More Eggs Benedict

I keep meaning to post a review of Staunton's Cafe, another venue for Eggs Benedict. This was the site of a Saturday brunch a few weeks back, so my memory has probably become a little blurred since then.

The Eggs Benedict was actually called something else (I forget exactly what). It arrived as a reasonably sized helping, and looked delicious.

The bread was fresh and toasted just right. The eggs were poached correctly (seems to be a trend here as I really have not had any bad ones to date). The sauce was thick and creamy, and there was enough. There was enough salmon and it tasted good. The only down-side to the whole experience was the small pile of spinach that had been dumped onto the bread underneath the eggs! A little spinach is ok (some things have changed, mum), but not the small molehill that I was presented with.

Because the cafe is also a wine bar in the later parts of the day, the ambience was ok rather than anything special. It was great sitting there with the doors folded all the way back against the walls, but the cars do drive past about 4 feet away from the table. Luckliy it's not a heavily trafficed road!

Anyway, on to the scores:

• Eggs - 10/10 - cooked just right.
• Bread - 8/10 - bread instead of a muffin, but toasted right.
• Hollandaise - 8/10 - no issues.
• Coffee - 5/10 - just average really.
• Ambience - 6/10 - good open-air feeling, but traffic noise is disappointing.
• Total - 37/50.