The Original Cafe in South Melbourne Menu

BREAKFAST MENU BREAKFAST MENU
  • Egg poached, scrambled, or fried on toast $7.50
  • Poached eggs on toast with grilled ham, cheese & tomato $9.00
  • Poached eggs on toast with sauteed spinach, grilled cheese & tomato $9.50
  • Two poached eggs on multigrain toast with avocado mash & smoked salmon $9.50
  • Poached eggs with crumbled feta, mushrooms & spinach $9.50
  • French toast with marscapone cheese & berry vanilla compote $9.50
  • Two eggs $7.50
    • Fried, poached or scrambled
  • Eggs benedict $9.50
    • Two poached eggs with ham & hollandaise sauce
  • Eggs florentine $9.50
    • Two poached eggs with spinach & hollandaise sauce
  • Veggie breakfast $14.50
    • Two poached eggs with spinach , tomato, mushroom & avocado
  • Big breakfast $14.50
    • Two eggs with bacon, sausage, tomato & hash brown
  • Extras each item $2.50
    • bacon sausage, hash brown, tomato, mushroom, spinach, avocado
  • Egg & bacon
  • -Muffin $3.50
  • -Sandwich $4.50
  • -Sourdough $5.50
  • -Roll $5.50
SANDWICH & SALADS SANDWICH & SALADS
  • Sandwich
  • -Cheese $4.50
    • Two slices
  • -Salad $5.00
  • -Egg $5.00
  • -Tuna $5.50
  • -Ham $5.50
  • -Salami $5.50
  • -Turkey $6.00
  • -Fresh chicken $6.00
  • -Tandoori chicken $6.00
  • -Chicken schnitzel $7.00
  • -Smoked salmon $7.00
  • Focaccias and wraps $9.50
  • Salads
  • -Small $6.50
  • -Large $7.50
  • Extras
  • -Carrot $0.50
  • -Cucumber $0.50
  • -Lettuce $0.50
  • -Tomato $0.50
  • -onion $0.50
  • -Avocado $1.00
  • -Cheese $1.00
  • -Coleslaw $1.00
  • -Egg $1.00
  • -Eggplant $1.00
  • -Pineapple $1.00
  • -Roasted capsicum $1.00
  • -Roasted zucchini $1.00
  • -Roasted pumpkin $1.00
  • -Sundried tomato $1.00
  • -Condiments $0.50
SNACKS SNACKS
  • Sourdough toast $3.50
    • Two slices, with your choice spread
  • Raisin toast $3.50
    • Two slices
  • Banana bread $3.00
    • One slice
  • Toasted sandwich
  • -Ham & cheese $6.50
  • -Ham, cheese & tomato $7.00
  • Croissant
  • -With your choice of spread $3.00
  • -Ham & cheese $5.00
  • Bagel $3.50
    • With your choice of spread
  • Fruit salad
  • -Small $5.50
  • -Large $5.60

