Gertrude and Mabel

Oooh, I do love cute little cafes! This was on my post night shift list for quite the while but we always found bigger, better and places with recent menus to go to! Gertrude and Mabel had a really old menu and a few reviews mentioned that the menu was always changing here. I love a seasonal menu, so that's what cinched it for me!

If you're approaching from the south side, it can be a bit difficult to get to as Gladstone road is quite a busy one. Watch out for the local school nearby and its right beside a laundromat!

This place!

The place is cute. I liked the flowers on the table and their large assortment of takeaway cakes!

Up top!

Their cute Christmas decoration

What on earth is this cute little plant! With its crinkly, light edged leaves! It's super cute.

Cuteeee

Anyway, here is the menu for the time that I went!

I was pretty delirious after nights when I went the first time. I said that I wanted a really, really strong coffee so I ordered a chai latte made with soy with a triple shot of espresso. I think they knew I wasn't exhausted/right in the head, and gently told me that chai lattes didn't contain coffee, but they could make me one anyway. It was delicious, albeit made on powdered chai.

Why do I love dirty chais so much?

The cutlery is really cute here, heavy, old fashioned silverware with an embroidered linen napkin!

Cute~

The first time I went here they were out of the loukaniko for the breakfast board so I went with my second choice of the house cured ocean trout, basil, avocado, tomato, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil, eight minute egg on top of black bread. I enjoyed every part of this breakfast, it was a touch on the small side but the ocean trout melted on the tongue, the tomato and basil were very fresh, the eight minute egg had a wonderfully creamy white and soft, slightly gooey yolk. I just wish it was a touch bigger!

Pretty as a picture

The second time around I got the berry iced tea. It was exactly as the name suggested, a cup of tea, with ice and berries. I was surprised at the plain taste of it, I thought there would be a simple sugar syrup to sweeten things up but nope! The berries used were among the best I've ever had, especially the blueberries which were super sweet.

Exactly as the name suggests

Unfortunately I had one bad raspberry. I gave it to my waitress and she whisked it away without a word.

Bleh

This time around I got the loukaniko on ciabatta, smashed peas, goats cheese, lemon mayonnaise and another lot of eight minute egg! The peas were steaming hot which surprised me, I'm not really sure why. They were also super sweet and complimented the strong fatty flavour of the pork loukaniko. The lemon mayo wasn't joking and had a very strong, pronounced lemon flavour to it which helped balance things out. I wasn't a fan of the ciabatta only because I felt like it became super soggy with the peas on top and I love crunchy foods to stay crunchy. If bread is going to be used as a plate, it better be soaked in something delicious not just getting soggy from steam! 

Gertrude and Mabel
Atmosphere: 7, pretty cute. I like the attention to detail in the place. Fresh flowers are always a lovely touch, not to mention the cute cutlery and napkin.
Service: 5, still sad about my dodgy raspberry. 
Food: 7, good flavours, great produce just small portion size, Since I lost weight I actually don't eat as much as I used to, so this was a decent size, but I felt like I could still eat!