All right , this one is about the breakfast experience from
my weekend trip to Nelsons Bay. We were staying at Soldiers point and I was
searching on the internet for good joints for breakfast. I am usually tempted
with breakfast joints at holiday destinations as they have good cafes, creative
menus and a relaxed ambience and set up. So we drove down to main Nelsons Bay
area and went to the Little Nel Café. Situated on 3 Government Road, this is
right at the start of the market. The good part is that you can park across the
street and hop down to this place. I believe it is the eatery of the Nelson Resort.
Now on the ground floor, this café has a very relaxed
ambience and casual seating. There are seats inside, in the building. A wooden veranda on the left has open air seating under canopies, and then there si the
front lawn as well. Couches, tables, stools, all multi modes for seating. Looking
at the menu, there were the regular options of breakfast including museli,
fruits, bacon and egg, and whole lot of other stuff.
We settled in outside on the lawn, on the big sofa/ couch
with a low table and view of the bay behind us.
Well I settled for the chocolate milkshake along with the chilli
scrambled eggs, while for my brother and mom, I ordered the vegetable stack. Now
the waitresses were very friendly and pretty to be honest. They were really
sweet and very caring. The chocolate milkshake
arrived first. This was OMG, unbelievable. I think this is the best milkshake I have had in Australia so far.
A huge steel glass, with a thick smooth consistency of mill, ice cream,
chocolate and crushed ice. Seriously, this was indulgence, and a sinful one. Too
good and highly recommended.
Next came the chilli scrambled egg. This was like a stack of
omelet with red chilli stuffing. Now being an Indian I can definitely handle
the chilli and I was wondering how hot
this would be. Well, to be honest I was just okay, not too hot, but then good
enough for a breakkie. I wouldn't have expected to get anything too hot in the
morning. Now the stack of omelet squares or the scrambled eggs, was topped with
yogurt. Now this was interesting. Mildly sweet yogurt topped on the hot omelet.
This was served with locally grown fresh avocado and grilled tomato and two
slices of toast and butter. I loved it. I mean specially the egg with yogurt went
well and interesting. The sweetness of the yogurt countered the heat of the
chilli's and the creamy avocado, just lovely.
The next dish was the vegetable stack with poached eggs. This
was a stack of veggie patties, with loads of nuts. In the patty and crispy fan
fried. I think between the patties, there was a beetroot paste. This was served
with poached egg and rocket on the top. The beauty of it was that the poached
eggs, when cut would lead to the egg yellow overflowing the entire stack of
pattie. The taste was yum. The pattie had potato and nuts, which was nice,
along with the eggs, it was yum. Highly recommended.
All in all I loved the setting, the ambience and the creative menu. I was so tempted to think
while sitting there in the café, if I would ever come here specially for the
breakfast again, and I thought, why not. I thought this one was another of my
great finds in the space of breakfast cafes in Australia. Highly recommended if
you are in Port Stephens/ Nelsons Bay area.
The Nelson Resort (visit Reception)
3-7 Government Road, Nelson Bay NSW 2315
(02) 4916 4600
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