Went to church this morning and decided to have a brunch in Happy Valley. I looked up from open rice and decided to give Classified a try.
The shop interior gives me a raw feeling with wooden bench / seat. I like this a lot as it reminds me of the good old days back in Australia in which many cafes were in this style.
I ordered a scramble egg on toast ($36) while my wife ordered an egg benedict ($4x). The price was extremely decent for the portion we got. Just by looking at teh portion of the scramble eggs, I think they have use at least 4 eggs while charging us for only $40. What a bargain! Also, the eggs were extremely creamy meanwhile maintaining the taste of the eggs.
I don't some restaurant which uses lots of cream on the scramble egg which makes the egg tastes creamy but without the taste of the egg!
The egg benedict was tasty as well. The hollandise sauce was also creamy with a little bit of sour from the lemon. The poached eggs were cooked perfectly with running eggs inside.
Last come my latte. Usually I would not order coffee in this kind of restaurant as they don't care much about the quality of coffee much. However, as I noticed that the coffee bean they used were from Graffeo, a famous roaster from US, I was curious of how the coffee taste like and so I ordered a latte. To my surprise, the foam was frothed perfectly in which a single bubble could not be found. Even I left the coffee on the table for 10 minutes, the foam has no sign of collapse. Regarding the taste, I would say it is much better than the one in those chain store. Sweetness rather than bitterness was first i can taste in my mouth followed by the taste of nutty almond.
Now that I know Classified has good coffee, I would definitely pop by more frequently rather than going to the coffee chain store on the opposite side of the street.