BigMouth & CB dropped into Southgate yesterday for early “elevenes” and decided to give La Camera a shot.

Located at the mid level east end of Southgate, the restaurant and cafe is well positioned to offer patron’s impressive views over the river and up towards the MCG.

The sole remaining serve of tiramisu looked sadly deflatted, disappointing considering that they claim it to be the world’s best. So for the morning sugar hit I had the lemon meringue; it tasted good, but I was slightly disappointed as the crust had a feeling of yesterday about it.

CB settled for a generous slice apple crumble cheesecake which was fresh and filling.

The setting would normally have been nice, however for some odd reason our waiter had chosen to seat us beside a “McDonalds style” keyboard used for punching through orders to the kitchen. If the restaurant had been full, this would have been forgiveable. But as there were seats aplenty in sunny positions throughout the establishment, the cramped and noisy conditions were difficult to endure. We longed to be seated by the window and watched people go by.