Café Chickpea
Café Chickpea
30A Pynsent Street
Horsham, Victoria
(03) 5382 3998
It’s 1.00 p.m. This café is very busy. Two rooms: a main one to the left as you walk in – about ten tables, and the main entry, a couple of tables here. We decide to sit in the quieter side, (main entry) and this too is where you order. Options are wide. Focaccia, falafel, sandwiches, rolls, pies and quiches. I see a nice looking quiche go out with a stack of golden chips on the side. I order a focaccia with chicken schnitzel, lettuce and lemon juice. And a long black for coffee.
There’s no music on and the café instead is full of chatter and working sounds, dishes, cups and saucers moving about. I find the lack of music a fresh change. The folk here seem to be those getting away from work for lunch and those who don’t have to work, but are here for lunch anyway. Tables are neat, wooden and study, as are the chairs. You order and pay at the counter, and are handed metal stalk with a table number perched on top. Service is quick and friendly.
The food is neatly presented and tasty. The focaccia is fresh, the schnitzel not to big, and it has a herby coating – quality is the key. The long black is hot and fairly strong. It hasn’t got the flavour and strength it could have, but it does fairly well.
Rating 15.5/20
16 December 05 by Lawrence Martin
loved the painted personal mugs in their pigeon holes and the knitted tea cosies plus the artworks of the propriotress hanging around the walls….busy family business..
— kate · Aug 14, 10:30 AM · #