The Eatery on Jonson, Byron Bay, Australia
August 11, 2015
Waking up early in the morning just to drive down from Brissy to Byron Bay kind of makes you go all woozy if you haven't had your cup of coffee let's say, or haven't had that pancake for breakfast. There was a slight delay in going up the summit though, why? The gate was closed!! So, there was traffic around the end of the road, right before the gates area to go in. We could see people getting dropped off and doing a U-turn because the parking was full up there already. I do have to say they really need extra parking because it's hideous. Only a few cars can fit and how many people come down every morning? Of course there were joggers and runners around too that would jog up or walk up the hill to get to the summit area.
It took us a while trying to figure out what to do with the chaos up there too, then some of us got out of the car and walked down to see if there were any closeby parking nearby and yes, we found it. A dirt area that didn't say a 'No Parking' sign which I probably would have guessed it's used for parking, can even fit maybe 2 mini buses? So, we walked up again and started driving down.. Having two cars with us means, we needed to find two parkings but ye, in the end. We got it, all sorted, even the other cars started to follow us too. We just hoped we won't get a fine that's all. Anyway, after watching and enjoying the sunrise and also mucking around from the summit in Cape Byron State Conservation Park, we headed down to town to see what was open and to get those grumbling tummies of ours filled up with delicious goodness.
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| Love this idea of making it into a table, but not sure if it'll hold much food up there.. |
'Breakfast Roll' ($9) was a good old bacon, egg, leaves (spinach), relish and aioli. The way they presented it was puting the burger or the roll as they call it, in the middle and a smart idea of filling the plate without making the whole dish look lonely with just a burger in the middle of a big round plate, was to put the relish around it. I think it was a light pesto since it didn't seem too thick or too strong either.
The only downside to this dish was the toasted sourdough. It was either too thin and they have toasted it longer than it should making it hard to slice through which in the end, you would most likely have to pick it up with your finger. It would have been much better if the sourdough was thicker. Other than that, the hollandaise sauce was not too strong and had the right amount of vinegar and texture. Poached egg was poached beautifully and the bacon was fried well. The rocket gave it that extra touch which combined well with the rest of the dish.
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