LOCATION
Located on the landing of the busy Southgate centre in Southbank.
PROFILED BY DE GROOTS MEDIA
Blue Train Cafe opens early, closes late and covers every meal requirement in between. Spacious and unpretentiously funky, Blue Train also boasts a balcony area with unsurpassed views of the Yarra and Melbourne city. As would be expected for such a busy eatery, wait times can occur - relax in the lounge area taking in the works by aspiring artists which are rotated on a monthly basis.
Breakfast might be a leg ham and Swiss cheese croissant, fresh fruit salad, or two eggs on toast with a selection of sides. For lunch, try the café’s signature burger with bacon, lettuce, cheese, onion, tomato, cutney and a side of fries, or a hot-stone pizza with peppered chicken, crispy, roasted bacon, spring onion, mozzarella and Napoli sauce. For dinner, sample the barbecue porterhouse with roast potatoes, wild rocket, beer battered onion rings and red wine jus, or the seafood nasi goreng with prawns, fish, calamari, bean shoots, egg, cucumber and spring onions. Finish with a selection of freshly baked cakes served with double cream. Choose from a concise, predominantly Australian selection of low-priced wines, all available by the glass.
Veda Wickens, January 2007
DETAILS
A covered courtyard at the back of Blue Train Café lets light spill into the dining area through giant glass windows. Spacious interiors invite diners inside for meals throughout the day, or maybe just for drinks at one of the cushioned bar stools. An expansive seven-metre white wall forms an ever-changing blank canvas for local, emerging artists’ works.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Food menus at Blue Train Café aim to please with mod oz fare served morning, noon and night. Feast on scrumptious breakfasts; small plates to share, larger lunch meals and hot-stone pizzas from noon until late each day; plus signature and special desserts.