Atomica Eat Drink

I have always felt wary of Atomica Eat and Drink. Every time I walk through West End, I never wanted to eat here. This is even though it has quite a high rating on Urbanspoon and always seems to have lots of customers. I think it may be the prices or the flavour combinations. It's been on my go to pending list for a long time, and I was mildly relieved when Jubi suggested that we go here when we went to Higher Octave.

This place!

The interior was way too crowded, so I didn't bother taking a photo. I also don't have a copy of the menu because I was convinced that there was an online menu. So this is even more of a lackluster review than expected.

Anyway, Jubi decided to get the scrambled tofu with wilted spinach and sourdough. The tofu was super soft, teeny tiny cubes and scrambled with a strong rosemary, scent tomato, onion and garlic. It was slightly sweet, and this sweetness became more and more overwhelmingly noticeable the more you had. Jubi enjoyed it and said that she would try and make this at home, but I wasn't as convinced.

Not changing my dislike of tofu

I got the Big Breakfast of course, it had your choice of eggs which I got scrambled, bacon, roasted mushroom, tomato, bubble and squeak, a lamb and rosemary sausage and two pieces of sourdough. The lamb and rosemary sausage was probably the tastiest part of the meal, it was a touch dry but it still had a good flavour. The bubble and squeak was mostly sweet potato, and something else that I forget. The mushroom was meaty and flavoursome. Scrambled eggs were average. The toast was good but the butter was a bit sad since it came in a little packet which wasn't the best presentation.

Disappointing.

I need a separate paragraph for this complaint. The bacon was the worst I've ever had, it had a really dry, unappealing texture, overly crunchy and super salty. It reminded me of the bacon that I see in my hospital cafeteria, that's been sitting in a bain marie all morning and dried out. I have honestly never not eaten bacon before, I've eaten other friend's leftover bacon before and I've eaten bacon as a leftover snack when there were leftovers from breakfast.

Nope. Nope. Nope

So we didn't quite finish our meals the both of us.

Lots of leftovers

Atomica Eat Drink
Atmosphere: 6, busy little cafe.
Service: 5, our waitress seemed a bit annoyed that we approached the counter to order and informed us that it was table service. Got our food really quickly and nothing else really stands out.
Food: 4, not a fan of the flavours or the cooking style. Then again, I didn't get food poisoning and the servings were quite substantial. I would not go back here again.