St Ali
12-18 Yarra Pl, South Melbourne, VIC
12-18 Yarra Pl, South Melbourne, VIC
St Ali coffee
Named after Ali ibn Umar al-Shadhili, who is said to have kicked off the coffee craze, St Ali is first and foremost a coffee wholesaler, but part of the old warehouse space is dedicated to sharing the caffeinated love with the general public. Positioned in an otherwise nondescript laneway, St Ali has a spacious designer industrial look and feel, with a clever use of recycled materials to break up the space. There's an outdoor area, but it is not pet friendly. There's always a queue, so I guess that's why they started selling takeaway coffees from the garage across the road.
St Ali is one of the original third-wave coffee makers, distinguished by their dedication to extracting the best from coffee in its purest, unadulterated form. All the single origin espresso is made through $32k Slayer. That being said, I don't think my coffee was that fantastic... but I'm no expert and wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
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Ben Cooper and Kate Holloway's menu is Modern European/Middle Eastern-influenced cafe fare, accentuated with syrups and reductions. Both the Hangover cure ($17.50) with chorizo, cherry tomatoes, onions and spinach and the Sweet french toast ($15.50) with balsamic strawberries proved that and looked gorgeous. They certainly "plate" up well. But both were drenched in the reductions, making the toast soggy and with far too strong a taste. It was a major disappointment, but only because I expected so much from this place...
3 comments:
i agree! had a breakfast of eggs and smoked salmon, and requested for waitress to swop scrambled eggs for poached - to which she agreed.
my eggs arrived, scrambled as scrambled could get. i told the server about my special request and was shot down rudely that they do not make exceptions whatsoever. she demanded to know who was my waitress and then in the end, they only gave us coffee on the house. to be honest, i'd much rather if they had taken the soggy scrambled off my plate and just given me poached!
never heading back there for breakfast. totally overrated and service was y-u-c-k.
loved the coffee and the set-up though. the decor is so amazing.
Great to hear I wasn't the only one who didn't like their food Lizzee! I much prefer the food and service in Outpost, South Yarra - try it if you haven't already!
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