Bitter Suite is a lovely little cafe/bar which is open for all three meals and has a very extensive menu.I feel like its a bit out of the way, considering its not on New Farm's main street, Brunswick.
I got a seat by myself far, far away from everyone else. I liked that all the tables had a fresh arrangement of flowers on them, I actually picked mine because of the bright orange marigold on it.
Look how pretty it is!
I ordered a piccolo which was absolutely perfect, smooth, dark and just a tinge bitter, I drank it without sugar and would've had another one if I wasn't so buzzy from the first. They stock Fonzie Abbot expresso here which is a Brisbane based roaster, Hamilton to be precise. They stock really good hand roasted, single origin beans as well as wonderful blends, they do a lot of markets too, so watch out for them!
I'm a sucker for big breakfasts, this one consisted of a choice of eggs, a massive smoked pork cutlet, garlic mushrooms, spinach, tomato salsa, potato hash cake, roasted tomato, black pudding and a chunk of sourdough with butter. I really regret not taking a second photo of what the actual smoked pork cutlet looked like under the mushrooms and the black pudding, the meat section was the same size as the bread! It came with a little frenched bone handle which I thought was a nice touch, absolutely delicious and I didn't finish it.
The scrambled eggs are the creamiest I've ever tasted, hands down, just a sunshine yellow, creamy blob of egg, that held its shape lovingly and didn't weep on my plate. The garlic mushrooms were nice and salty, using an assortment of button mushrooms and slightly larger field mushrooms. The roasted tomato was okay. The black pudding is not the best I've ever had, I really like black pudding but this one was quite plain, with just the nubbly texture of blood and creamy chunks of fat mixed in. The potato cake is okay, nothing special. I liked the chewiness of the bread and the little disc of butter was a perfect size for my slice of bread.
Bitter Suite
Atmosphere: 8, super cute, well lit little restaurant. I really enjoyed going here and I loved the fresh flower arrangements.
Service: 8, super cheerful, friendly waitresses who all greeted me whenever they walked past. It reminded me of going through my private high school as an alumni and being called ma'am all the time. They were very quick to clear away dishes and ask if I needed anything.
Food: 6, solid food, not particularly innovative or anything but still well cooked and very well presented.
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