While I was living in China,** the new place I heard the most about was Wide Open Road, situated near Sydney Road and Barkly Square at the bottom end of Brunswick. As I'm currently between jobs, I'm endevouring to take advantage of this by having as many weekday brunch outings as possible (because good vegan brunch is basically impossible to get in Beijing, and I need to make up for lost time), and used one of my early brunch opportunities to visit Wide Open Road.
It was a beautiful warm day, so Emilly and I sat outside in the glaring sunlight, unfortunately situated on Barkly Street, outside Barkly Square, so it's not the most pleasant of sidewalk seating areas. But the inside is lovely and the coffee is pleasant, and I loved these tomato and smoked paprika beans so much. The paprika is lovely (though could have been a bit stronger), and they soaked into the bread delightfully, and I loved that it comes with a salad. The only thing that could possibly have made it any better was avocado; but then, avocado makes most breakfasts better.
Emilly had the tofu (not pictured), which she said was good but not very moist, so it didn't soak into the toast at all and as a result could have done with some olive oil or something.
I have been talking the beans up to all my friends, and there are heaps of vegan options on the menu, and I hope to return there soon.
Wide Open Road
274 Barkly St
Brunswick
Two (?) steps to enter, dim visibility inside but that could have been due to the brightness outside. Ordering and paying can happen at the table. Get there via the 19 tram (5 mins walk from a stop) or the Upfield train (ten minutes meander from Jewell Station).
recent vegmellians at wide open road: Carla (who tried a previous iteration of the beans, judging from the picture); Johanna.
*I love talking about my time in China
**See what I did there?
3 comments:
Great minds think alike! Did emily have the tofu scramble - I loved it because the mushrooms and tomatoes were really juicy. Smoky beans sounds yum!
sounds like an awesome time!
@johanna emilly had the tofu scramble, yes!
@glutenfreehappytummy it was an excellent time, and i plan to return soon!
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