Smolt
2 Salamanca Square, Hobart
03 6224 2554

I really really wanted to eat lunch at Smolt, which offer small Spanish/Italian influenced share plates but it was breakkie time and only breakkie was offered and I am really really starving.

I have this weird thing with brekkie, I always wanted both sweet and savoury food and I get really confused about what to order.

Thank god there’s hubby there and he has been extra accomodating on that day, so we shared a baked eggs and french toast, so we have a bit of savoury, a bit of sweet.  YAY!

The food took a while, perhaps it’s because I am just STARVED, but when it finally came, it looks really really good.

Eggs are baked with white beans, sausage and tomato.  It was really really yummie.  You won’t find canned baked beans and rubbery sausage here- these are freshly cooked white beans, mouth-watering home made sausage bits- mmm this is sooo good with baked eggs.  You can also choose mushrooms with baked eggs, which is what I would have chosen if I didn’t have to share with Hubby.    Not that I am complaining

French toast is served with caramelised banana, candied fruit, cinnamon vanilla butter.  Yes, it sounded awesome, but sadly it wasn’t as tasty as it looks.  I think they must have used ciabatta or some other bread that’s really hard- I’ve never had such hard french toast before!

It’s really sad cos all the banana, candied fruit and especially the cinnamon vanilla butter is fantastic.  What made it worse is that the day before I had french toast in Cafe Vue, and whilst Cafe Vue doesn’t have fancy butters and fruits, it has a truly awesome, soft spongy thick toast.  You just can’t beat that.  Smolt needs to get their basics right on the french toast.

Still, I must say I really really wanted to come back here for lunch or dinner.  I’ve got fantastic reviews from Sharon just today, and I want to go back right now! 5/10