redmond says the cafe’s signature eggs Benny (pictured above) is their most popular dish.
The rustic inner northeast cafe plates up two poached eggs, fresh spinach, tomato relish and hollandaise sauce with the choice of sticky pork belly, herbed smoked salmon or thyme mushrooms.
shebangscoffee, 3150 8082
3. Darwin’s Cafe
University of Queensland, Slip Rd, St Lucia
In the hub of University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, Darwin’s Cafe offers a generous eggs Benny to attract both cash-strapped students and hungry academics.
The affordable brekkie ($12.50) comes with poached free-range eggs, roasted tomatoes, wilted spinach and Sriracha orange hollandaise on organic sourdough.
darwinsuqu, 3346 4181
2. The Witchin’ Kitchen
227 Rainbow St, Sandgate
The Witchin’ Kitchen has been open less than two months, but siblings Karlea and Em Kratzmann pride themselves on providing ethical, organic and free-range options.
Em is a chef and Karlea is a naturopath-in-training, and this sister act serves up an eggs Benny with free-range eggs, sourdough toast, sauteed greens and hollandaise sauce with either smoked garlic mushrooms, smoked salmon or organic free-range bacon.
thewitchin_kitchen, 3269 6970
1. Whisky Business
4/200 Old Cleveland Rd, Capalaba
Whisky Business has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a Facebook-only macaron business run by husband and wife team Kylie and Ben Rhodes.
Kylie says the secret to their sought-after eggs benedict is ensuring eggs are “perfectly poached” to each customer’s preference.
They’re served on toasted Turkish bread, with baby spinach, hollandaise, and a choice of bacon, smoked salmon, haloumi, pulled pork or mushrooms.
Plus, there’s the option of homemade gluten-free bread.
whiskybusinesscafe, 3076 4284
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