Adelaide Winter Holiday 2014 (Day 3): Taste Baguette Rundle Street ~ Review

My sister decided to start the day a little late and head out for brunch and shopping on Rundle street. To fill up our tummy, we decided to stop on Taste Baguette which looks like a really nice place to hang out. 

As we were looking through the menu, a friendly staff came over and was patient enough to wait for us to settle our order. She also pointed us to the rear seat, which is a more comfy place to chill.

Besides seating on the outside and a two-seater on the alley, they have more seating options at the rear, which is where we were seated.

I must say the food is quite affordably priced.

I'm loving the rustic, wooden, industrial-inspired design in this place. The place looks messily put together (is that how you describe it?) Anyway, this place just have a really cool vibe into it. Turn left before the white door at the end and you'll find more seating spot.

This is the seating area at the rear and there I was seating in the really cool corner (call me cheesy, weird or whatever but I like my seat). I'm loving the unfinished touch they put here with all the bricks, woods and cement details. It's a pretty cosy and comfy place to chill. 

My seat corner

And my sister on the opposite side

Below are the dishes and drinks we got:

Coffee: According to the cup, seems this branch is serving coffee from Toby's estate. I am not a good judge of coffee and I am jumping into conclusion because I feel that all the coffees I had in Australia are awesome. I must say that Australia can do no wrong with coffee. They taste smooth and the ingredients accompanying them taste fresh (milk, chocolate and etc). 

I think once you had coffee in Australia, you can never go back. Enough rambling. 

Latte. I really like the milkiness of this latte.

Cappuccino. Love the sweetness from the chocolate. Probably the sweetest cappuccino we had. 

These two coffee were very smooth and very nice. 

Now for the food:

After having that super awesome Lamington in Bourke Street Bakery, I've been yearning for another slice of it so when I saw these on the window, I had to get it.

Unfortunately this was an utter disappointment. The cake is so dry and so not fresh. Seemed like it has been sitting around for at least a day. The coconut flakes had a rough texture, the chocolate coating seemed to have seen better days and the sponge cake inside, OMG, so dry :( Everything in this just spells dry. Total disappointment.

Before I jump into the dish, let me tell you what happened the moment it came. So... I found an eyelash on the edge of my wooden plate. Was kinda disgusted to take a picture of specifically for it. The wooden plate though from afar look appealing, it didn't once you look closely into it. There were so many cutting marks and it looked like the plate was really difficult to clean properly. As cool as it looks, I was thrown off by the hygiene aspect. Maybe it's time to change to a plate?

Anyway this is the Scrambled Egg and Smoked Salmon Baguette with Rocket Salad.
This scrambled egg is by far the best among all scrambled eggs I've tried along this trip. The texture was very moist, soft and eggy. The salt and pepper seasoning was also pretty decent. The smoked salmon and the rocket salad were quite fresh too. Combined together, the runny eggy scrambled eggs contrast well with the crisp of the rocket and the cold salty smoked salmon.

Let's not forget the baguette because they were really the star of the show. The baguette taste very fresh. It had a nice hint of sweetness to it. The bread was perfectly baked - so crispy and crunchy on the outside and warm and soft on the inside. These people do know how to make good baguette and this is probably the best baguette I've tried as of yet.

Poached Egg Baguette with crispy bacon topped with homemade hollandaise. The dish is completed with some baby spinach leave. I honestly prefer this dish compare to the scrambled eggs. Really like the combination of the runny poached egg, sweet and sour hollandaise sauce, salty and savoury bacon plus the freshness of the spinach and the baguette. This bacon was definitely more crispy that the ones I had at Cafe etc. The baguette here, again, was awesome. awesome. awesome. 

So, in conclusion, will I recommend this place? Well I wouldn't mind going there again but I will stick to a cup of coffee and a baguette dish that will not require me to use any utensils. And I will skip all the pastries and stick to the baguettes. Please work on the hygiene part, I love your location, interior design, coffee, and baguette. 

From further research, I just found out this place is Vietnamese cuisine inspired. Now I really wanna try their twist on Vietnamese banh mi.