French style deca­dence at 10AM in the morn­ing… not bad! We’re not talk­ing about cham­pagne (or at least you’d hope not) but rather the new-ish French inspired brunch menu at The For­ti­tude Valley’s Con­fit Bistro.

The Bris­bane Bites team was invited to try out all the deli­cious­ness that Con­fit has to offer on Sat­ur­day the 30th of June 2012. Hav­ing inter­viewed our wait­ress, it seems that Con­fit has been doing a break­fast menu for quite some time. How­ever, it is only recently that they have decided to roll together their dis­tinct break­fast and lunch menus into one all-day brunch style menu. I’d say that’s in response to the increas­ing amount of us who love a week­end sleep in and strolling down mid after­noon for break­fast. Well, it cer­tainly works for us!

 To give a back­ground, Con­fit was estab­lished about three years ago by acclaimed Exec­u­tive Chef Jason Pep­pler (for­merly of The For­ti­tude Valley’s Isis Brasserie, now Ortiga, and Toowong’s Two Small Rooms). Bris­bane Bites had a chat with him a while ago and his aspi­ra­tions to cre­ate “good and relat­able food”definitely shines through with his brunch menu.

What we had

Skinny Latte
Finally! Some­where that does a latte just right! There was the right amount of foam on top the hot milk. The cof­fee blend was a bit stronger and bit­ter than I am per­son­ally used to, but it was equally enjoyed. The cup it was served in was pretty funky…matching with the saucer too!

Savoury Crepes filled with duck con­fit and sautéed wild mush­rooms, sauce mor­nay and frisee salad — $18.90

Cer­tainly a one of a kind menu mas­ter­piece in Bris­bane. Granted, the mor­nay sauce was rich and creamy, it was delec­tably tasty. Here at Bris­bane Bites, we love to see duck on a break­fast menu. The mush­rooms were plump and juicy and the salad pro­vided decent visual and tex­tual con­trast which bal­anced out the meal nicely.

Croque Madame (house made Brioche, dou­ble smoked ham, poached egg, sauce choron, frisee salad) — $17.90

Cheese, cheese, cheese! The fill­ing of the croque madame was spot on in line with my won­der­ful rem­i­nis­cent mem­o­ries of my trav­els across Europe. The dou­ble smoked ham fresh and vibrant and cut through the creami­ness of the sauce choron (sim­i­lar to Hol­landaise sauce, but instead of lemon, typ­i­cally using tomato puree, shal­lot, pars­ley, pep­per­corn and tar­ragon).
The free range poached egg was done with the per­fect amount of runny-ness inside.

It is true that typ­i­cally a Croque Madame uses crispy, but­tered bread instead of but­ter & egg enriched brioche, as used in Con­fit Bistro, but the vari­a­tion was still enjoy­able and offered a sort of twist to the traditional.

What we think

The menu offers authen­tic French fare at a decent price. The meals are good size and sur­pris­ingly fill­ing. The ambiance is quite and relaxed with pleas­ing mahogany hued decor.

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The details

Con­fit Bistro

Shop 4/ 9 Doggett St, For­ti­tude Val­ley, Bris­bane
3254 4001

Open Break­fast: Sat­ur­day & Sun­day
Open Lunch: Wednes­day — Sun­day
Open Din­ner Tues­day — Saturday

http://www.confit.com.au/
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