A few more of our confirmed new sandwiches. We're still working through the new menu but lock these babies in. Marinated Tofu, with Carrot, Daikon, Japanese Mayo, lemongrass. For those that don't like tofu you'll be pleasantly surprised. Seriously tasty. 

And Smoked Salmon Bagel with Cream Cheese Capers Salsa. I smashed this today for lunch. Lots of gooey flavours. Perfect for lunch. 

ESPRESSO: From Market Lane this week we have Guatemala Santa Clara on the espresso machine as our COD. Will be ready by tomorrow so will let you know how it goes. The Seven Seeds Espresso Blend is what we serve all day every day. 

RETAIL: Can't get over to Market Lane in Prahran or Seven Seeds in Carlton to get your weekly coffee for home, you can buy retail bags of coffee from Dead Man. Brazil Fazenda Barreiro is a great single to go with milk, got lots of body and as espresso dark-chocolatey-fruit-cakeness.  

FILTER/POUR OVER: El Salvador Ernesto Natural Selection = Awesome Goodness. served as pour over this offers juicy ripe fruits, raspberry & blueberry. We love this one. Come try it before Nellie drinks it all. Click on the link to read more info on the coffees at Market Lane's site.  "Ernesto, or as he likes to be known, Neto, only produced a very small lot of this coffee (180KG in total!). He carefully hand selected perfectly ripe cherries from each of his farms and then naturally processed them by laying them out on African sun beds to dry in the sun, turning them regularly to ensure the coffee dried evenly."

The newest addition to our lunch menu: Thrice Cooked Roast Warialda Beef, Red Pepper, Chimichurri (Parsley Pesto) & Onion. So delicious! The beef is very flavoursome and melts in your mouth.  The next roast we might try it with a bit of mustard rolled in the middle...hmm I wonder. 

Went to the Melbourne Showground Farmers Market today. Got some Golden Nugget Pumpkin, Lemon Cucumber, Golden Baby Beets and College Challenger Tomatoes. We are almost finished with our new menu.  It's a change in direction for us between Monday - Friday. We'll post some pics over the next week of our new sandwiches, bagels, toasties & baguettes. We're thinking of adding a Rainbow Salad Sandwich to the menu, hence the Golden Baby Beets and potentially Lemon Cucumber along with some other bright vegies.

Already underway are:

Warialda Beef Pastrami & Pecorino Toastie

Holy Goat Goats Cheese & Pesto Toastie

Gruyere, Pecorino & Fontina Toastie

Croque Monsieur - Ham, Gruyere, Bechamel & Dijon

Hook & Spoon Slow Cooked Mutton & Pickle Vegies Fresh Sandwich

Lemongrass infused Tempeh with Carrot, Daikon, Mayonnaise Fresh Sandwich

Balsamic Roasted Tomato, Basil & Shaw River Buffalo Mozzarella Fresh Sandwich

Granny Smith Apple, Peyangana Cheddar, Housemade Onian Jam & Cos Lettuce Fresh Sandwich

Chicken Waldorf Bagel

A few more to come like:

Roast 'Warialda Beef' with Dead Man Chutney, Mushroom Duxelle & something else?? Not sure yet. Got a few ideas. 

And of course:

Thomas Keller's BLT with Pork Belly, Spinach Puree & Gazpacho on Brioche

We're looking for different variety tomatoes to form part of the Chargrilled Bread Panmolle with Old English Sausages and Poached Eggs.. a very tasty & hearty breakfast dish. Currently we're using Mountain Ox Heart Heirloom Tomatoes but will test the juicy College Challengers tomorrow. 

Look forward to seeing everyone in the new year. I'm sure you'll love our beautiful new lunch menu. Also available as take away.  

How's the Costa Rican Monte Copey, Toshi? 

Check out that zucchini...

DEAD MAN OPEN NEW YEARS DAY!!!!!!

We want to say a big thanks to all our customers for their support & patronage which is why we are going to stay open right through, except Xmas Day of course.  Yes that's right we'll be open New Years Day as well!! Cause we know how hard it is to get good coffee when you really need it. So we expect to see many a hangover on this day. 

Kitchen will close on 23rd December at 3.00pm and reopen 7th January. We'll be running with a limited menu though and shorter hours. 

Normal trading

DECEMBER 23 THU  Open 7.00am - 4.00pm (Kitchen Closes 3.00pm)

Limited Menu

DECEMBER 24 FRI  Open 8.30am - 2.30pm 

DECEMBER 25 SAT  CLOSED

DECEMBER 26 SUN - 31 FRI Open 8.30am - 2.30pm 

JANUARY 01 SAT  Open 9.00am - 2.30pm 

JANUARY 02 SUN - 06 THU Open 8.30am - 2.30pm

Normal Trading

JANUARY 07 FRI Open 7.00am - 4.00pm (Kitchen Closes 3.00pm) 

We hope to see you all over the festive season and from all the Dead Man crew we wish everyone a Merry Xmas

MERRY XMAS!!!!!

We've had so many enquiries from people wanting to buy our jars. So here you you are. Our very beautiful industrial amber glass jars, which hold a litre or 250 grams of coffee with room to spare. Retail price is $25 each. We use them for coffee and as a vase for flowers. Great Xmas present I reckon. 

What better way to say Merry Xmas to your loved ones than with a Dead Man tea towel. Available in red or black. Limited stock. $25 each. 

Two tasty-not-too-heavy-summery-dishes from the Lunch Menu: Baby Beets Salad with Orange, witlof & labna / Skirt Steak with warm farro & rocket salad. 

New vegetarian breakfast item: Housemade Beans, Red Pepper, Ciabatta & Coriander. 

Surprise!!! I know youv'e been checking here every so often and it's been the same blog post for over a month! I know, I know... it sucks. There's so many blogs I follow and it bugs me when they haven't updated, and it makes me think, 'maybe they're just not into it anymore' . But we are! Notice our Twitters on the right... it's just so much easier. 
All I'm going to do now is update photos. With maybe some words. Let's see if that makes it easier. Roof garden has begun... Tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, basil, chilli, capsicum, parsley, cos lettuce....

We've been wanting to grown our own herbs for a while now. Originally we went down another avenue of having a landscape architect design a roof garden which was all encompassing and impressive but more expensive. Then we found these guys and it was 'yeh that's what we need!'. The Little Veggie Patch Co Have a look at their website. They've done veggie gardens for Church St Enoteca and Stokehouse. And good bang for you buck as well. 
So here's some pics of day one. In about 2 weeks all staff will get together and plant the first seeds. We are all so excited to grow our own herbs, lettuce and maybe tomatoes. Thanks Fabian & John. If there are any cafes all even folks at home that want to start growing their own I would definitely recommend these chaps. Cause it's more than just dirt and seeds, you need your right PH levels, make sure there's enough nitrogen and then you need some magic worm poo.. I think that sounds right... was trying to keep up with Fabian. We have definitely got one of the best backdrops of any herb garden around. Come on Summer!