Mad Spuds Cafe - Surry Hills

Learned of this place when someone linked me to NQN's post on spuds for brunch (I also liked Jeroxie's post). From memory, we were both supposed to be doing assignments, but were too busy making plans to eat here!  Who doesn't like potayters?! (insert interrobang)  So, we ended up coming here that weekend and did not regret it one bit!

Like many other places in Surry (I've been coming here a lot in the past month- full time uni has its perks), this cafe has it's quirks. There are really cute potato-related figurines, posters and decor in every single corner of the room. I remember they also played music that I really liked, but I didn't Shazam anything that day D: Totally regretting it too.  Click here for the menu.

Ordered a coffee even though it was lunch and I had already been up and about for 4 hours. I liked it!

nothing more fulfilling than a weekend latte

Now, feast your eyes on brunch!

Boxty (Traditional Irish potato pancake) $16

 Ok, so it isn't the prettiest thing, but what did you expect from a potato pancake?  The blobs you see are mustard and apple puree - both which LOVE. It had spiced white sausage, crispy bacon and sage. Lots of flavour! To be honest though, it's been too long, I can't exactly remember what it tasted like D:

Mad Pan Brekkie $16

This was exciting. I think this was only added to our bill because we saw someone sitting on the opposite table eating from a pan.  Very rustic. Eating straight from the pan - such a novelty!  We so bought it!  I think C had a bit of trouble finishing it though. The poached egg, giant boston beans, pork sausage and hash browns were probably too much to consume in one sitting.

Irish Breakfast $18

When C ordered this, the thing I wanted to try the most, was the blood sausage. I don't know why, but I was imagining the blood sausage to look something like Chinese pig blood jelly, but alas, it was nothing like that. It just tasted very pepper-y and had a mushy rice texture. The next most exciting thing was the potato bread - which was just more dense and felt more starchy than normal toast. :)

Salmon & feta - twice cooked spud skins $14

In life, my one true love is salmon. I love smoked salmon anything. So when I saw potatoes + salmon together on the menu, I knew I had to get that. (A half lie actually, I was a bit torn between the mad pan brekkie because ... because I wanted to eat out of a pan!!)  This was actually really yummy. There was the smoky flavour from the salmon and the soft crunch from the sprouts - I think it was just a really nice combo of flavours, esp with the Apricot sauce/jam and sourness of the feta cheese. YUM. Needless to say, I didn't regret not ordering the mad pan brekkie.  Almost forgot to talk about the spuds!  They were super crunchy - and a bit like boat shaped chips.  Ahaha, if I ever go back, I might even order this again!

It was a very starchy brunch - good thing Surry is a bit of a trek.  It was a nice walk back :)  Overall thoughts, YES I RECOMMEND THIS PLACE.  Would I go back again? Yes, but not until I try out some other places in Surry.

On the way back into the city, we stopped by El Loco for a midday drink. I then headed back to uni and managed to finish an assignment. 

I joked about the tequila without realising my food buds were actually game.

I don't think ageing has made us any wiser.

But we weren't the only ones. The place was pretty full on a Sat arvo ;)