Minimo Café

Famous for its shepherd's pie, this café located on Sydney Road is bustling with people from all walks of life. However, if shepherd's pie does not take your fancy, there is a daily specials board which offer a range of pies, casseroles, risotto, pasta as well as a variety of breakfast dishes such as poached eggs, potato roesti and the likes. Apart from that, the freshly baked pastry and dessert is simply amazing. I tried the potato roesti with spinach and poached eggs covered with hollandaise sauce. In short, it is Eggs Florentine on potato roesti instead of English muffins. My friend had the chicken casserole served with savoury rice. A slice of blood orange cake was shared for dessert.

On another occasion, I tried the shepherd's pie, which was served in a terracotta tagine base, freshly removed from the oven. A layer of mashed potatoes topped with melted cheese shields all the ingredients that makes Minimo's shepherd's pie taste absolutely delicious. Beneath the layer of mash lies a mixture of minced lamb, diced onions, carrots, celery and red pepper. Sweet quince, capsicum and tomato chutney accompanies this dish.

Apart from hot food, Minimo Café also serves freshly baked homemade cakes, muffins, croissants and bread, which are laid out on the countertop, all waiting for anyone who walks in to grab one on the go.

Atomica coffee beans are used and the coffee here is decent. With plenty of newspapers and magazines lying around on the shelves, this place simply invites you to stay for dessert and enjoy a few more cups of coffee while leisurely reading your favourite magazines or browsing through the weekend papers.



Restaurant information:
Minimo
822 Sydney Road, Brunswick 3056
Phone: (03) 9383 2083

Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday - Friday: 7.30am - 4.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9am - 4pm