Custodian Kitchen

Custodian Kitchen Custodian. Chef. Barista. Service. Produce and quality driven breakfast and lunch. Specialty coffee. Cafe format.

As part of our 8th Birthday Celebration (can you believe it?) were running our fundraising drive once again. $3 for ever...
12/06/2026

As part of our 8th Birthday Celebration (can you believe it?) were running our fundraising drive once again.

$3 for every coffee sold this Saturday 13th June goes towards our fundraising drive for Cafe Smart by streetsmartaustralia

Come hang out, help us raise some money for a great cause, and have some mulled wine, even all at the same time.

Let's get to it!

See you all tomorrow if you can.

Team Custodian

😘😀😽🥰🌞

🎶 we got 99 sausages, because we at 1! 🎶Clearly Kanye we are not. 😂But seriously. We need your help. We have 99 sausages...
12/06/2026

🎶 we got 99 sausages, because we at 1! 🎶

Clearly Kanye we are not. 😂

But seriously. We need your help. We have 99 sausages to sell at our birthday celebrations tomorrow. $3.50 each. With all proceeds being donated to CafeSmart. Please help us help them do some good!!

We couldn’t do this without the help of our friends Hansa Butchery. Who graciously donated 100 sausages. Bakery Lievito for donating 8 loaves of bread. And of course - Omar Marvellous Coffee Bird for shooting us some of their amazing beans, so we can add some of our coffee sales to the donation pot, too.

This Saturday - 13.6. 12.30-3pm.

Oh and we’ve made mulled wine and cup cakes. It is our birthday after all!!

Tell your friends!

🧡🧡🧡 All the Custodian crew.

streetsmartaustralia

And now you know!Custodian is here all long weekend. 💙💙
06/06/2026

And now you know!

Custodian is here all long weekend. 💙💙

Emotional day at the cafe today. We said goodbye to Harry - Who’s heading back home to England for a little visit with h...
05/06/2026

Emotional day at the cafe today.

We said goodbye to Harry - Who’s heading back home to England for a little visit with his partner before beginning his next chapter.

Then we welcomed Sophia back to the kitchen. After having extended time off because she broke 4 fingers. 4!! OUCH.

We’ll miss Harry, and we’ve missed Sophia. So it’s a bit glass half full and a bit glass half empty.

- Team Custodian.

This could be the last creation Harry gives us… 😭😭😭Yep, is his last day tomorrow and he’s leaving us with a colourful nu...
04/06/2026

This could be the last creation Harry gives us… 😭😭😭

Yep, is his last day tomorrow and he’s leaving us with a colourful number!

House focaccia + cauliflower (roasted cauliflower + pickled purple cauliflower + cauliflower puree) + kimchi + nori + fried egg.

It’s pretty pretty. And pretty delicious!

— 13.06.2026 —That’s right, folks. We’re turning 8. 8!!!Let’s just think about that for a sec… eight! Pretty cool, right...
02/06/2026

— 13.06.2026 —

That’s right, folks. We’re turning 8.

8!!!

Let’s just think about that for a sec… eight! Pretty cool, right?!

And we’d love to invite you to our little shindig here at the cafe on the 13th of June.

12.30-3pm. Fluff will be rocking the BBQ as usual. There’ll also be drinks, birthday cake and a lot of merriment. And balloons!! Can’t have a bday without balloons.
It’ll all be happening.

We’ll be donating some of our coffees sales along with our BBQ sales to CafeSmart - A great little not for profit who help combat homelessness, domestic and family violence, poverty and food insecurity.

We’ll be asking some of our great suppliers to pitch in and help out too.

We’d love to see each and every one of you!

So much love - Team Custodian.

3 months and 4 broken fingers later!!😨🫠😵‍💫😵Sophia is back. Well, back in the county anyway. Yep, it’s been hot minute, S...
29/05/2026

3 months and 4 broken fingers later!!
😨🫠😵‍💫😵

Sophia is back. Well, back in the county anyway.

Yep, it’s been hot minute, Sophia!! We’ve missed you.
But we’re glad you’re back and ready to start work next week!!

In other news… sad news might I add. Harry is leaving us.😭

I know… we’re a little gutted too. We’ve been very lucky to keep him this long. His enthusiasm and energy has been a constant inspiration for all of us here. His last day will be Friday 5th June., so please come down to say good bye.

