Cafe Adventures @ Operator 25

Today's Food 'Operation' is Operator 25! Located in the heart of the Melbourne CBD, These guys have been serving up some great brunch dishes and are seasonally changing their menus to showcase their skills and show us what they have in store each time :).

Lets move on to today's selection

Today's Selection

(If only it wasn't raining, then we could've sat outside and get that perfect natural lighting shot)

Polenta Soldiers ($22)

broken egg, wilted greens, corn and tomato pesto, thick cut streaky bacon & poached egg

A mixture of everything, this is equivalent or similar to many 'Big Breakfast' dishes, that cafes serve. I would consider this to be Operator 25's version of a Big Breakfast. Plentiful and presented neatly each ingredient worked well together. Though the star of this dish would definitely be the thick cut streaky bacon which is an extra $4, but trust me, its worth it.

(3/5)

Doctor Reuben ($18)

Dr Marty's Crumpets, Gameskeeper pastrami, poached eggs, Russian hollanaise & Mizuna leaves

The 'Doctor Reuben' looked the most delicious out of all the dishes in my opinion, and i was not wrong. The Russian hollanaise sauce just made the dish 10 times better, Though i regret not switching the gameskeeper pastrami to smoked salmon as i felt that would've been a much better combination. Overall still a very enjoyable dish

(3.5/5)

Balinese Marinated Pork ($20)

Squid ink brioche, pickled vegetables, coriander labna, poached eggs, fried shallot, & traditional Balinese sambal

This was definitely an interesting dish when it came out. My friend had ordered this and expected something completely different to what it was presented to be. Overall he felt like the dish lacked flavour and didn't pack that punch that most dishes would give in terms of flavour. 

(2.5/5)

Food - 6.5/10

Ambiance - 6/10

Service - 6/10
Total FoOodie Points- 18.5/30