Home Cooked and Home-Styled

Keven Wheeler and Natalie Jefferson became well known for their breakfasts and brownies while at Replete Providore in Hawthorn. Now the talented pair has opened Our Kitchen Table a few suburbs away in East Malvern, a deliberately rustic and homely cafe with lots of timber and a cheerful, noisy vibe.

Breakfasts (from ricotta hotcakes to the usual eggy bits and bobs) and cafe-style lunches are the main focus, although they're also open for dinner - think rabbit stew or saffron risotto - twice a week. There's a well-considered and imaginative children's menu, too, Look out for the homemade preserves, sauces, chutneys and jams.