Friday, September 16, 2011

Lilypad Cafe - Veggie Breakfast in Cairns

On the last night of our holiday in Cairns, we stayed at Gilligan's Backpackers, which was incidentally across the street from the Lilypad Cafe. I had found a few good reviews for their coffee and food so we made it a point to stop there for our last holiday breakfast. I was starving and while the cafe is not exclusively veg, the plethora of vegetarian & vegan breakfasts was slightly overwhelming for me! I settled on a big veggie breakfast, while T ordered an open sandwich with mushrooms, avocado, tomato and capsicum in a takeaway
box in case he couldn't finish it.
Firstly, the coffee was very tasty and met our snobby Melbourne standards :). And the food, well, let's just say we were amazed by the generous servings but still managed to make all that food disappear quite quickly! If I'm ever back in Cairns this will be the first place I go to from the airport!

Lilypad Cafe
72 Grafton St (Opposite Gilligan's)
Cairns, QLD 4080

Pros: Great food, Huge serves, Affordable prices, Meat meals for those who desire them, Above-standard coffee, Convenient location for backpackers, Outside seating
Cons: Perhaps only the strangers who could walk by and harass you if you are sitting outside, but we didn't experience this and actually enjoyed people watching!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Lord Of The Fries does Breakfast!

Ohhhh Yes! Can't wait to try these!! Why oh why doesn't my morning commute take me past Flinders St Station??