Found 401 - Sunshine

After a hike on a disgustingly hot day, we went to Found 401. It was quite new at the time (yes I know I am a very delayed food blogger) and we were excited to have a brunch and burger joint so close to home.

Green Tea Frappe ($6)

Avocado Smash with 2 Poached Eggs

Dat oooooooooze

The Avocado Smash ($13.50) consisted of avocado mash with feta, lemon, sea salt, pepper, fresh chilli and mint leaves on toast with 2 poached eggs. Your basic avo smash but so much cheaper, winning!!!

Chips ($4)

Nomnom these chips were good azzzzzz.

Veggie Burger

Cross-section fam

I also shared the Veggie Burger ($9) with my sister. It was actually such a steal, so cheap, v nice, I like it. It had a veggie patty, baby cos lettuce, tomato and sweet mayo chilli. It was pretty tasty and a nice change from other veggie burgers I had eaten (falafel and mushroom). It reminded me of a crispy bubble and squeak patty. That brioche bun was sah good.

401

My cousins got their flagship burger, the 401 ($11.50). This had beef, cheese, baby cos lettuce, tomato, bacon, free range egg, caramelised onion and 401 special sauce. This was full of flavour and definitely a mouthful.

Found 401 Round 2

HNGGG Love my cross-sections

I went again recently and the standard remains the same.


Overall, Found 401 is a decent burger joint in the west side. While I wouldn't go here for brunch again (only because I'm spoilt for choice for dedicated brunch spots), they serve tasty burgers for great prices. It's cute and so central to the Sunshine main street. Service was pretty laid-back as you ordered at the counter.



Taste: 7.5/10
Presentation: 7.5/10
Value for Money: 8/10
Service: 7/10

Lady Moustache - Yarraville

I caught up with Stoph at Lady Moustache, a  Latin American inspired cafe, on the outskirts of Yarraville. I hate driving in the narrow AF lanes and futilely trying to find close parking but with this place we scored a spot right opposite it YASSS.

Desgranado

There were heaps of options to choose from and this was exactly my type of cuisine. I ended up with the Colombian Desgranado ($17) which had fried eggs on pan-spiced potato, chorizo and bacon with cheese sauce, corn sans the coriander garnish. I also added guacamole for an extra $4.50. While this dish sounded divine on paper, it fell short in terms of taste. Don't get me wrong, everything tasted good but as an overall dish, it lacked oomph. It was all very rich and oily and probably the wrong choice for the first meal of the day. Thank-god I had avocado which slightly helped cut through this quite heavy dish.

Sopapilla

On the other hand, Stop chose the Chilean Sopapilla ($17.50) with added chorizo ($5) which was fantastic. It was poached eggs on pumpkin fritters with guacamole, prebre and breakfast salsa. I initially had my eye on this but then was enticed by the cheese sauce from my dish. Stoph's fritters were very pumpkin-y and fluffy and tasted delish with the other components. Mad food envy.

Spreadddddd

Overall, it was an interesting feed at Lady Moustache. I was disappointed with my dish but it was only because Stoph had chosen such a good one. It isn't often that I see a Latin American inspired brunch menu and it was a bonus it was in the west side. The other options, especially on the lunch menu, seem quite yummy so I am not adverse to returning here.




Taste: 7/10
Presentation: 7/10
Value for Money: 7/10
Service: 8/10




 

Fonda Mexican - CBD

I caught up with some high school friends at Fonda Mexican a while ago. We put our names down at 7:30 and was told that the wait time was 45 mins. It was super dooper busy and we ended up waiting for 1 hour and 15 mins for a table. We had 2 sets of the 'Feed Me' menu which consisted of Tortilla Crisps, 2 Corn, 2 Fish Tacos and Mexico City Pork Quesadilla ($49 for 2 people) and T ordered whatever she wanted. I thought it was pretty cool that they didn't make us do the Feed Me for the entire table like most restaurants.

DRANKS: HORCHATA, PINEAPPLE & MINT AND WATERMELON & STRAWBERRY

 
To start we had some dranks. T had alcohol spiked Horchata which was rice water, cinnamon, vanilla and evaporated milk. K had pineapple and mint with a hit of ginger. I got watermelon, strawberry and basil. They were only 6 bucks. NOMYOM.

TORTILLA CRISPS

For starters we got the Tortilla Crisps which had white and blue corn tortilla crisps with guacamole and pico de gallo. They were pretty standard and I guess a little more flavour in the guac would've been nice, it's justttttttt avocado.

CHARRED CORN

 The charred corn was coated in chipotle aioli, queso blend, fresh lime and paprika. Yummy stuff. D thinks she can make better ones at home, yeah I'd like to see her try.

MARKET FISH (FRESH ROCKLING)

Tacos included fresh rockling, shaved cabbage, pickled carrot and onion, guacamole, chipotle aioli and fresh lime. They were decent but needed more sauce just to tie everything together.

MEXICO CITY PORK

Lastly, we were finished with the pork quesadillas which also had baby spinach and queso blend in it. It had pico de gallo, avocado salsa and pickled onion on the side. They were pretty filling and had good flavour. I would've loved more onion as they were punchyyyy.

GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD

T got her own meal of the Grilled Chicken Salad ($16). It was chock full of rocket, shaved cabbage, quinoa, black beans, sweet potato, smoked corn, sliced radish, coriander, pepita seeds and a lemon vinaigrette. It was very refreshing.

 Overall, it was a decent meal.  The vibes were pretty cool and since it was a really busy Friday night, it was pretty noisy. The Feed Me menu had a good selection for the price. If I feel like Mexican food (which I almost always do) I'd probably hit up other joints, only because good old Melbourne has so much to offer.



Taste: 7/10
Presentation: 7/10
Value for Money: 8/10
Service: 7/10