I made a beeline straight for the Strawberry waffles. And they were amazing! The waffles were crisp and fluffy, with fresh strawberries, strawberry and balsamic sauce, a generous serve of maple syrup, and vanilla ice cream. SOY ICE CREAM! Friends will know what a joy this is to me, who cannot eat coconut ice cream. They have a few different flavours of waffles, all vegan, but of course strawberry always has my heart. I also had a Banana and Cinnamon smoothie, which was sweet and creamy and delicious. A+ brunch.
While normally a breakfast/lunch location, they recently opened on Friday nights for pizza and cheeseboards. I was able to get there the other week to try it out. I was on my own, so limited myself to just one pizza. The cheeseboards look beautiful, though I believe they use Nutsy cheeses. Nutsy is a local vegan cheese company, but unfortunately they have too much coconut oil in them for me. But never mind, because pizza!!!! They have a few vegan options, and I chose the Mushrooms vs Onions (it also has spinach on it), but I added pineapple and black olives because I love them. The pizza was loaded! They are not shy of toppings! It did make it pretty messy to eat, the toppings wanted to roll off the pizza when I picked it up, but it was tasty. If the base was a little crispier, the toppings a little smaller, and the cheese a bit more melted I think it would be more cohesive... adhesive? Heh.
I also enjoyed one of my favourite beverages - the strawberry milkshake. Thanks to them using soy ice cream! Most places in Brisbane use coconut ice cream in their vegan shakes, which denies me the joy of a strawberry milkshake. So I am so grateful to Ginger and Rose for bucking the trend and sticking with good old soy. Strawberry is the best milkshake flavour!
They also have a counter full of baked goods, many of them vegan. Each visit I have gotten something to take home - a berry muffin, a strawberry muffin, and a raspberry brownie. They also have vegan GF options. And speaking of my GF friends, they now do a vegan GF waffle as well!
I'm looking forward to heading back to Ginger and Rose, I'm keen to try their lunch burger, their fritters, and get more waffles!
Ginger and Rose - Crn of James & Merthyr, New Farm, Brisbane - (07) 33388866
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That pizza looks delicious. I'm kind of used to messy pizzas because I almost always load mine up way too much!
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree about pineapple on a pizza. but I strongly agree with you about strawberry milkshakes!
Dim Sim is the cutest unicorn!!
At least we agree on something. We will just have to agree that you are clearly wrong about pineapple. ;) No, just kidding!
DeleteI'll always take too many toppings over not enough!
The waffle plate looks absolutely beautiful and sounds super delicious! Hooray for soy ice cream! Dim Sim looks like she regrets how adorable she is, haha!
ReplyDeleteYes. She knows she is the cutest unicorn ever, but boy does she resent it. ;)
DeletePoor soy ice cream! It is so underrated! That strawberry milkshake looks dreamy. Nothing is better than a creamy strawberry drink.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why people are so obsessed with coconut ice cream. I blame the anti-soy brigade. Soy is not bad for you!
DeleteNaturally soy isn't bad unless your allergic. Then don't eat it! lol But geez the anti-soy movement is such a pain.
ReplyDeleteArgh, why did I not make room for this place on my recent Brisbane visit?! Those waffles look amazing.
ReplyDeleteI need to get better with keeping up to date with my eating out posts! Definitely visit next time you are here, the waffles are so good.
DeleteI'd take soy ice cream over coconut milk any day of the week. The coconut flavor always takes over; whereas, soy just blends into the background. For whatever reason, though, coconut seems to have gotten the all-clear from people in a way that soy hasn't. Maybe it's because of people doing Keto? Those strawberry waffles look SO GOOD.
ReplyDeleteThe waffles were the best!
DeleteThere are so many better non-dairy ice cream options than coconut, that have way better flavours.