Beautiful sunny day to take the furry friend out for breakfast. Well… I know many cafes are not furry friend friendly so I checked out the hood to find a café with seats outside. After the long walk through the parks… birds singing and a colourful array of birdlife at play I am a somewhat in very good mood. Then the café! I held my furry companion to place the order for a «big breakfast on a plate». I’m not sure how you would eat a big breakfast if it wasn’t on a plate? The rules are strict about animals in cafes in Australia. Now the café is of an older style with the order counter is right at the cooking area. I ask for the big breakfast and the lass sees I have my hands full and I ask can it be brought to the table just outside, she says yes. I also order black tea… simple, no complications on my part. The order is ready as I am sitting in the sun. The café orders are being processed fairly quickly as soccer has just finished in a nearby oval. The manager yells out«big breakfast». The lass says to the manager«He would like it brought out». He says to her so everyone in the place can hear… even me outside…“We don’t table service”. He yells out louder«BIGBREAKFAST». So I really do now know my breakfast is ready. I look at the plate with my furry friend. who is about to jump out of my arms and devour the food, especially if I drop it and I see a mash of fried food… ok tasty looking. I ask for salt, the manger says“I already put it on!” thinking to myself, what if I had high blood pressure and had to be on a low sodium diet”. Then I said«Pepper». «I suppose you can have some. it is over here» I said«Don’t worry». Pushing through the waiting customers I return to the table outside and further inspect my breakfast. The eggs were not fully cooked, there was no butter for the toast and the bacon was crisply overcooked. The tea was given to me in a double layered polystyrene cup, the temperature was beyond boiling point! Oh my lips are now swollen like Donatella. Then to top it off a family arrive and sit beside me. There were several tables further away they could sit. I took a sip of tea, the furry friend has had a bit of sausage and a ibis lands beside us. The dog goes into attack, leaps from my lap, the tea spills and I just had to leave. Not a pleasant breakfast.