Cafe Berlin
249 Darling Street, Balmain NSW 2041
Working from home today I’m not around my usual CBD lunch spots. If you follow me on Twitter I was ambitiously set out to make myself a sandwich and share some secret ingredients that I was hoping to discover.
All of a sudden I got stuck into work and went up the road in search of a quick fix.
I’ve walked past Cafe Berlin many times and it always seems busy and there’s a lot of attractive cakes in the window. We all like a bit of food porn.
The coffee was surprisingly good, I’m pretty loyal to Bertoni which is just down the road so I already had my nose up before I walked in. I got proved wrong and reminded that I’m a bit of a wanker sometimes.
The chicken sandwich…
And then comes the chicken sandwich – it seemed reasonable at $6.50. There were a bunch of extra options for $1 like bacon, cheese, turkish bread and avocado. I’m usually a sucker for all of these but I thought I’ll give it a try in the pure form before going mental on the add-ons.
I got home to discover plain white bread with chicken inside it. There was a bit of salt and pepper and for what it, it was surprisingly flavoursome. But seriously, would it not be normal to assume the sandwich will come with a bit of salad and perhaps some mayo? Even just a bit of mayo would’ve doubled the satisfaction factor.
Next time (yes, there will be a next time) I will load it up with extras and I’m sure it’ll make a decent sandwich. I’m still a bit bitter though, I must learn to forgive.
When I was a drunken teenager I remember ordering a Bacon Burger from a scumming takeaway shop at about 2am. I got home to discover a piece of bacon, lettuce and BBQ sauce inside a bun. I had the same feeling today, except from a place I would expect to over-complicate a chicken sandwich.
