Welcome to a new category on eat me brisbane, "I want to go there" where I can share with you gourmet destinations to inspire your next trip abroad and give a heads up on quirky dining movements.

I came across this restaurant on the blog, Lost at E Minor, and am tickled pink by the dining concept at Proef in Amsterdam. As described on their website, Proef serves wholesome organic sharing plates that celebrate the best of the home garden. The food described on their page is honest and homely and who could possibly not be thrilled by their welcome message -i've copied it below

"We welcome you to come eat and drink at our beautiful location at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek.
Grab a blanket, a nice cushion, sofa or chair and enjoy yourself in our vegetable garden. Come and chat with the chickens.
We serve great food made with organic, seasonal and local ingredients in a picnic style.
We serve small dishes to combine and share. And did we mention that we serve the best cocktails in the park with edible flowers?"

Aha! I repeat I want to go there!. Proef is designed by Marije Vogelzang who specialises in defining the design of what it is to eat!
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Flamingo is to the casual Brisbane dining scene like your offbeat smiling friend to your soul is; refreshing and pleasing!
This quirky cafe tucked away in Winn Lane wins on every level. A whimsical yet totally awesome and practical shop design- inside dining, outside dining, astro turf, bakerlite sugar containers is made perfect by equally fabulous food.

To some flamingo may appear to be all design and no substance, this certainly is not the case. The menu is full of temptations that makes deciding on your meal tricky- a perfect quandary.

I was at flamingo for breakfast, so i was deciding between avocado and labne on toast, a sausage roll (homemade, they look so very very good,i decided it was a bit too early) and was also tempted by the tasty array of home-baked muffins.

I settled on the avocado, tomato and labne on toast and a long black, although i also noted that the fresh juices and smoothies looked very appealing.

The verdict: I made a cracking decision, the fresh avocado on toast ticked all the boxes, a great serving size, the tartness of the labne cutting through the creaminess of the avocado makes this a well balanced and super tasty breakky item. Good coffee too.





Flamingo offers something unique to the needy valley casual dining scene, a bit of home-made loving feeling, honest inexpensive food and it goes far to remind us what the valley should be about- something a little bit different, surprising and thoughtful.

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