After spending a few weekdays in Geelong, it was time to drive back to Melbourne. On a rainy miserable Friday morning, there weren't too many enticing cafe options. For some reason I thought there were loads in Geelong West from my look many months ago, but seemingly not the case. I did like Freckleduck but wasn't interested in driving into the city. On the magical Pakington Street, the best option looked to be Warren & Hutch. Unfortunately walking to the front and seeing newspaper boarding up the front didn't bode well. Although the Geelong Fine Foods across the road was nice to wander through.
Three Little Figs, King of the Castle and 63 Degrees seemed ok but the menus not overly interesting. Whilst aimlessly meandering, Secret Society showed up. I hadn't heard of it and finding out it is 4 months old is probably why there isn't much online for it.
It's a nice modern but cosy environment, full of natural light and a small speaker in the corner playing music that only those immediately around will hear. The Shai Chai was a quite nice served in a pot with a small side of soy on request. The food menu is quite basic.
- Corn & Haloumi Fritters $15 (with house-cured freshwater trout, 2 poached eggs & a petite rocket & Balsamic salad) - a small serve of fritters with corn expertly sliced off a cob, indiscernible haloumi but some very good fat slices of smoked trout;
- Herbivore Plate with 2 poached eggs $17 - oven roasted tomato, garlic sauteed spinach, some quality fat house beans, avocado and a little tub of mushrooms soaking in a butter based sauce. The Irrewarra sourdough was plain white but quite good.
The breakfast was nice and there were a few lunch specials for later in the day. I wouldn't mind going back but I'd probably be keen to try the other competitors in the area first.