The Food Republic Cafe - Whitehorse

Still open for business and trading through what must be a tough period for them. Less people inside and reserved signs on alternate tables but still the same friendly team and delicious looking food. Many more patrons doing the take away coffees this morning but we sat out front to escape the rain and ordered a couple of lattes one with a smooth blend (for me) and the other with a sharp blend for KD. These tended to suit us both and were flavoursome although I wouldn’t have minded mine a little hotter. It’s important that people support their local cafes.<br/ <br/ <br/ <br/ Previous Review 2017<br/ Too cold to get up for brunch today so we made our way to the Food Republic Cafe early afternoon. A fire closed this cafe down in 2016 and I hadn 't been back since. It looked similar from the outside but the inside was quite different to how I remember it. Large central share tables, sleek decorative iron look paneling and some really interesting light fittings gave the place a modern feel and the mosaic tiled bar area added a splash of colour. <br/ <br/ I ordered a veal parmigiana meal with salad and duck fat potatoes. This was from the specials menu. Kelisi was conflicted with a couple of option but went eventually went for Oatmeal pancakes with blueberry vanilla coulis, lemon curd and mascarpone. Quick turn around and meals were delightfully presented. Veal was tender and crumb flavoursome. Pancakes were lite and fluffy despite being made with oatmeal flour. Interesting that they now refer to dishes as either Gluten free or Low Gluten on the menu. I haven 't seen that before. My only criticism about the whole meal was that the lemon curd, though tasty, wasn 't 'pucker worthy ' and needed more authentic tartiness to balance out the sweetness of the coulis. We finished the meal off with an Italian donut and coffees. Staff were highly attentive regularly coming along and filling water and checking up on us.

Love the cream brûlée! Not a sweet tooth myself but I want to eat this plate off. <br/ <br/ Had their special “crispy omelette” nothing crispy about the omelette at all but the crunchy-ness of the shallots pickled salad bean shoot which makes it crunchy. I was expecting a crisp sort of omelette. Had mine with pulled pork, flavor ok only not much texture given both are soft. Would had gone for chicken if I would have know it was just a standard eggs omelette topped with pulled pork pickled veg. <br/ <br/ Have other interesting items on the menu which I’ll come back and try.

On arrival we were made to feel welcome with our dog. It was a cold evening and they put the heater on for us where we dined outside. Service was attentive and very friendly. Food was delicious and wine prices were very reasonable. Will definitely return.

Dined here tonight what a gem of a place!  Food was tasty and delicious, service was attentive and friendly, and accommodating.  Will definitely return!

Whilst the service was a tad slow because we were sitting outside, the food served here was uber tasty, and may just become our go to breakfast place. The pancakes I got were delish.