A Breakfast of Crepes and Eggs at Toast, East Perth

Toast was recently lauded by the STM as Perth's best breakfast spot. Always eager to try out a new breakfast menu, I visited Toast on a bright and sunny Thursday morning.


Toast is opposite the Royal Braisserie and has views over Claisebrook Cove. East Perth is a quiet nook, wall to wall with townhouses and apartment buildings and a small strip of shops and restaurants. 


Many patrons were enjoying the sunshine and seated at the outside tables. Funnily enough no one had nabbed the two sundeck lounges nearby the entrance! 


Toast's menu features the usual breakfast options such as big bacon and egg breakfasts, french toast, pancakes but it also specialises in crepes and unique "toasts". 


We sat al fresco and ordered lattes, the corn fritters with poached egg, avocado and hollandaise sauce and the rhubarb and raspberry crepes with almonds. 


Inside the cafe has a distinct retro feel. It's bright and airy with full length windows letting in the light. The counter is choc full of biscuits, cakes and slices - all very tempting and distracting you from what you had decided to order! The waitress accidentally overcharged me $2 but was apologetic enough when I queried this. 


At one of the nearby tables a beagle kept barking at its owner, obviously yearning for his own breakfast dish. Patrons were a mix of business people, tourists and people who had the luxury of having a leisurely breakfast...

The poached eggs were well done with just the right amount of yolk oozing from the centre. There was too much hollandaise sauce on the plate which was a bit overpowering. The fritters also had too much corn inside. Next time I would go for poached eggs on toast, easier to mop up the yolk with.

The crepes though were absolutely divine. They were thin and rolled up and mixed well with the raspberry and rhubarb compote. A dash of greek yoghurt or ice-cream would have complemented the crepes nicely.


Overall I would definitely come back for the crepes at Toast. Attention to detail could be improved but it makes for a nice breakfast spot in an area of Perth that's often under-visited.