Pancakes on the Rocks, Northmead

You can never have too many pancakes.

And so we checked out the new Pancakes on the Rocks outlet at Northmead.



With no idea of where we're going (apart from Northmead), we have to pull over at a service station to ask for directions.

"Do you think the servo guy will know where it is?" Bellboy asks with skepticism.

Veruca Salt skips inside anyway and returns with a grin. "You shoulda seen his face. His face lit up and his eyes were shining as soon as I said the word pancakes!"

We turn off the highway and enter a fast food oasis, surrounding by parking that gives it a truck-stop vibe. It's modern and airy but a little soulless inside, reminding me of the pot-plant dotted refurbs you get at RSL clubs these days.

But the hoardes of kids, parents and teenagers inside are lapping it up. They're all hoeing into pizzas and ribs and pasta and salads. Noone's even eating pancakes we notice. It's almost surreal.



After my pricy encounter at the Pancake Parlour in Canberra, it's the difference in menu prices that strikes me at first. There, my Canadian breakfast of two pancakes, bacon, banana and maple-flavoured syrup had cost me $17.90. Here I can get the same thing (called an Aussie Sunrise) plus an egg and pineapple for $11.95. Go figure.


Regular stack (3 pancakes) $7.95

We all stick to plain and simple though, pancake stacks all 'round.


Syrup action shot

The pancakes are tall and fluffy but they're a little doughy and we do get an aftertaste of greasy butter. For $7.95 it's an enormous portion though, and I'm not complaining. I look over at the next table where a kid is attacking a flank of sticky ribs with both hands and a huge grin on his face. His mum sits on one side eating a salad, his dad reaches for another slice of pizza. The kid sighs with happiness. He isn't complaining either.



Pancakes on the Rocks Northmead
100 Briens Road, Northmead, Sydney
(corner of Redbank Road)

Sunday to Thursday 7am - 11am
Friday and Saturday 7am - 12midnight

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