By Greg BruceAddress: Unit G, 1197 Great North Rd, Pt ChevalierPhone: (09) 846 2166Open: Open: Mon-Fri 6.30am-4.30pm; Sat-Sun 7am-4.30pmCost: $62.50 for two adults and a toddlerSET UP & SITEThere are two ways you can get into Spilt Milk: through a big, ugly carpark, or through a long, ugly arcade. The only available outdoor seating, and the only table at which our group of six and two toddlers could fit, is in the ugly arcade. Spilt Milk looks nice inside and features many leading standard modern hipster cafe design tropes, like clever use of coloured tiles, white space, light wood, and drinks in jars. SUSTENANCE & SWILLThe menu is a mix of Western brunch standards and Southeast Asian flavours, often in the same dish. My wife ordered a Feed The Vegan ($19), a sort of vegan big breakfast option, featuring scrambled tofu, zucchini noodles, basil pesto, roasted tomato, mushrooms, a large, roundish, homemade hash brown, and beetroot relish.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 04, 2016 19:33 UTC