The front of house
It’s a joy to drive along the winding road from Deans Marsh to Lorne - a good detour from my drive back to Melbourne. My friend told me to try the coffee (and burgers) at The Bottle of Milk in Lorne. Mellie went there last year and enjoyed the burgers and chips. The coffee is roasted by 7 Seeds (my favorite roaster/cafe in Melbourne). That’s all the incentive I need. The flat white I had was one of the best coffees I’ve had outside of Melbourne. Still a little too hot and the milk not as silky as it could be on the Synesso. But better than the coffee I had at Simon’s in Warrnambool. 7 Seeds doesn’t have many accounts and good for them for keeping it ‘specialty’. It’s difficult to judge a cafe’s standards with just one visit so I will reserve comments to just the cup I had on that day. What I will say is well done for getting decent coffee on a touristy town.
Burger talk. I had the Fire Engine beef, cheese, coriander, chili sauce. The bun was delicious, dense and toasted well. The beef was juicy and cooked to medium well.
7 Seeds beans but is it up to 7 Seeds standards?
Windows make interesting pictures
The Fire Engine burger
#1 by mellie on May 5, 2010 - 6:32 am
Question is, did you go the chips? They were a work of art in themselves!
#2 by Tzu-yen on May 5, 2010 - 6:04 pm
no! I was too full and eating alone. no doubt I will be back for a bowl of chips and beer (do they serve beer?)
#3 by will on June 23, 2010 - 1:51 am
yeah the chips are amazing, i was driving down the great ocean road a few weeks ago to show some friends from europe, when we stopped for lunch and coffee. i was so amazed at the standard of coffee in a tourist town, its so often the case with tourist towns that the coffee and food standard is below average, not the case with milk bottle, me and my friends will be back for a pickle burger
will