LOCATIONSouthbank
PROFILED BY DE GROOTSLocated on the landing of the busy Southgate centre, Blue Train Cafe opens early, closes late and covers all of the meal requirements 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, so relax in the lounge area taking in the art from aspiring artists which change on a monthly basis.
Breakfast on a leg ham and Swiss cheese croissant, fresh fruit salad, or two eggs on toast with a selection of sides. For lunch try Blue Train’s signature burger with bacon, lettuce, cheese, onion and tomato, fries and chutney, or a hot-stone pizza with peppered chicken, crispy, roasted bacon and spring onion with 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 with all available by the glass.
Veda Wickens, January 2007