Devon on Danks, Waterloo

Following the success of their Surry Hills branch, Devon Cafe opened a second branch in Waterloo late last year.  This morning, we were craving some reliably tasty cafe food so decided to head out to Waterloo to check out their new location.

We've previously reviewed Devon By Night which by the way now only runs from their Waterloo branch and not the Surry Hills branch.

With its high ceilings and large windows, the cafe feels much more spacious and airy than their Surry Hills counterpart.  We got there around 11:30am on a Saturday and had no trouble getting a table.

Their donut and cronut menu varies from day to day.  We picked the most bizarre sounding one - a pork floss with sweet mayo cronut.  If only we had more stomach space - we would've also liked to try their black sesame and red bean cronut.

The cronut was seriously YUM.  The pastry was flakey, crunchy and generously layered with mayo and pork floss. It brought back memories of those pork floss buns sold at Asian bread shops...but 10 times better.   

Pork floss and sweet mayo cronut

K picked the Breakfast with the Sakuma's.  We had this the first time we visited Devon Cafe in Surry Hills and as tempting as it was to try something new, she couldn't resist picking this dish again.  You can't go wrong with these flavours - miso grilled salmon, smoked eel croquette, 63 degree egg, radish salad with kewpie mayo on the side.  The salmon is cooked perfectly and contrasts with the crunch of the eel croquette.  The burst of umami in this dish makes you keep going back for more.

Breakfast with the Sakuma's

C went for the Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham - a thick cut bacon, crispy potato, 63 degree egg, green tomato ketchup, pea puree and soybeans. As with everything else, this dish was well balanced in both texture and taste, with the freshness of the pea puree nicely offsetting the saltiness of the bacon.  

Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham

Ignoring the fact that we just stuffed our faces with 2 mains and a cronut, we thought we may as well maximise our visit and try their dessert and new soft serve flavour.  The new soft serve is a mango soft serve with green mango coulis, evaporated milk foam, crushed macaron, rice puffs and mango popping jellies.  Delish!

 

Final dish was the Little Lost Bread - a brioche French toast with freeze dried and fresh strawberries, balsamic and strawberry gastrique, strawberry cheesecake ice cream and Arnott's biscuit crumble (bacon optional).  That ice cream was definitely yum and the French toast had a beautiful crunchy outside and a light soft inside.  Plus, isn't it just such a pretty dish?

I think Devon Cafe is fast becoming a go-to cafe for us...if only they open one on the North Shore (Devon Cafe, if you are reading this, hint hint)!  They combine cafe atmosphere with Asian inspired flavours and we've really enjoyed ourselves each time we've been there.

One final tip - there is a public car park at the top of Danks Street (where Aldi is) with free parking for 1.5 hours.  Saves driving up and down looking for street parking!