tasty tit bits from here and there: Desmond & Molly Jones

Desmond & Molly Jones
Stanley St, Woollongabba.

Oh bla de oh bla dah ...ooooh how life goes on . When a new cafe springs up in my neck of the woods I am there quicker than the food reps that will no doubt turn up in their droves close behind.

I watched Desmond & Molly Jones for weeks - peeking through the newspaper that always conveniently lets one piece drop so that you can kinda see whats going on - but not really!

So after parking illegally in another shops carpark ( I know I am ashamed) - parking is at a premium in this neighborhood - I wandered around past Heinz Meats (more on that later) and into the gorgeous shop of Desmond and Molly Jones.

Exposed brick walls and funky wall paper and retro furniture. Fresh herbs out the front and old window shutters as tables clashing with the primary colored stools of the 70's - I love the simplicity of the fit out. Its all quite simple really - a few enticing dishes, great coffee and a whopper of a smile on your arrival - all make for a great start at Desmond & Molly Jones.

I was greeted by the extremely bubbly Kristina who helped me decide quickly on a greek spinach pie ($8.5) and a delicious roquette, pinenut and orange salad.

The meal was tasty and HUGE....I couldn't eat it all and I love food but this had me beat! Plus I really wanted to leave room for a Genovese Coffee as that really is my favorite. The pie was delicious, full of cheese, spinach and rice and wrapped in puff pastry with a dollop of cheesey pinenut spinach dip on top ( I wasn't a big wrap on that it was kinda more of the same). The table & chair situation is to find a comfy chair and rest your plate on your lap - its all a bit " front of the telly" style eating as the tables are small and low - but I like that. The elderly lady before me struggled a bit but she'll work it out!

The daily offering is written up on a huge wall of blackboard . Brekkey can be crumpets and jam ($4.5) , turkish toast with housemade jams ($5) or muesli with rhubarb, ginger and yoghurt ($6.5) -all sounds deliciously uncomplicated. Lunch consists of a selection of interesting sandwiches ($8.5) with fillings such as veal meatloaf, rolled pork belly and smoked chicken and the daily special (which on this day was the pie!)

The benchtop display of rocky road muffins($4), savoury muffins ($3.5) vanilla greek cake (this looked amazing!) all looked scrummy and I couldn't help but buy a rocky road muffin and it was totally indulgent, choc o bloc full of goodies.