Nearby Sample Menus

  • -With toasted sourdough $11.50
  • Chez dre granola $14.50
    • Rose yoghurt pannacotta, organic australian, oats, seeds & nuts, seasonal fruit
  • -With croissant $12.50
  • Chorizo & smashed peas $19.50
    • Istra chorizo smashed peas, poached eggs, meredith goats cheese, harissa & grilled sourdough
  • Trio of salads $15.50
    • Trio of seasonal salads with fresh sourdough
  • All sandwiches served with green salad
  • Toast $6.50
    • Seeded or sourdough with jam or peanut spread
  • Toulouse sausage, istra chorizo, smoked salmon, felices bacon $5.00
  • 2 Buta teriyaki don 7.40
    • slow cooked pork on rice
  • soft drinks 1.80
  • 11 Dondon box 9.40
    • teriyaki chicken, sukiyaki beef, salad and rice
  • 3 Teriyaki chicken don 7.40
    • pan grilled chicken on rice
  • 5 Beef curry don 7.70
    • Japanese curry with sukiyaki beef on rice
  • Japanese tea 1.20
  • 7 Soba salad 8.30
    • cold buckwheat noodles with salad
  • 8 Niku udon 8.30
    • beef with thick noodle soup
  • SMALL $9.50
  • CARBONARA
    • Bacon, Egg & Cream
  • LARGE $16.00
  • Half / Half $1.00
  • MEDIUM $13.50
  • 14. CHICKEN & MUSHROOM
    • Tomato, cheese, chicken & mushrooms
  • (All mains are served with your choice of salad, chips or vegetables)
  • MEDIUM $13.00
  • Soft Shell Crab (+) $5.00
  • Chicken Dumpling $12.00
    • w seared prawn, spicy mayo, coriander
  • Garlic Pepper Crispy Beef $16.00
  • Dim Sim Delight $8.50
    • steamed housemade dim sim, house soy
  • House Spring Roll $8.50
    • Chilli vinegar sauce, cabbage shred
  • Pork Chop Addiction $15.00
    • traditional recipe, taiwanese crumbed pork cutlet, pickles, dark vinegar
  • Scallop & Sausage Skewer $9.50
    • seared scallop, Taiwanese sausage, spicy mayo
  • Chocolate Brownie $9.50
    • w vanilla ice cream & Oreo soil
  • (Sandwiches fresh or toasted on pannini or sourdough bread) N/A
  • Fruit Salad - w/natural yoghurt $ 8.50
  • Muesli - w/fresh or poached fruit $ 8.50
  • Crumbed veal scallopine w/rocket, red onion & fetta salad $ 19.50
  • Smoked Trout & chicken w/boiled egg & herb aioli $ 10.50
  • Ham, cheese & tomato w/mustard & fresh basil $ 9.50
  • Buttermilk Flapjacks - w/maple butter & poached pear $ 10.50
  • Corned beef and cheddar w/pickled cabbage & mustard $ 10.50
  • An individual tasting plate of delicate desserts N/A
  • Grilled Chicken Breast Marinated in herbs on a bed of sautéed spinach served with seasonal vegetables and a rich reduction N/A
  • Chef’s Selection of Local Cheese Matched with a quince paste, golden crisp water crackers, and a spiced fruit loaf N/A
  • Roasted Red Capsicum Dip Fresh roasted capsicum blended with Australian cream cheese and tapenade, served with a warm gluten free roll N/A
  • Victorian Farmed Eye Fillet of Beef Paired with a rosemary and thyme scallop potato, fresh seasonal vegetables, onion marmalade and red wine jus N/A
  • Roasted Red Capsicum Dip Fresh roasted capsicum blended with Australian cream cheese and tapenade, served with golden baked water crackers N/A
  • Chef’s Selection of Local Cheese Matched with a quince paste, golden crisp water crackers, and a spiced fruit loaf N/A
  • Victorian Farmed Eye Fillet of Beef Paired with a rosemary and thyme scallop potato, fresh seasonal vegetables, onion marmalade and red wine jus N/A
  • Quinoa extra $2.00
  • Banana Walnut $16.00
  • Hash brown, bacon , sausage or avocado $3.00
  • with Banana $12.50
  • Soaked Oats , freshly grated apple mixed with yoghurt, drizzles with honey, strawberries and prunes topped with fresh hazelnuts . $12.00
  • Green Eggs and Ham $15.50
    • Toast with roquette, scrambled eggs with pesto and grilled ham
  • Smoked salmon $4.00
  • Eggs Atlantic $18.90
    • Poached Eggs on toast with smoked salmon, sauteed spinach and hollandise sauce
  • Big Boys Breaky w/ eggs, chorizo, roasted Spanish tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon & hash brown served w/ toast & house-made relish $19
  • Pea & Broadbean Bruschetta w/ fetta & radish, chilli & lemon on rye $16
  • House-made Granola w/ seasonal stewed fruit, honey & yoghurt $11
  • Squashed Tomatoes on toast w/ chillies, basil & poached egg $16.5
  • Smashed Avocado & feta on rye w/ lemon & honey balsamic $15
  • House-made Porridge w/ poached fruit, honey & cinnamon $11
  • House-made Banana Bread w/ spiced ricotta cheese $6
  • House-made Toast OR Fruit Bread w/ house-made jam $6
  • Hash Brown $1.00
  • Steak Plain Porterhouse Steak $6.50
  • Potato Cake $1.00
  • Fillet Meal Deal $9.90
    • Chicken Fillet Burger, Chips & a Can
