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Hobba Coffee + Kitchen
03 9510 8336
428 Malvern Road
Prahran, VIC 3181
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Being able to eat breakfast is a luxury. It is a luxury that I don?t think I could ever give up. There is something rather decadent and luxurious about eating good food and drinking good coffee on a beautiful morning. The perfect way to start any day.

On this day, we were gearing up for a long drive back to Adelaide from Melbourne. The drive in itself isn?t bad, but it does get boring after awhile. All the more reason to have a good breakfast before heading off! Eager to try more places for breakfast, K suggested Hobba, and away we went.

Hobba reminds me somewhat of a pop-up cafe. The structures don?t look permanent and from memory, it did seem to have literally pop up overnight. One day, it wasn?t there, the next day it was. Or what felt like it anyways.

I love the fact that Hobba?s kitchen is rather open. From our seats, we had a rather good view of what went on behind the scenes. I love watching the wait staff and cooking staff being busy and going about their duties, I love getting to know the faces behind the delicious food that I inhale.

Good coffee is a must. This is going to make me sound like a snob, but I?m allergic to cheap instant coffee. They never fail to give me the worst case of nausea and I always feel rather seasick afterwards. So, good coffee is more than a must, it?s practically a need. The coffee beans here at Hobba are roasted by 5 senses. And as I drink more and more coffee, I am starting to notice a distinct lean in my taste buds towards 5 senses coffee. Mmm.

62.5c egg, poached salmon, zucchini, goat?s curd, pickled celery, apple. $18

I have to admit. Eating this made me feel healthy. How could you not, when your breakfast is made up of quality ingredients such as these? Those eggs were a work of art, I was both enchanted and horrified by my own act of piercing of the yolk. Yum. The entire dish was very light and you could hardly feel guilty for having indulged in a beautiful breakfast after eating this. Too easy to eat.

When you have produce that shine, you don?t need much to spice up the plate. Simple flavours have proven time and time again that they work and all you need is quality and care to have them blossom. The Hobba breakfast ? eggs, tomato, bacon, mushroom, cumberland sausage, sourdough, chutney $18 seems to be the popular choice and it?s not hard to see why. It has all the familiar elements of a traditional breakfast and still Hobba manages to put in enough of a twist to make it their very own. That sausage in particular, was flavourful and really opened up the palette first thing in the morning. Yum.

Chermoula braised chard baked omelette, Kefalograviera, smoked tomato jam, dukkah $14.70 had too many exotic words in its title for me to be able to say it in its entirety but I sure managed to get my teeth around the omelette just fine. Definitely an enjoyable dish and if you are an eggs lover, you?d enjoy this dish for sure. Again, it seems oddly familiar with its use of eggs, but the chermoula and the smoked tomato jam in particular made sure that you would remember this dish above all other omelettes you might eat in the near future. It was so good, we were sorely tempted to pick up a jar of the mighty fine chermoula.

All in all, breakfast at Hobba was enjoyable, delish and definitely worth a revisit. There?s not too many seats available so there always seem to be a queue out the front. But much like the good breakfasts around the other parts of Melbourne, it is definitely worth lining up for. A fantastic way to start your morning, so definitely head to Hobba for a gorgeous breakfast the next chance you get!

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Source: http://becoming-beautiful.com/2012/07/eating-out-hobba-coffee-kitchen-prahran-melbourne/

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