Matcha Honey Toast: The Brunch Dish You Won’t Find Anywhere Else in Potts Point
Most brunch menus in Potts Point look pretty similar once you get past the café’s signature dish — eggs, avocado, a benedict, maybe a stack of pancakes. Olivia By Fave’s Honey Toast is the exception. It’s not on any other menu nearby, and it’s built around the ingredient the café is best known for: premium matcha.
What’s in It
Thick-cut shokupan — Japanese milk bread, soft and slightly sweet — is the base for a combination that doesn’t play it safe: fresh strawberry, whipped mascarpone, and a matcha custard that ties the whole plate together. It’s dessert-adjacent without tipping into “just a sweet treat,” and it’s one of the few dishes on the menu built specifically around matcha rather than treating it as a drink-only ingredient.
Why It’s Worth Ordering
Potts Point has no shortage of good coffee and good pancakes — that’s true across most of the neighbourhood’s better cafés. What’s harder to find is a kitchen actually cooking with matcha, rather than just serving it as a latte. Olivia By Fave’s Honey Toast is the clearest example of that on the menu: the matcha custard isn’t a garnish, it’s the point of the dish.
If you’re already a matcha drinker, it’s worth ordering this alongside your usual cup — you’ll get the flavour from two different angles in one sitting.
Who Should Order This
- Matcha regulars who want to try it in a dessert-style format rather than a drink
- Anyone brunching with a sweet tooth who still wants something a step above a basic pastry
- First-time visitors looking for the one dish that sums up what makes Olivia By Fave different from the cafés around it
Pair It With
A short black or flat white works well here — something with enough bitterness to balance the sweetness of the mascarpone and strawberry. It’s also a natural match with a second, smaller matcha if you want to go all-in on the theme.
Where to Find It
Honey Toast is on Olivia By Fave’s breakfast menu, served daily from 7:00am to 11:30am on Orwell Street, Potts Point. It’s $23, and it’s the dish we’d point to first if someone asked what makes this café different from everywhere else nearby.