The ebb and flow of cafe life I guess.

💙💙💙 - Team Custodian.

Jamie Oliver had Gordon Bennett. We’ve got Arnold Bennett. Omelette Arnold Bennett to be exact!! Jamie’s was more of an ...
27/05/2026

Jamie Oliver had Gordon Bennett. We’ve got Arnold Bennett.

Omelette Arnold Bennett to be exact!!

Jamie’s was more of an expression. Something of an “gorblimey” type thing. Arnold Bennett’s (British novelist and playwright) was a dish of his own creation. Something he ordered every time he stayed at the Savoy Hotel.

So, what is it…?

3 egg omelette + smoked cod + sauce mornay + parmesan

Quickly torched and finished with fresh chives for that little something extra. It’s 19.20s grandeur at its simplest!

Like little pillows of love, they are!!Hand rolled gnocchi + heirloom carrot + carrot sauce + tarragon + gruyère crisp. ...
22/05/2026

Like little pillows of love, they are!!

Hand rolled gnocchi + heirloom carrot + carrot sauce + tarragon + gruyère crisp.

Tasty, tasty pillows of love. Come in and snuggle up nice and close. 🧡🧡🧡

What started out as a weekend special, turned into our current focaccia offering!Warm figs + local salami + goats feta +...
20/05/2026

What started out as a weekend special, turned into our current focaccia offering!

Warm figs + local salami + goats feta + grilled radicchio + plum vinaigrette.

Autumn flavours + autumn colours = an autumn treat

B E N E D I C TEggs Benedict to be exact!Chashu pork belly Eggs Benedict to be precise!With house made shokupan bread + ...
16/05/2026

B E N E D I C T

Eggs Benedict to be exact!

Chashu pork belly Eggs Benedict to be precise!

With house made shokupan bread + brown butter & miso hollandaise + pickled enoki.

I’d be surprised if it lasts past the weekend.

Harry’s got a bun(s) in the oven!Well, shokupan to be exact. It’s a lot of work and not something that we can have as a ...
15/05/2026

Harry’s got a bun(s) in the oven!

Well, shokupan to be exact. It’s a lot of work and not something that we can have as a permanent menu item. But we can, however, use it on this weekends special.

All I’ll say at this stage I that our special is going to be a Benedict of sorts.😉
The rest of the information has to be kept under wraps until tomorrow.

Til then… 😘

We’re keeping it local this week. Berkshire pork & fennel salami (Bellarine peninsula) + goats feta (Gippsland) + red fi...
09/05/2026

We’re keeping it local this week.

Berkshire pork & fennel salami (Bellarine peninsula) + goats feta (Gippsland) + red figs (Yarra Valley) + marinated radicchio (Devon Meadows) + plum vinaigrette (Moorabbin - we made it!) + crouton.
Add an egg if you please.

Bursting with autumnal colours and flavours!!

So. Hard. To. Choose. The. Right. Shot!!Master stock poached chicken + soy egg + greens + spring onion & ginger oil. For...
02/05/2026

So. Hard. To. Choose. The. Right. Shot!!

Master stock poached chicken + soy egg + greens + spring onion & ginger oil.

For your weekend brunching pleasure. 🤤

Join us, join us - You know we know how to do it right!!Fun times, big smiles, great food, top notch coffee. Your favour...
28/04/2026

Join us, join us - You know we know how to do it right!!

Fun times, big smiles, great food, top notch coffee. Your favourite corner cafe has it all!!

We’re planning some rather lovely specials for MD, too. It’s going to be fun!

Book now! 🤩

Sorry for the gratuitous close up!!It had to be done. I couldn’t resist taking this pic as I walked past. It just looked...
21/04/2026

Sorry for the gratuitous close up!!

It had to be done.
I couldn’t resist taking this pic as I walked past. It just looked so good!

Our white onion kimchi toastie + gruyère + cheddar + corn & tofu crème + burnt honey

Ok, fine. I’m not really sorry!! 🤣

- PO’ BOY -This weekend, until sold out!!Creole fried prawns + dill pickle + remoulade + tomato + lettuceYou know you wa...
18/04/2026

- PO’ BOY -

This weekend, until sold out!!

