A Melbourne cafe owner has spoken out in defence of a deconstructed egg and avocado dish that is being taunted for being “Australia’s most pretentious breakfast”.
The cafe’s $17 breakfast offering, Spiced Togarashi Avocado, has a do-it-yourself approach to avocado on toast.
It’s served as has half an avocado, dipped in Japanese chilli spice with a bit of edamame and citrus avo-smash as a side alongside egg and toast.
Reddit user Rupert_Bear007's photo of the Abbotsford cafe's breakfast board attracted hundreds of comments online - with some claiming the breakfast is "peak hipster".
"When we created our menu we didn't want to have your typical avocado smash, we thought the customers deserved something else," says Kitty Burns cafe owner, Josephine Pulitano.
One commenter user said they would deconstruct their payment if the meal was presented to them.
"I would deconstruct my payment for it. 'Get my wallet from my bag, or write down this BSB and account number'," they said.
Pulitano says the meal is their biggest seller.
"Funnily enough, people are still obsessed with avocado on toast. It's an approachable dish," she told Mamamia.
Top Comments
I personally don't care for avocado (yes, I am from Melbourne).
But poached eggs on a wooden board? That is the most ridiculous part of this meal.
In about twenty years, we are all going to piss ourselves laughing at this 'deconstructed' obsession. The same way we now laugh at the fancy vintage recipes involving gelatine and some sort of mould, large quantities of mayonnaise, and elaborate decoration. My personal favourite - Banana and Ham Hollandaise.