Method to the Madness

Method to the Madness is a cool cafein Kenmore serving fabulous all-day breakfast fare along with boozy brunch cocktails and top-notch coffee.

Inspired by William Shakespeare and influenced by Melbourne (the owners’ former hometown), the Shakespearean theme is featured throughout the café while a light-filled laneway dining space adds a Melburnian vibe.

The all-day breakfast menu includes sweet and savoury dishes such as Chocwork Orange French toast with zesty brioche, dark chocolate cremeaux & charcoal ice-cream with burnt orange caramel and vanilla bean mascarpone, Thoughts are But Fritters (pumpkin & haloumi fritters with harissa spiced yoghurt, poached eggs & cherry tomatoes or Fiery Scramble - soft shell crab with fermeneted chilli scramble, papaya salad and bonita flakes.

Lunch options, available from 10-2, include Durban's favourite Bunny Chow (milk bun filled with butter chicken curry, beetroot labneh,mixed leaves,pickles,papadum, dried banana &mango chilli jam) or Paprika Roasted Sweet Potato with quinoa & lentil tabouli, Persian feta, mixed nuts & beetroot labneh.

Drinks-wise, there’s a coffee tasting board, batch brew, bottomless brew or cold brew, matcha, turmeric or chai lattes, pot of tea and rotating fruit tea as well as cold pressed juices, smoothies including Romeo & Juliet (tropical juice,mango, banana, fresh strawberries, strawberry sorbet) and classic milkshakes.

Need to know - Method to the Madness also offer a kids' menu consisting of ham and cheese toasties, Little Egg (1 egg poached, fried or scrambled on sourdough with bacon) and Little pancakes served with maple syrup and vanilla bean ice cream.

By Deb Lidster  

The menu may have changed since our visit.