In terms of breakfast heartthrobs, porridge isn’t usually at the top. Ripper big breakfasts, yes; fluffy ricotta hotcakes, probably; avo on toast, for sure. But not oats. Though that’s about to change, thanks to the rich and nourishing porridge at Superfreak, a new café now open in Marrickville. Think: oat, rye and buckwheat porridge sweetened with brown sugar, balanced with tart poached rhubarb, and topped with a knob of melted butter. Word on the street is that it's the best damn porridge you’ll ever taste.
Superfreak comes from Michael Ico and Daniel Harrison, who are part of the team behind Newtown’s Soulmate and Petersham’s Splash. The guys have collaborated with Michaela Johansson, the founder of dreamy events and catering company Aplenty, to create a menu featuring big brekkie plates, bright, zippy salads, and lots of treats. Enjoy your breakfast or lunch in the 30-seat space, or get it takeaway and eat in the sunshine at Enmore Park across the road.
As well as the porridge, other menu highlights include an English muffin with jammy eggs, Comté cheese, mayo, coriander and shallot; fresh salads the colour of the rainbow; and a brekkie plate made up of jammy eggs, Comté, radish, pickled veg, whipped butter, strawberry jam and Danish rye. Super hungry? Go for their take on the meatball sub, loaded with Emilio's Butcher pork and fennel meatballs, chard, garlic aioli and bread and butter pickles on Fabbrica’s focaccia.
Drinks-wise, Single O is supplying the beans, and there’s filter and batch brew from Artificer Coffee. Want to try something fun? Go for the adaptogen hot choc with cocoa, medicinal mushrooms, honey, oat milk and cinnamon.
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Decked out in a green, golden and brown colour palette, Superfreak is warm and nostalgic, with ’70s-style seating, antique lights and a record player spinning vinyl hits. Redfern’s award-winning YSG Studio is behind the cool fit-out.
“We had the idea for a more nourishing café when we looked at what Marrickville was really doing with their time and where we think the suburb is heading,” said Ico. “Superfreak is our most sophisticated project yet, and it’s supposed to feel like an almost-otherworldly distraction from the everyday.”
So, what are you waiting for? Come get your freak on (and order the porridge).
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