Birthday Lunch

Birthday part 5... went for lunch today with Sarah to Minna on Lark Lane. We were sat on a table outside for Milo Lounge which is right next door but they don't do matcha lattes so we moved over to Minna instead. They had 3 empty tables but had us and a couple in front of us waiting ages before they sat us down.

 I came last February with Holly for lunch and the menu has changed. Looking back at my previous post I said they needed to have matcha lattes..

Sarah got an Oat Milk Chai Latte

My Matcha Latte

Seasonal French Toast - Brioche loaf, dressed strawberries, pistachio brittle - £11

I finally tried French toast - the only reason I haven't is because I didn't realise it was fried with egg. I thought it was just a dressed brioche loaf. It was nice and I enjoyed it. Would never think it was fried in egg as you can't taste it. The loaf was so thick like a doorstop. It came with clotted cream which I got on the side as I wasn't sure if I liked it and asked for no mint as I'm not a fan.

Turkish Eggs - Smoked garlic labneh, vadouvan butter, poached eggs, samphire, sourdough - £9.50

Sarah's Turkish eggs didn't look how I expected it to as it doesn't usually look like this.

Sarah liked it and said it was nice.

The menu is better than when I went last year with Holly but it had only just opened and they change the menu every so often. The French is seasonal so they change the toppings. I did want to have poached eggs on toast but that was only served before 12 and we didn't get there till after 1pm.

After we got a gelato as it was so hot. Crazy September heatwave - weather we should have had in August!

Sarah got Mint Choc Chip and I had to get Vegan Pistachio as they didn't have any normal and didn't have Bounty. It wasn't quite the same but still good.

We couldn't get a selfie with our gelatos on actual Lark Lane as it was too sunny and by the time we walked down to the park which literally took about a minute I'd eaten most of mine... It was melting too quick!

It was so nice and hot today what we needed for July and August but just didn't get. Looking like a nice hot September.

It was nice to catch up with Sarah as we hardly ever see each other anymore only briefly passing in the gym when I'm going and she's coming in. She's too busy training for all her 100s of events that I can't keep up with!

Thanks for lunch Sarah!

Birthday related posts to be continued...

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Minna Liverpool

 

Tried out Minna on Lark Lane with Holly today for lunch. It's a new brunch spot that opened up before Christmas and has just started a new food menu.

House Granola - Pumpkin and sunflower seed granola. Toasted coconut, chia, passionfruit, banana, blueberry yoghurt - £5

I got the house granola and was torn between getting this or the avocado but Holly ended up getting the avocado so I decided to get something different. It was nice, the blueberry yoghurt was quite tangy.

Smashed Avocado - Smashed avo on grilled Plattsville sourdough. Free range poached egg, feta, house picked cucumber, chilli and lime - £9

This looked good and Holly said the bread wasn't hard like it usually is. As sourdough is usually really hard to cut and it's nearly flying off the plate because it's been toasted for too long. We both thought it was going to be spicy as there was a lot of red chilli on it but Holly said it was fine and her mouth wasn't on fire luckily.

Holly got an Oat Milk Cappuccino

Need to get Matcha lattes on the menu!

It was nice and cosy in there definitely a good place to stop off at if you've been on a walk. Was completely full when we walked in at around 12:30pm but luckily someone was leaving just as we got there so didn't have to wait long for a table. We were surprised at how busy it was considering how bad the weather was - we wanted to go on a walk but the weather was too bad for it. They had a lot of staff on the floor and our food took a while to come out but think it might have been because the table behind us had a lot of people so that was delaying our food from coming out.

The menu wasn't really for me as the stuff on there just wasn't appealing to me at all. Cumberland sausage seems to be their thing as that's on everything or you can order it as an extra but I don't like sausages. The Cumberland Curled Muffin was super popular as that was thing that was ordered the most while we were there. The granola, avocado and there was a pasta dish were the only things that I would order. They have pastries from The Butterholic but I think we got there too late and they were sold out so only had a chocolate croissant left, muffins and millionaire shortbread but think they usually have a much bigger selection. I liked it in there just needed a better menu for me even though the food that everyone else was ordering did look good!

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