Laneway, Wentworth Building University of Sydney

A new cafe recently opened at my uni featuring an all day breakfast menu. Searching them up on facebook and looking at the foods they had to offer I was pretty excited to finally try it out.

I like their build your own breakfast style which allows you to choose your bread, the toppings and any extras. I chose a waffle base with sauteed garlic mushrooms, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce ($10.50) plus extra avocado ($1.80) and my friend chose sourdough with smashed avocado and ricotta ($10.50).

Our food came out really quickly, within 5 minutes of ordering. When put in front of us I immediately saw the stark difference in size of the two portions. Disregarding my extra avocado, my plate of waffles was a lot larger than my friend's single slice of sourdough.

Despite that, both tasted amazing. My friend's choice was light and refreshing with a nice tang of lemon juice in the avocado. With my dish, the waffles were hot and crispy, perfect to soak up all the runny yolk goodness and smothered in tangy avocado.

Garlic mushrooms, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce and smashed avocado on waffles (front), smashed avocado and ricotta on sourdough (back).

I was pretty full after finishing my plate but my friend recommended me to try a cronut after learning that I have never tried one before. If I wasn't so full I maybe would've enjoyed it more. The pistachio cream was a tad too sweet for my liking and the pastry wasn't as flaky as a croissant. The dark chocolate sauce was good though, a much needed element to go with something so sweet.

Pistachio cream filled cronut with dark chocolate dipping sauce ($5.80)

Overall, I enjoyed my experience at Laneway and given that its located at my uni, I do see myself returning in the future.

Second visit:
So I visited Laneway for a second time last week. My intention this time was to try their sour cherry loaf bread. I wasn't in the mood for what they had on their menu that day so in a way I built my own combination. You may think I'm super weird for ordering peanut butter on sour cherry loaf with poached eggs and avocado, but this combo totally works. Well to me at least.

So how was the bread? It was nice - a crusty exterior with a soft, slightly chewy centre laced with sour cherries which were more sweet than sour.

Peanut butter on sour cherry toast with poached eggs and avocado ($8.75 or $7.45 with Access)