Timbuktu Cafe, Brighton

While visiting an exhibition at the nearby Brighton Town Hall, we went to Timbuktu Cafe for lunch. It's a nice cafe, very Parisian. There are tables set up outdoors in the sun, a play area for kids, indoor tables that still gets plenty of light from the large French windows and doors. 

We ordered the breakfast burrito $19 which had the usual - bacon, egg, spinach. I was on portion control diet, so it was an adequate size.

On the Specials board was the Beef Bourguignon (forgot how much it cost, around $24?). The beef was so tender and sauce was very flavourful. The mash was close to Paris mash, lots of buttery velvety butter. Served with carrots and beans. Meat and 3 veg the French way.

 The cafe is attached to a residence at the back which I found very quaint. There is only 1 other restaurant I have dined in that had a residence attached, in Victor Harbour South Australia. It was a Chinese restaurant and one of those places where we were just so glad to find after a few days' of travels in unfamiliar terrain. We tend to gravitate to what we are familiar with, don't we? That includes food. I always find that no matter how good the food is in the places we travel to, after a few days I would always crave for rice. 

On looking up their website, I found that the cafe also does Open Mic on Fridays. It sounds interesting and it would be good to go back for another delicious meal and an enjoyable experience.