crabapple kitchen

We freaking LOVE Crabapple Kitchen. We live in the area so we knew it when it was just a humble new cute kid on the block and are so happy that it's catapulted to megastar status now.

The awning looks like something from a 12 year old's scrapbook, pink hues of cheerful. Simple white tables and walls, exposed brick. It looks like one of the many easy stylish and homely houses in Hawthorn. But there is nothing generic about the food. This is haute-cuisine - seriously good food.

Photographs of the places 1405 and I have always wanted to go (... Noma!) adorn the white walls in fit-together frame and pays homage to the chef / owner's travels. There are things like lobster risotto and Italian anchovies on the menu. Really really our kind of place.

We haven't been back for about a month (which is a long time for us) but here is a selection of things we have eaten over the past two years:

Myrtleford buttermilk pancakes with Autumnal pears, almond & pink peppercorn praline, lemon & vanilla mascarpone and pure Canadian maple syrup.

Risotto with lobster.

These pancakes will actually rock your world. So unbelievably fluffy and moreish.  

Farmer's market salad with veal and eggs.

Farmer's market salad with farm produce, blood sausage and crumbed poached eggs.

You know you're doing something right when you are crumbing your poached eggs, sir.

Avocado on olive toast with Meredith Dairy soft feta, chilli, mint, avocado oil & lemon and a poached egg.

Crabapple Kitchen
659 Glenferrie Road
Hawthorn
9078 5942