  • ($1 extra for rolls)
  • Bacon or Pineapple $1.00
  • Dim Sim $1.00
  • 12 for $5.50
  • Country Style Roast Risotto $28.00
    • shredded roast duck with snow pea leaves fig and manchego cheese
  • Olive tapenade and fresh thyme
  • Spanish Style Seafood Hot Pot $35.00
    • with chorizo crayfish bisque local mussels Goolwa pipi's Cloudy Bay clams prawns calamari winter vegetables served with toasted Schiacciata & aioli
  • Roasted marinated lamb shoulder red onion fresh parsley tzatziki garlic oil base & lemon wedge $22.00
  • 250gm Grass Fed Eye fillet $39.00
  • Hot Sopressa roasted capsicum olives & fresh chili $20.00
  • Spinach & Ricotta $27.00
    • gnocchi with chorizo slow roasted cherry tomatoes kalamata olives fresh leaves shaved parmesan & truffle oil
  • Tofu Tacos $16.00
    • spiced tofu pickled vegetables shredded omelet chili coriander & toasted sesame seed mayo
  • 31 Steamed rice with lemon glass, chilli, mushrooms, capsicum, carrots, broccolli and onions.
  • 10 Seafood mee goreng $12.00
    • Thick egg noodles wok tossed in Malay curry sauce with prawns, seafood chunks, fish cakes, squid, carrot, capsicum, tofu, onions, bean shoots and spring onions.
  • w/ Seafood (prawns, squid, crab meat & fish cakes) $12.00
  • w/ Seafood (prawns, squid, crab meat & fish cakes) $12.00
  • 23 Seafood nasi goreng $11.00
    • Malay style fried rice with prawns, shrimps, squid, carrots, snow peas, spring onions and bean shoots in a mild Malay curry.
  • 9 Curry laksa soup $12.00
    • Thick egg noodles with prawns, BBQ pork, tofu, broccoli, egg, snow peas, bean shoots and spring onions in a mild coconut curry soup.
  • 13 Singapore fried noodles $11.00
    • Vermicelli noodles stir fried with shrimp, BBQ pork, egg, carrot, capsicum, onions, bean shoots, spring onions and sesame oil in Malay curry sauce.
  • 11 Hokkien mee $11.00
    • Thick egg noodles wok tossed in spicy dark soya mushroom sauce and oyster sauce with shrimps, BBQ pork, capsicum, bokchoi, bean shoots and spring onions.
  • BEANS WITH BASIL PESTO, RED PEPPERS HOUSE-MADE TOMATO SAUCE & TOAST $16.50
  • TATAKI OCEAN TROUT WITH A RAW KALE & PICKLED VEGETABLE SALAD, SEAWEED, ALMONDS & POACHED EGGS $22.00
  • ADD CHORIZO $5.00
  • BACON / CHORIZO / AVOCADO / MUSHROOMS $5.00
  • CAPE GRIM BEEF WITH HOUSE-MADE MUSTARD, SEASONAL FRUIT RELISH & LEAVES ON THE KETTLE BLACK BUN $23.00
  • RAW KALE SALAD $7.00
  • FRESH SNAPPER IN A BRIOCHE ROLL WITH GREEN PAPAYA SALAD, CITRUS MAYONNAISE, CHILLI JAM & LIME $23.00
  • EGG / TOAST $3.00
  • Ham $7.70
    • Virginia ham, lettuce, cheese, olives
  • Turkey Delight $8.70
    • Turkey, avocado, cheese, spinach, chutney
  • Schnitzel $9.40
    • Crumbed chicken, capsicum, mushroom, eggplant
  • Cheese $0.80
  • Olives $0.80
  • Capsicum $0.80
  • Ham & Cheese $6.30
  • Salami $8.50
    • Salami, cheese, mushroom, semi-dried tomato, olives
  • H.C.T. $9.50
    • Virginia ham, cheddar cheese, tomato, and dijon mustard
  • -Daylesford wholemeal $6.00
  • Cacciucco $21.90
    • Pan fried mussels, vongole, prawn tails and a fish fillet, served with a seafood bisque, char grilled bruschetta
  • Sorry no variations
  • -Hot mixed berries/caramelised banana (with double cream) or ice cream $15.90
  • Bruschetta $14.9 / $17.9
    • Smoked salmon, red onion, rocket, capers & a yoghurt & lemon dressing
  • Omelette on toast daylesford sourdough $1.30
  • Fried or poached eggs on daylesford sourdough $10.90
  • Free Range Eggs - egg's on ciabatta toast cooked to your liking: poached, scrambed or fried $10.00
  • Italian Lettuce Salad $7.50
  • Truffle Fries $9.50
  • Afrittata Salumi - a selection of local and imported cured meats $22.00
  • Gluten Free Toast $5.00
  • Cos Lettuce & Avocado Salad $9.50
  • Spaghettini Aglio Olio e Pepperoncino (add Prosciutto) $4.50
  • Patatine (Chips) $6.50
The Original Cafe

The Original Cafe

location

Address

23 Dorcas St, South Melbourne VIC 3205

phone

Phone

0396902441

clock

Opened hours

Mon 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM Tue 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM Wed 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM Thu 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM Fri 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM Sat Closed Sun Closed
price range

Price

$0 - $10

type

Type

Cafe

service level

Service

Counter Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Cafes

features

Features

Dine in ,  Takeaway ,  Cash

Location
23 Dorcas St, South Melbourne VIC 3205
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