Richmond Hill Larder

I've been here for brunch before, but I didn't take any photos the last time. Though there was a dish that was seared into my memory. It was the buttermilk pancakes. OMG it was the best pancakes ever! I'm generally not that big of a fan of pancakes, because by the time you eat it, its kind of soft from the steam of cooking it. Its lost its outer crunch, or it just lacks the flavour (this is flavouring without syrup). But this pancake, well it was amazing. Crunchy on the outside, and soft and fluffy on the inside! Its a lot thicker than normal pancakes, but wow it was great. It was sweeter than normal pancakes which meant you didn't have to add any syrup or cream. And there was a slice of banana baked into it too! All in all the perfect pancake. So of course I've been dying to go back again. Finally we found a weekend to check it out. We couldn't make a booking (one of those places that don't accept bookings) so we waited 45 mins for our table.

I didn't take a picture of the pancakes, but I'll tell you about it. *deep breath* I'll be honest, it wasn't good. They over cooked it. It was hard on the outside, hard on the inside, it tasted like a cake. Was very disappointing, I had spoken so much about this to Dylan, we waited over an hour for this, and it turned out to be quite bad. Not average but bad.

We spoke to the waiter about this and apparently they cook it in this huge oven for 20 mins, and the texture/degree of how cooked it is is dependent on how it goes in there. And as orders come in, the oven is opened to put stuff in and take stuff out this changes how cooked/uncooked the pancake is. So that was why my pancake wasn't great. *sigh*

Dylan made a good choice with the crab risotto and avocado. It was delicious and light, filled you up without making you feel to weighed down.

Maybe when you have something so delicious you shouldn't try to recreate that moment, because it will never live up to it.

Crab Risotto with avocado 

View from our table

48-50 Bridge Road  Richmond Victoria 3121
(03)9421 2808