Sherbet Bake Shop, Maylands

If you are anything like me and have grown bored of ordering old school basics for breakfast like eggs benedict then head over to Maylands.  A decent handful of venues all within close proximity to each other will fulfil your desire for something a bit more original than what you easily could cook up at home.  Furthermore they all appear to be very gluten free friendly with a number of options for us allergic types.

Mrs S is one of my favourites amongst these establishments however due to a variety of circumstances we haven’t returned to enjoy her deliciousnesses for over six months!  After deciding to finally head back there I got myself in quite a state of excited anticipation.  I pre-emptively added to my Sunday run an extra 2 kms to my usual twelve in order to have two guilt free courses for breakfast!

To my complete dismay we were greeted by a locked door and an empty cafe with a sign saying they would be reopening the following week. Perhaps my post run jitters exaggerated my emotions a little but I swear nearly cried in disappointment. After scooping my heart off the pavement, we followed our noses back up Whatley Crescent past Chapels and stumbled upon Sherbet Bake House.  This bright café was brimming full of life and aromas of freshly roasted coffee wafted out the door and down the street.

Roast pumpkin and fetta frittata

Sherbet serve Fiori coffee which is roasted locally by a small business that strive to only import coffee harvested from ethical and sustainable plantations. I recently enjoyed Fiori for the first time (along with some amazing scrambled eggs with truffle oil) at The Imp in Vic Park.  I love its smooth yet rich flavour.  The perfect style of coffee to be served as a traditional short mac.  Sherbet do not sell cooked breakfasts as they are more a bake shop than a café, however they do have a counter full of colourful meal options which can be warmed up and served with a fresh green salad. I chose the roast pumpkin and feta frittata which was the only gluten free savoury option.

Pumpkin and sundried tomato tart

Flying close on the coat tails of my perfect frittata I had a few weeks ago at the Little Pantry, this one certainly gave them a run for their money.  Its texture was well set and similarly lacked any unpleasant wateriness. There was an abundance of fresh herbs speckled throughout.  The pumpkin was particularly sweet and dense making it almost feel like a dessert dish as opposed to something savoury. The Boy’s pumpkin and sundried tomato tart was just as good, with soft flaky pastry and filled with more of the sweet pumpkin.

Gluten free Chocolate berry minicake

For dessert options I was a little spoilt for choice; Sherbet has much more to offer than the usual gluten free choices of orange almond or flourless chocolate!  I had been trying to abstain from chocolate all week as I am starting to wonder how I will ever lose any weight before the wedding.  In true manner of wanting what you can’t have, all that my self-control achieved was effectively to make me crave and obsess about chocolate even more. Thus there were no surprises when I returned to our table with a berry chocolate minicake. The cake had a wonderful light sponge texture, something hard to replicate in gluten free baking and there were plenty of fresh berries buried deep inside.  I cannot wait to return for another!

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