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May 2nd 2007 12:20
When entering Betty’s Soup Kitchen you will first encounter delightfully gay waiters who are guaranteed to authenticate the Oxford Street experience by calling you ‘darling’, ‘honey’ or ‘babe’, then with a flick of the quiff swan back elegantly towards the kitchen. The mismatched tables and chairs are spread out in a spacious, high ceiling-ed room, decorated by small examples of local art on the wall.
Betty's Soup Kitchen
84 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst
NSW 2010
02 9360 9698
What first attracted me to Betty’s is the lunch time special which involves a bowl of soup and a self serve bowl from the salad bar for $10. In all honesty both are huge and I have never been able to finish it all. The bread that comes with the soup is very thick and fluffy and most excellent.
The salad is not some mere lettucy excuse for a garden salad, oh no. Instead it is a choice of pesto pasta, rice, walnuts, beetroot, roasted capsicum, large chunks of fetta and olives with which you can so easily load up your plate. There are also more normal dinners like spaghetti bolognaise and nachos, but the soup is where Betty’s really excels. My personal favourite which I highly recommend is the cold potato and leek soup.
The dessert menu, though limited, is also excellent and each dish is only $5 or so. The rhubarb crumble and pudding with King Island cream are a must have, but usually on a separate visit since I am always so engorged with food once I make it through dinner or lunch.
And to what can we attribute Betty’s success? The quirky location and service combo, the secret recipes or the great value? Or perhaps all this came about due to an endorsement from the Pope, which is hung proudly on the wall. The certificate provides a blessing for ‘Betty Kitchen’ and one cannot deny that there is certainly a very warm and comfortable atmosphere within.
Betty's Soup Kitchen
84 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst
NSW 2010
02 9360 9698
What first attracted me to Betty’s is the lunch time special which involves a bowl of soup and a self serve bowl from the salad bar for $10. In all honesty both are huge and I have never been able to finish it all. The bread that comes with the soup is very thick and fluffy and most excellent.
The salad is not some mere lettucy excuse for a garden salad, oh no. Instead it is a choice of pesto pasta, rice, walnuts, beetroot, roasted capsicum, large chunks of fetta and olives with which you can so easily load up your plate. There are also more normal dinners like spaghetti bolognaise and nachos, but the soup is where Betty’s really excels. My personal favourite which I highly recommend is the cold potato and leek soup.
The dessert menu, though limited, is also excellent and each dish is only $5 or so. The rhubarb crumble and pudding with King Island cream are a must have, but usually on a separate visit since I am always so engorged with food once I make it through dinner or lunch.
And to what can we attribute Betty’s success? The quirky location and service combo, the secret recipes or the great value? Or perhaps all this came about due to an endorsement from the Pope, which is hung proudly on the wall. The certificate provides a blessing for ‘Betty Kitchen’ and one cannot deny that there is certainly a very warm and comfortable atmosphere within.
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