Dinner is customarily the headline event that restaurants focus on to draw diners for a night out. But there’s plenty of upside in elevating dessert to headline status too. In fact, some restaurants are so adept at dessert menus that they specialise in them exclusively. And others count desserts as one of their main trump cards amongst their wider menu.
Piatella, a versatile cafe and bar in the heart of Glen Waverley, is a haven for desserts.
Piatella - Milo and Oreo Waffles
A popular stop for locals and visitors who flock to Glen Waverley’s Kingsway — a bustling epicentre of shopping, dining and entertainment options — for everything from cinema to bowling to karaoke, the cafe restaurant is an ideal way to cap the fun or continue it.
We all know how good dessert can be when it’s done right.
Piatella — also a big draw for breakfast, lunch, dinner and more — has a substantial dessert section on its menu that largely revolves around crepes and waffles.
Piatella - Apple Pie Crepe
Not just any old crepes and waffles however. We’re talking kitchen-fresh crepes and waffles cocooned in globs of fluffy vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, and loaded with sinful splashes of maple syrup, salted caramel sauce, fresh strawberries and bananas and heapings of green tea mousse.
Feast your imagination on the Berry Ripe, a bundle of sweet waffle blocks warmly blanketed in berry compote, fresh strawberries, cream and maple syrup squirts.
Or maybe Cookies and Cream is your weakness. We are, after all, talking a rocky powder of crumbled chocolate biscuits and a drizzle of vanilla white chocolate ganache on fresh waffles and crepes.
Bananarama is another way to simmer cravings for sweetness too. There’s something irresistibly right about the pairing of bananas and butterscotch sauce on crepes and waffles, no matter which way you look at it.
Wondering what time of day is the best time to head out for dessert? Piatella’s waffles and crepes are available from 5pm Monday-Thursday and all day Friday to Sunday.
The cafe restaurant’s affordable menu of European-inspired desserts also encompasses cakes, macaroons, vegan balls, Piatella waffle sandwiches and Butterbing cookie sandwiches.
A sweet deal?
Indeed.
