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Farm Cafe Melbourne Menu Breakfast and Lunch

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:03:00 GMT

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Keep Cup - Finalist in the Premiers Design Awards

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:13:00 GMT

As you probably already know we think KeepCups are great. They are helping reduce the crazy amount of waste generated by take away cups in cafe's around the world. We sell lots of them at cost to encourage their use. They've been nominated for a Premier's design award and shot this interview at the Farm Cafe a little while ago.

Premier's Design Awards - KeepCup from State of Design on Vimeo.

Review: Melbourne Larder

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:02:00 GMT

We recently came across a lovely review of the Farm Cafe from the Melbourne Larder Blog.

Here's an excerpt :

Our coffees, sweet and nutty lattes, are served quickly and our meals arrive shortly after that, which is always a welcome bonus when dining with small children. We both order the 'green stack': two softly poached free-range eggs with sunshine-yellow yolks, served with roasted tomatoes, pesto, avocado, baby spinach and parmesan on sourdough toast. It is an excellent and fortifying combination.

Read the review in full here (opens in new window).

Farmer's Market & Mother Day Weekend

Thu, 06 May 2010 11:09:00 GMT

This coming weekend is an especially exciting one at the Farm as there's the Farmer's Market on Saturday and Mother's Day on Sunday.

Farmers Market

When: Saturday, 8th of May. Gates open 8am.
Where: The Collingwood Children's Farm Stables Paddock

A great place to grap lots of excellent seasonal produce direct from the State's best suppliers. Especially good this month are tomatoes, eggplant, capsicums and cucumbers.

Mothers Day

Where better to take Mum for a relaxing day out with the kids! Watch the kids enjoy the animals while you enjoy a beautiful breakfast. It's a busy day so come early to avoid the crowds. Cafe open at 8am, Farm at 9am.

See you soon,
Tom

Easter + The School Holidays

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:48:00 GMT

Easter is nearly here & with it brings fond memories of putting the finishing touches on our easter hats for the annual school easter hat parade. Lots of coloured paper, ribbon, tuille, pom poms, glitter, sequins & felt being strategically placed to create the perfect headpiece. Good luck to those of you who are entering a hat this easter & we hope to see the creations at the farm over the long weekend.

The cafe will be will open every day over easter & the school holidays except for good friday. Easter sunday is also family day at the farm & this month we are celebrating everything poultry. Come down for exhibitions & sales plus tractor & donkey rides.

The Age A2 Top 5 Kitchen Gardens

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:47:00 GMT

We got a mention in the A2 this week. See the 'Reviews' page for the original clipping.

We are in pretty good company too...

Cafe Vue at Heide

Embrasse

Circa the Prince

and one of our family's staple cafe's - Ceres Cafe.

Posted by Tom

Preserving the best of Summer

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:00 GMT

Autumn is suddenly here and we are busy savouring the last of Summery goodness in a few jars. Raspberry jam, zucchini pickles & peach chutney exciting our tastebuds & luckily we've made enough to share! Grab one and tell us what you think. 275mls $6.50.

It's Farmer's Market this Saturday 8am to 1pm so pop in and collect your end of the Summer haul direct from some of Victoria's best producers.

Our favourites this month are:
Summer Ridge Strawberries & Gundowring Vanilla bean icecream
(Classic combos are hard to go past!) Posted by Pip

Little Eats reviews the Farm Cafe

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:52:00 GMT

A great new site reviewing Kid friendly cafe's has popped up recently. It is called Little Eats and it provides 'a quick and easy guide to kid-friendly Melbourne cafes and the services they provide – highchairs, change tables, easy pram access, separate kids menus, the kid-friendliness of the staff, play areas, activities or toys provided, as well as prices and the overall atmosphere of the place.'

Having a 15 month old daughter and loving cafe's as we do it has proven to be a fabulous resource to find Melbourne's great kid friendly cafe's and to avoid the one's that make you feel like your the devil for having a pram!

Of course, they have also reviewed the Farm Cafe. You can see the full review here.

Summer Guide - Eat Out

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:20:00 GMT

Exciting to see The Farm Cafe listed as one of Larissa's Dubecki's "Summery Dining Destinations" in this month's addition of The Age Melbourne Magazine.

"Deep inside the urban jungle hides this bucolic escape by the river, the perfect place to let the kids run wild while the adults decamp to the outdoor seating at the Farm Cafe for a coffee (3.5) and poached eggs (8.5) or lunchtime things such as zucchini, mint & fetta fritters (14.5). Plenty of the food comes from nearby garden beds and it's reliably good"

We may just have to check out the other foodie places that made the list too......

MoVida Aqui - www.movida.com.au
Middle Brighton Baths - www.middlebrightonbaths.com.au
Innocent Bystander & Giant Steps - www.innocentbystander.com.au
Sarti - www.sartirestaurant.com.au

Things we love this Festive Season...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:33:00 GMT

summer fruits - apricots, nextarines, bananas, berries, mangoes, pineapple, passionfrufit & of course sweet cherries - the sign that Christmas is coming.
warm nights & sunset picnics
christmas carols
fresh fish & prawns cooked on the bbq
trips to the beach
outdoor cinemas
the smell of a real Christmas tree
spending time with friends & family
Nana's Christmas cake & pudding
music festivals
drinking cidar
twilight Farmers Markets

We hope that you have a happy, safe holiday, filled with wonderful food, drink and many happy memories.

Springy goodness!

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:07:00 GMT

Spring has announced itself with a blast of warm air from the North. There's nothing like being out in the elements to truly feel this abundant and exciting season arrive. Sweet scents of springy flowers (daffodils- my favourite!) and some tasty zucchini, mint & fetta fritters with a good squeeze of lemon - a delicious way to spend a slightly wild Farmer's Market morning.

More info... Farmer's Markets happen at the Farm on the second Saturday of every month. Click here to see the Melbourne Farmer's Market website, or join our email list and we'll send you a reminder!

The little kitchen that could...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:46:00 GMT

After 4 years of hammering away with a fairly outdated kitchen , we are finally going to put in some proper beefy commercial equipment. This will mean faster, yummier, and more home made food that ever before.

We're excited, but to do this we need to close our Kitchen for just 5 days from Monday the 31st of August to Friday the 4th of September. We will be open for coffee and cake, but given the kitchen will be in pieces we wont have the usual full Farm Cafe menu.

As the Tradies work through the night to put the kitchen together, our Kitchen crew will be busy putting the final touches on our Spring Menu.

Join our email list or check back here in a couple of weeks to be the first to see it.

Tom & Pip