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Vadouvan eggs: Poached eggs drizzled with spiced ghee and garnished with zaatar over herbed carrot puree and lemon labne.

Is breakfast the new dinner? This rooftop cafe adds fine dining touches to brunches

Perched atop a suburban shopping centre, Rombe serves a daytime menu with dinner aesthetics and patisserie-style desserts.

  • Dani Valent
Fish burger made with hoki, cucumber pickles, mustard seed, lettuce and American cheddar.

A cafe so tranquil (and a fish burger so good), how can it be so close to chaotic WestConnex?

Menu stars at serene and clean-lined Alexandria cafe Ellen include a cracking fish burger and a brilliant emerald halloumi and pea salad.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A cinnamon-and-cardamom bun with pearl sugar.

Stop by this sunny cafe for its Scandi-style coffee happy hour

Lilijana embraces the Swedish “fika” tradition of slowing down for coffee and a pastry, and for less than $10.

  • Dani Valent
Pita, cooked in Tzaki’s wood oven, is served with feta butter.

Come early for coffee, stay late for feta butter pitas and cocktails at Yarraville’s new cafe/mezze bar

Greek is the word at Tzaki, the buzzy new all-day diner with a menu that makes the most of its roaring wood-fired oven and a top chef at the helm.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Han Li Khor’s pastries.
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Naughty and calorific, this might be Perth’s most interesting (and delicious) brunch spot

It’s hiding in plain sight, and it’s got the goods. The baked goods, that is. Why pay for brunch? Here’s why.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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No-waste cake.

Our reviewer visited this food co-op four times to try the chef’s tongue-wowing cooking

Let Eilish Maloney and her team at Moss Vale cafe The Studio by The What If Society do all the hard work for you by dreaming up local, seasonal dishes that will bring you back again and again.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Bacon and egg roll with spinach.

Beeline for the bacon and egg roll at this trove of home-cooked food treasures

Eye-popping cafe and food store Little Stevies Shop brims with sweet and savoury goods.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Passionfruit and raspberry cake.

This tiny, swoony, sunny bakery shop is like a country fair stall in full bloom

The Tart Sisters in Ashfield is one of best bakery shops in Sydney, selling golden savoury tarts, oven-warm brioche, chubby pastry pies and sweet fruit-laden treats.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Brunch might be house-made soda bread topped with cured salmon and fennel remoulade, or mushrooms and whipped buffalo ricotta; or beneath a fluffy scramble. 

Batch brew on tap, fluffy eggs: This may be the city coffee and brunch spot we’ve been waiting for

The coffee-roasting favourite opens its seventh location on Melbourne’s premier dining strip. And yes, it’s open on weekends, too.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The toasted pastrami sandwich.

‘Ramen shop’ vibes, gooey croque monsieur and pour-over brews flow at this inner west coffee spot

The owner behind Ashfield Apothecary has created an intimate sun-drenched cafe with a special focus on coffee.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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