The Little King Cafe in Milford. Photo / Dean Purcell
Herald Rating: 4/5
Address: 132 Kitchener Rd, Milford
We came here because since it opened a couple of months ago, we'd been pressing our sweaty noses to the window after several power walks and were finally decently non-sweaty to venture inside.
Parking was not too bad on a rainy weekend, but cars coming out of the supermarket carpark
can be a hazard.
We walked in and immediately thought hooray, hipster industrial chic makes it to the Shore bastion of conservatism, Milford. This is, after all, the community that booed young people at their unitary plan meeting asking for affordable houses. The place was full of young families, with a cute muralled play area for the young ones and even a changing table in the loos (women's, but I'm sure there's one coming for the men's, eh guys?). There are flowers in jam jars, the water tap is a fire hydrant.
The most unusual thing on the menu was the roasted veges and cheese. For breakfast. Plus the best array of waffle variations (from $14) outside of the Deep South, including an Elvis-killing banana, caramel, walnut or a chicken sandwich waffle ($18.50).
