Hardware Societe

Arrived at Melbourne with a few hours to pass till we check into the hotel. Decided to have brunch at Hardware Societe.

The hype was high so we were expecting it to be really good. There was a 20 min waiting time so we just walked around hardware lane first, hired a locker to dump our bags and came back.

We were seated inside, decor was cute. A flamboyant fabulously gay guy greeted us with "Hi ladies!" with a big smile and sat down with us when we ordered. The service there was one of the friendliest.

We ordered our coffees (4.5$). I got the flat white. The coffee beans were from Padre and the coffee was darn good!! I ordered the baked eggs- trois-  with confit duck (19$)

Food didn't take too long to arrive. It was presented in a cute clay pot with 3 small slices of sourdough with a light drizzle of olive oil. First bite was alright, oo this is kinda nice, but I have to be honest, it did get very rank very quickly, I couldn't finish the whole dish because after a while I got repulsed by the dish as the duck and egg+other things mixed together was too much and personally, it just became this nauseated gross smelly mess. Maybe baked eggs ain't my thing?

Overall, I wasn't too impressed with the food. Great service and good coffee was the saving grace. Maybe next time I'll order the lobster eggs bene but it was $26. huehue. money troublessss.. regrats...The free jam on the table was good though.