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Pancakes on the Rocks – Yum and More Yum

  • January 19, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Carmen from Fairfax, Virginia
Pancakes on the Rocks – Yum and More Yum

Australians have the most national holidays of any industrialized country, and they take their time off very seriously! That’s why there were few places open for breakfast on New Year’s Day. The concierge suggested I take a cab down to The Rocks, to have breakfast at Pancakes on the Rocks. He assured me they’d be open.

It was a bit challenging to find the place – even the cab driver wasn’t sure. It’s in a converted brick warehouse (the Rocks is the oldest part of the city) and there was a small sign.

Once I located the sign, however, I could smell the delightful breakfast smells and my stomach started to rumble. I was seated immediately in the loft-like restauarant, and noticed the posting on the door that said there’d be a 2% surcharge due to the holiday. (Australian restaurants and establishments often add this surcharge on holidays, as I found out, and their New Year holiday extends to Jan. 2).

I was waited on rather quickly by several different waitresses, and ordered a plate of pancakes, hashbrowns, scrambled eggs and bacon (which is more like ham and less like American bacon--I didn’t like it much). No one short of a sumo wrestler could finish off such a feast, but I made a dent in it. Everything was very tasty, and even the glass of milk I’d ordered to wash it all down came fairly cold (it seems Americans are the only ones who drink cold milk) and was also quite tasty.

I rolled myself up to the counter to pay (I came across very few places where you pay at the table), and the bill came to about $16 (with the surcharge). I don’t care what people say about tipping in Australia, it seemed to be a common practice, and the dumb American left a $2 tip and went along her merry way none the wiser.

This is definitely a choice stop for breakfast, or any time of day, as it’s a 24-hour establishment.

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