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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Good bread is here. Find it at Brewbakers, a nifty bakery cum café in Albion. Bread is arguably the most iconic and important element in the western pantry. It’s such a simple product yet it can be quite hard to find “real” bread. In his book, "Good Bread is Back" by the bread professor , Steven Kaplan he states that real bread -must have a certain inviting smell, unique taste, appearance and even intuition based on the look and the crack of the crust. I’m not sure about the intuition part (I’m no bread whisperer) but I’m sure even the bread professor would agree that the inviting loaves at Brewbakers fit the bill!

vonRosenlund Eat Me Brisbane and I ventured to Brewbakers to have a brunch graze. The menu at Brewbakers has expanded from when it first opened up the café side of the business. Once just bacon and egg rolls were on offer now the menu boasts your favourite breakfast moments showcased on Brewbakers bread products. I was tossing up between mushrooms and spinach on toast before my eyes spotted the breakfast ham cheese tomato bagel. Knowing how a good bagel is hard to find I went for that.. vonRosenlund Eat Me Brisbane, was struggling between avocado on toast vs a ham,cheese and tomato croissant. The HCT combo won us both over. As you approach the counter to order your eyes are enticed by a myriad of fresh loaves, tarts, friands, muffins, the most deliciously rustic looking jam donuts, croissants and almond croissants! Heavenly sights indeed. I’m weak willed when it comes to food and in the spirit of a good review also added; a light sour rye vienna loaf and an almond croissant to my order.

After ordering we found our way to cosy mismatched chairs and an old rustic table , our coffees arrived shortly after. The coffee here is ok- the flat white was lacking crema and the latte was lacking coffee. However the focus here is the bread. Both the bagel and croissant were fine examples ofbakery products so one can overlook the lack of great coffee.

After I got home Mr Eat Me Brisbane was served up a yummy ham, cheese, tomato and rocket sandwich on the light sour rye loaf. The verdict- perfect bread and actually filling compared to the insipid wonder bread recreations.

Boy the bread is good I sampled it by itself and it actually has personality a beautiful malty crust and perfectly airy innards – in all a perfect soured rye. When bread tastes good by itself you know you’re on to a good thing!

For the bread alone this is a must go culinary destination in Brisbane.

Little Larder is the little train that can! I normally visit Little Larder and eat breakfast. I'm totally devoted to the crispy polenta poached egg breakky. Those I know who go to Little Larder frequently have their staple dish too- like savoury mince (the way your nanna would make it) or baked beans (my close second favourite).