Housed in a two-story shophouse unit, The Missing Pan – by the folks behind The Organic Baker – melds the owners’ twin loves of cooking and baking. The designer bakery on the first floor churns out its specialty sourdough breads alongside a range of vegan and diary-free loaves, with the spacious upper level taken up by a 40-seat café and hot kitchen. You get brunch creations like the rosemary rosti stack ($16) with bacon, sunny-side egg and grilled zucchini salad, and the Over Hangover ($19), basically a chicken schnitzel sandwich; there’s also a fortnightly-evolving dinner menu of contemporary mains such as the Wannabe Ramen ($22), a sizeable portion of crispy skin salmon topped with a poached egg in a clean noodle broth. What’s surprising are the sophisticated desserts – the Mela Con Formaggi ($14) is a pleasing medley of apples, banana caramel sauce, choc soil, citrus Mascarpone, parmigiano reggiano chips and homemade honeycomb.
