Bake Bar is a thriving little bakery cafe and coffee shop in the double bay shopping precinct that has in door and alfresco dining. There is heating there if the day needs it.
Breakfast goes until midday or 2 pm on weekends and public holidays. It then switches to the lunch menu from 12noon until 4. Everything is made on site including all the bread and sausage rolls and pies. We began with a coffee; hubby had the nice macchiato and I got a delicious skim chai latte. I feel I'm a bit of a chai connoisseur and i loved this one. Not too sweet and the flavours infused well through the milk. We were there for lunch on this occasion, sat outside and perused the menu. We both ordered a meal and a salad. Hubby got the prawn linguine, a al dente linguine with white wine and garlic sauce, with a generous serving of prawns and finished with some cherry tomatoes and Parmesan. A great spring menu option. He also got the tuna Niçoise salad, a combination of mixed greens, olives, carrot, potato, beans and topped with a boiled egg and seared tuna slices - this was lovely and it was
perfectly cooked. Accompanied with a side of bread of your choice, rye, multigrain, white or gluten free.
I went for a beef burger; which was quite a healthy burger in that you elected your bread of choice, it had lettuce, beetroot a bit of aioli, caramelised onions and a nicely cooked meat pattie. I also got a salad; the prawn and avocado salad. Mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, a generous addition of prawns, a aioli dressing and a slice of toast. We also saw some customers eating the sausage rolls so decided to order these too; a lamb and Harissa as well as a beef sausage rolls. A crisp pastry filled with a nicely seasoned filling.
The staff were very accommodating, efficient with their service and very personable. A lovely choice of a venue for lunch out. read more