Bills - Darlinghurst

A rainy weekend morning, more than a dozen people in the queue, a restless group of eight including a budding food blogger and they all have spent close to forty five minutes waiting. What do you think is going on in their minds! Yes, you are spot on if your answer is “the food better be out of this world!”

If you faced this situation in Darlinghurst, you most likely were waiting outside one of the most celebrated and busy restaurants of Sydney known as ‘Bills’.

After the long wait, as soon as I stepped in, I was drawn towards the different languages being spoken at the tables, something that pointed towards the huge following of Bills among local, interstate and international travellers.

The restaurant greets you with a relaxing ambience, a communal table with fresh flowers, coffee table books and a dozen champagne bottles well placed on the shelf.

Hungry, thirsty and tired, we do not waste any time in ordering coffees and juices for the table. The coffee is served hot but is not something that wows me. On the other hand, we admire the varied juices on offer. The joyous colours and the refreshing zing cheer the table.

Bills Green, Sunrise and Orange Juice

Bills Raw -  almond milk, lsa, raw cacao, banana and honey

Slowly and steadily the breakfast starts arriving. The popular classic ricotta hotcakes with banana, honeycomb butter and a pot of maple syrup are unashamedly delicious. The hotcakes are light, soft and fluffy. However it is the sweet and salty honeycomb butter that adds the X factor to the dish.

Someone once said that you always eat with your eyes first! Absolutely true for the zucchini fritters! Every element of this dish was visually spectacular whether it was the deep fried egg, haloumi, parsley salad, tahini yogurt or pickles. The zucchini fritters were crispy, golden and flavoursome. The pickles were zesty and the seediness from the sesame seeds in the tahini gave the dish a nice shape.

For the conventional big breakfast eaters, the scrambled organic eggs served with sourdough toast, bacon, cumin roast tomato, miso mushrooms, pork and fennel sausage will satiate your hunger. A special mention for the lamb sausages, undoubtedly the best I’ve ever had.

For the one’s who love great things in a small package, try the brioche roll with chilli fried egg, bacon, rocket and spiced mango chutney. Both the chilli fried egg and the spiced mango chutney have enough kick to produce tongue-popping flavours. The roll is soft and crunchy too.

To finish of things a sweet kick was mandatory. The hot chocolate with Callebaut (Belgian chocolate brand) was small, soothing and sweet enough to do that for me.

The verdict! To experience great things in life you have to be patient! The breakfast at Bills just did that for me!

Bills

433 Liverpool Street

Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Tel No: +61 2 9360 9631

Website for more info: Bills