Situated right on the city fringe, just near where Exhibition Street becomes Rathdown Street, Sally’s Kitchen (295 Exhibition St, Melbourne) is a welcome addition to the CBD lunch dining scene. It’s an attractive, modern looking space, full of dark wood, with a nice balcony out the front which has room for 4 or 5 tables.
The lunch menu is scrawled on blackboards, and includes everything from sandwiches and soup to risottos and fish. Based on the medium, I suspect it changes frequently. It’s supplemented by a range of tasty looking cakes sitting behind a glass display at the front counter.
On this occasion my companions both chose chicken sandwiches ($10) – what looked like poached breast meat in mayo, between rye bread trimmed of crust. From all reports it wasn’t particularly filling, but was tasty. It was a similar tale with the pea and ham risotto that I ordered. Despite arriving rather quickly, it was well made, with the rice and other ingredients having just the right texture, and lots of flavour. At $16 though, given the size it was probably a little more than I would have liked to have paid.
There’s a separate breakfast menu, also written up on a blackboard, which looks to have some interesting options.
While the serving sizes probably preclude me from making this a regular lunch option, next time I’m not feeling particularly hungry and feel like some well made food, I’ll definitely return.