4/5 Jackie M. 4 months ago on Google
When
you
don’t
eat
breakfast
out
very
often,
venues
need
to
have
something
special
to
lure
you
in.
Mossy
on
Gardens
derives
that
it-factor
from
its
location
inside
the
Eurobodalla
Botanic
Garden.
From
the
outside,
the
vernacular
Australian
architecture
is
geared
toward
coping
with
the
climate,
with
solar
panels,
high
ceilings
and
sloped
rooflines.
Inside
it’s
an
enter-through-the-gift-shop
affair,
with
the
expansive,
verandah-ringed
cafe
sitting
at
one
end
of
the
structure.
The
cafe
is
an
offshoot
of
Mossy
on
Pacific,
named
for
its
location
in
nearby
Mossy
Point.
All
three
of
this
group’s
venues
use
coffee
by
Guerrilla
Roasters,
which
drinks
well
across
a
cappuccino
($4.50)
and
a
strong
flat
white
($5.10).
The
succinct
menu
encourages
you
to
build
your
own
breakfast
from
a
base
of
Bega
Valley
eggs
on
Honorbread
toast
($13.50).
Jason’s
free-range
bacon
($6.50),
wilted
spinach
($4)
and
a
sauce
bowl
of
blistered
cherry
tomatoes
($4)
bursting
with
flavour
were
all
worthy
building
blocks.
Though
certainly
plentiful,
the
scrambled
eggs
were
a
bit
light
on
flavour
(a
shadow
on
our
normal
Mulloon
Creek
Farm
eggs)
but
it
was
nothing
chilli
sauce
and
chilli
flakes
couldn’t
fix.
Watching
the
birdlife—like
purple
swamphens
pulling
up
reeds
and
feeding
on
their
soft
stems
and
a
very
friendly
Australian
magpie—was
the
best
part
of
this
peaceful
breakfast.
My
only
gripe
was
the
plastic
plants
on
the
tables:
when
you’re
in
a
botanic
garden
that
grows
and
sells
native
plants,
I
would
have
preferred
to
see
one
of
those
sitting
on
each
table.
