Birdy Num Nums?...I think not.

Birdy Num Nums, a parent-, child- and pram-friendly cafe on Nicholson St, North Carlton, has been my recent cafe of choice to meet people with my hummer of a pram and squirming child. It is a bit of a legend among Melbourne mums, so I thought I'd try it out in my last weeks in this city. Big disappointment.
The first two times I went I only had milkshakes or iced chocolate - not too hard to get right. Yesterday we went for lunch, and in a spectacular show of mediocrity, everything that eventually made it to our table was very poor! Crispy squid on a Vietnamese salad was soggy calamari on a small wilted heap of salad mix with some token grated carrot and crushed peanuts. An insulting $16.50. All coffees and the chai were appalling and the other three mains all looked very lame as well. The dry, wizened mushrooms with my friend's eggs made my heart sink. Not to mention the waiting staff, who all seemed to be on work experience. Not what I would've thought was the wisest choice for a weekend lunchtime.
I was so utterly disappointed, perhaps most so with myself for staying, eating and paying.

Birdy Num Nums? Bloody Yuk Yuk.