Being a Southern Suburbs girl, this cafe name has been swirling around my social circles but no one had fully let me in on the secret (not even my own mother!).
But here I am back in Cape Town after many a months, on a crisp Sunday morning with Blue Eyes trying to find a good ending to the 'Where should we have brunch' thought path. "What about Starlings?", says his mum, "It's just down the road, that-a-way", she waves. Close is good we think. We hope for the best, but try keep the expectations on a slow simmer - it's just suburbia afterall. We head 'that-a-away', parking in the vague direction and take a stroll down Belvedere in hopes that something magical may just appear.
And then just like that, there are people heading through a little garden gate and we follow the smell of good coffee, strolling in confidently like we've been in on the secret the whole time. And it's a good secret.
Like most good Sunday mornings, it begins with a cup of good coffee and since Starlings serves Origin Coffee this particular Sunday morning began with a great cup. From there I may have done a lot of um, ahhh, oohhh, hmmmm's as the breakfast menu all looked ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS but thankfully for once Blue Eyes too looked a tad undecided.
I went with the Salmon Pancake/Omelette that came with avo and a tomato salsa. Blue Eyes ordered the Cheese Souffle with parma ham and stated that "it was the best thing I've eaten all year" (this is a big deal ). He even let me taste, a little, and it was incredible. But I'll have you know there was no need for food envy from my side, my plate was fantastico *so wows all round*
We were both very sad that this secret had been hidden from us for so long, but it is awfully exciting to unexpectantly have one's expectations blown out of the water so on a simple Sunday morning.
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