Bluebird Espresso

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I decided to tick the first breakfast off the '30 Breakfasts You Should Eave Eaten if You Live in Melbourne' list and meet some friends at Bluebird Espresso in Collingwood.

I picked this place as after an initial look through the list, this cafe appeared to have the most normal sounding breakfast menu - suiting our even more boring than us partners who were in tow.

We arrived just before 10 and secured a table for 4 out in the back courtyard - not bad for a Sunday morning (it was quite busy with people waiting for tables when we were leaving).

We started with coffees and I ordered my usual soy latte - a bit on the exxy side at $5.50, although to be fair I ordered a large; drinkable, but not the greatest. I might be out of touch, but I thought this was very expensive for a coffee.

As my friend was ordering the smashed avocado (as per the 'urban list' list) I decided to order the baked eggs as I often can't go past these if they are on the menu.

 I didn't get a photo of the smashed avocado, but they did look amazing, so you will just have to imagine what they looked like. My friends verdict was that they were very good - better than Combi (which I will write about another time). Although these are a bit on the expensive side at $16 (plus everyone I saw was getting extras, either poached eggs or bacon, making it come in at a $20 breakfast).

baked eggs spicy chorizo, tomato sugo & feta w toasted sourdough     15.5

My baked eggs were enjoyable, if not a little on the bland side. They came with a generous serving of sourdough which filled me up, however I felt that the amount of tomato sauce in the baked eggs was a bit lacking. I think these were reasonable value at around $15.

My friends partner ordered the pulled pork roll which I had a bit of food envy over. I didn't get to try it, but it looked good and had a generous amount of filling From memory this cost around $15.

All in all we had a pleasant experience, although it was on the expensive side coming in at just over $100 for four people ordering one breakfast and one tea or coffee.

Food: 7.5/10

Value: 6/10

Would I return? Not unless I was in the area, or someone wanted to go there. Too many other places that do better for less.

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30 Breakfasts You Should Have Eaten if You Live in Melbourne - See more at: http://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/30-breakfasts-you-should-have-eaten-if-you-live-melbourne#sthash.Hik7qLDd.dpuf