Breakfast on the run. Located in the Adelaide St end of the foodcourt (lower ground level) in Broadway on the Mall. The closest public transport are the Adelaide St bus stops. Jump on the escalator down and you're there. Ambience *** Fancy Fillings, boasting 'Gourmet Sandwiches' next to their neon sign, is on the very end of the foodcourt if you're coming from the Mall. It's sitting between a vacant lot and a 'Fresh' something (I could only see fruit salad on offer at this time of morning). The owner of FF has made as much use of space as humanly possible here, with fillings in full view of the customer, an espresso machine, drinks fridge, and you can see the sally and breakfast chef's cooking station if you're a bit taller than me. The laminated catering form on the front glass needs to go or be replaced, it's looking very sad; the chalkboard is chockers with what's on offer, however it looks cluttered - I'd rather see a specials board and a condensed price list which encompasses flavours into price groups. Products on offer **** Sambos of every type, here, on any bread you fancy. They serve breakfast until a reasonable 11am as well as their lunch menu from ~9am - could be and probably is earlier. Looking at some of the fillings through the glass, though, I'm concerned that they may be yesterday afternoon's fare from the way they look like they've been scraped out of the containers. It's plausible and standard practice at such places as Subway, so why not here? But they could do with smoothing these over when they get the chance instead of hovering over an unused espresso machine. Service ***** Morning smiles, on the ball, quick to action: everything was on par with good service; absolutely no complaints. They know their regulars here, as one fellow walked up behind me and the server simply asked him 'Sandwich?' and got to work as soon as he nodded at her. Food **** Today's breakfast was a bacon and egg bagel w/ BBQ sauce = $6.50. The only thing I didn't like was that poppy seeds were in excess; I'll be checking my teeth shortly! The egg was well cooked and the bacon hot hot hot; perfect amount of sauce, and quite the feasible on-the-run meal if they'd wrapped it to be eaten while walking. Overall After I've checked out a few other express breakfast places, I will probably turn back here unless I find somewhere else that blows my mind (hard to do with bacon and egg express service in the city!). read more