We headed to the Gold Coast to sample some of the delights down there. Normally, I head straight for yum cha. However J is not the biggest fan of yum cha (I know, I am shocked). Instead we went to Mandala Organic Arts Cafe. I'd actually been keen to try out some of their brunch options for a while, but I kept on getting distracted by yum cha. But it is good to try out some other places every once and a while!
Because it was brunch time, we all had brunch things! J had the Tofu Omelet ($16), and Leigh had the Brunch Burger ($14). I chose the Benedict ($16), which had mushrooms, spinach, coconut bacon and hollandaise. It was nice!
Mandala is well known for their pizzas, so we ordered a small Margherita ($16) to share. Yum.
We had also pre-ordered some doughnuts from All Time Coffee Co to take back with us. We got an assortment of flavours, but my favourite is the jam and then the Notella (both pictured here).
Afterwards, we headed back to Brisbane via Daily Hill State Forest to see if we could find some wildlife for J. While Daisy Hill does have a Koala Centre, we are not about seeing animals in captivity. We took one of their walks to see if we could see any furry friends out and about. It wasn't looking promising, but right as we got to the end of the walk we saw two cute wallabies! One was shy and hopped off behind some bushes, but the other was quite brave. We didn't try to pat them, of course, but just enjoyed as they came a little closer doing their Wallaby things.
After all that excitement, it was back to Brisbane to spend the afternoon hugging my cats before thinking about dinner.
Mandala Organic Arts Cafe - 2558 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach, QLD - (07) 5679 1762
All Time Coffee Co - 1/2478 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach, QLD
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Dim Sim has black beans for toes!
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All of the brunch entrees look amazing! And pizza for brunch, yes please!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the picture of the wallaby! I have always loved them.
Dim Sum toes!!
Pizza is great any time of the day. :)
DeleteYou always seem to find such great donuts! What a nice treat meeting a wallaby on your walk.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a good doughnut area, thankfully!
DeleteHugging cats seems to be the purrfect thing to do while thinking about dinner :)
ReplyDeleteI love that there is a place called Mermaid Beach!!
Just inland from Mermaid Beach is Mermaid Waters. I have never seen a mermaid at either, but I remain hopeful. ;)
DeleteYum, your brunch looks great! And how neat to see a wallaby out in nature! Dim Sim's toe beans are so cute! :)
ReplyDeleteHer toes are quite kissable. :)
DeleteOMG, that wallaby!!! <3 Also, all the brunch things look fantastic, especially those doughnuts.
ReplyDeleteWe have a pretty strong doughnut game down here!
DeleteOMG! I would flip out if I saw a wallaby in real life!
ReplyDeleteYou know what you have to do.... come and visit! ;)
DeleteThat benedict looks AMAZING! All of those delicious mushrooms!! I'm kind of a mushroom freak. I may be drooling slightly over here.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks good actually, especially the benedict and pizza though.
I could go for a notella doughnut right about now ;p
EEK! Wallabies (?) are SO CUTE!!
Mushrooms are amazing, I love them! The benedict was great.
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