Creole fried prawns + dill pickle + remoulade + tomato + lettuce

You know you want it!!

To quote Clementine… “Oooooohhhhhhh, it’s so warmy”!I know I quote her a lot, but she’s just so quotable. Anyway, here’s...
11/04/2026

To quote Clementine… “Oooooohhhhhhh, it’s so warmy”!

I know I quote her a lot, but she’s just so quotable.
Anyway, here’s our new focaccia.

Roasted Kent pumpkin + butternut sauce + tahini & macadamia cream + vincotto + mint

True autumn goodness. 🍁🍂

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!!Only without the trouble part and no witches or witches cauldrons. Only gnocchi! Delic...
10/04/2026

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!!

Only without the trouble part and no witches or witches cauldrons.
Only gnocchi! Delicious, delicious, magical gnocchi.

This one - inspired by Fluff’s recent travels through Italy and is a faithful adaptation of what she ate.

Pan fried potato gnocchi + salsa di noci (walnut pesto) pancetta + truffled pecorino

Let us conjure one up for you! I’m mean, really… Aren’t chefs just modern day sorcerer’s anyway? 🧙🏻🧑🏻‍🍳

We’ll be doing our egg hunting a little early. Or a little late. Depending what each of us decide!!And so, Custodian Kit...
31/03/2026

We’ll be doing our egg hunting a little early. Or a little late. Depending what each of us decide!!
And so, Custodian Kitchen will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday.

We will, of course, be doing our fabulous thing from 7am - 12pm Easter Saturday and Sunday.

Come in, fuel up, hunt eggs!

💙🐣☕️🍜🥐🥪🥚🍳💙 - Team Custodian.

PS - first 32 customers on Sunday get a free Easter egg!! Yep, that’s how many little chocolate eggs were in the packet. 😂😂😂

Light, bright and lovely.Basically the opposite of the weather today! 😂Heirloom tomato & watermelon salad + fromage blan...
27/03/2026

Light, bright and lovely.

Basically the opposite of the weather today! 😂

Heirloom tomato & watermelon salad + fromage blanc + plum vinaigrette + lots of herbs + croutons

Our take on a classic.

There is nothing quite like your first sip of the day.In fact, it’s the only thing that gets me out of bed in the mornin...
27/03/2026

There is nothing quite like your first sip of the day.

In fact, it’s the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning!

So, if you’re anything like me, come get it! You know where to find us.
From 6.30am 7 days.

😘😘😘

We love our little corner of the world. This pic was taken around 7.30am Labour Day. The light was perfect, the shadows ...
21/03/2026

We love our little corner of the world.

This pic was taken around 7.30am Labour Day. The light was perfect, the shadows were long and the sun was warm. It was that little quiet moment before it all kicked off - The calm before the storm, if you will.

This post is nothing more than good excuse to use this photo. I don’t have much else to say other than - We love our little corner of the world!! And, well… I guess, if you haven’t visited our little corner. You should!! 💙

Boooooooooooooooo!!!Sorry everyone, it’s true! And there’s no getting around it. Power company’s gotta do what they’ve g...
17/03/2026

Boooooooooooooooo!!!

Sorry everyone, it’s true! And there’s no getting around it.
Power company’s gotta do what they’ve gotta do….

So, if you need your Custodian fix, please come and visit us any other time this week. Just not Saturday!! You’ll be very disappointed.

Thanks for your support and understanding.

C H E E S E C A K E Ricotta cheesecake none the less!Light, smooth and creamy. Not too heavy either. Perfect for your we...
14/03/2026

C H E E S E C A K E

Ricotta cheesecake none the less!

Light, smooth and creamy. Not too heavy either. Perfect for your weekend brunch.

Ricotta cheesecake + poached plums + strawberry + rhubarb + dutch speculaa.

It’s got some warming spices of autumn with the freshness of summer!

Perfect!

Address

472 South Road
Moorabbin, VIC
3189

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30am - 2pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 2pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 2pm
Thursday 6:30am - 2pm
Friday 6:30am - 2pm
Saturday 6:30am - 2pm
Sunday 6:30am - 2pm

Telephone

+61391919454

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