Saltbush Kitchen

Beautiful cafe MADE, featuring local produce. Loved their 'Mushroom ' baked with goat 's cheese with spinach macadamia nut pesto, yum! Menu is quite limited though. A nice social/resting place before/after MADE.

Had the smoked eggplant tomato soup with native spinach pesto. Sooo yummy. The ingredients had been smoked in a wok using local bark for two hours. I couldn't get enough of it. Served with huge chunks of wonderful toasted bread. Lovely waiting staff. Finished with a perfect pot of tea. Delightful light and bright setting too. Will make a beeline for Saltbush next time I'm in Ballarat!

In one word: Wattleseedy. On a warm sunny day, what more would you want from a cafe with a lush green lawn and beanbags? I gladly indulged in an iced coffee and vanilla slice! The portion size was generous and the addition of thickened cream with wattleseed laced through was another tasty luxury. The slice itself; a heavy layer of lightly vanilla tasting creamy custard with pastry that looked crispy, but in truth was headed a bit soggy. Overall, pretty tasty but perhaps not uber-fresh.Worth noting too that these are not baked on site.

Saltbush Kitchen is in Ballarat at the Museum. Here they are about a 5-10 min ride from the city centre and I took the free bus there. Here they are known for their Australian food and RNIS had a $15 voucher (as part of Archibald prize) to spend but they bought the biscuit for $1.50. Here Saltbush serves locally made Australian food and spices. And they let people try their spices.

HOT: Saltbush Kitchen, Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E), 102 Stawell St South, Ballarat. Posted: 5th June 2015. It’s always a celebratory moment when we discover a great playground is matched with an equally great cafe nearby. At the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E), you can play at the excellent Eureka playground (a wooden adventure playground themed around the Eureka Stockade) then head down to Saltbush Kitchen inside M.A.D.E for a family-friendly meal.