Cafe Vue, Bulleen

On our trip to The Heide, we also had lunch at Cafe Vue. Actually, the major reason we went to the Heide was to have lunch at Cafe Vue. The cafe is an affordable offshoot of Vue de Monde by Shannon Bennett. The cafe provides a hint of the Vue for everyday dining for people like me. Read - not that extravagant to splash out on fine dining for no special ocassion.

Gaz had the $15 lunch box - a pita roll filled with beef and salsa, a mini box of pasta and assorted veges, a hummus like dip, home made potato crisps and to round off the meal, a lovely nutty chocolate muffin. We never did get the full list of items that were in the box, so I don't know what the hummus like dip is called. We asked for a clarification of the items in the box before we made up our minds about what to order but the waitress took longer than we expected so we ordered anyway.

The crisps were a bit too salty for me, but it was certainly very crispy and novel - home made potato crisps, now that's something I can't make at my home!



I just love the presentation of the food - the lunch box came in a wooden box. Utensils and napkins also came in a little wooden carry. There were potted herbs (we had no idea what our potted herb was...) on the tables. All in all it was casual and rustic mix.

I ordered a duck pie. A ... what... pie? Yes, duck. I love duck and was really keen to see how well they did the pie. The most delicious element on the plate I found was the mash potatoes. Somehow I sense that it has lots of butter mixed in, but it certainly made it very very smooth... very nice. Gaz loved the pea puree. The pie was OK, the crust was thick and I found it difficult to break down. But did I mention the mash and pea puree were heavenly?


We saw so many yummy mummies and young families having their mid day meal at the Cafe. I'm sure many of them are there only for food too, and many of them look like regulars.

As we ambled around the sculpture garden, we noticed a cube shaped room in the middle of the garden. There were about 20 people in the room, dining and drinking. It turns out the Cafe Vue also caters for private parties and this is where they would serve them. In the woods... a fantastic idea! This is not without its problems I suppose, because as we were exploring around, we heard an almighty clatter and crash of plates. Someone had dropped a whole armful of plates en route from the private room to the main kitchen. Oops!