Redfern arrival Everyday Espresso pushes the cafe envelope

What do you get when the recipe for a Sydney venue opening mixes a hatted chef with a fine-dining background, a cafe venue and a breakfast menu?

"My take on eggs benedict has yuzu hollandaise, streaky bacon, buttermilk fried chicken and a brasserie croissant," says Tomislav Martinovic, the formerly hatted chef at Darlinghurst's Tomislav restaurant who is jump-starting the kitchen at Everyday Espresso.

The cafe opened this week on Redfern Street in Redfern. The consultant chef argues the era has long passed where cafe food plays it safe.

"There's a really nice omelette on the menu with a green soba noodle salad and enochi mushrooms," he says.

Everyday Espresso has an experienced owner, with Haymarket's Coop & Cart operator Justin Stevenson behind the launch.

Martinovic says an early menu mover is the mushroom truffle toastie, with the more health conscious heading to the "almost paleo green bowl" of raw kale, edamame, mustard dressing and almonds.

The consultant chef has been linked with several possible full-time gigs across Sydney in recent months, but says for the time being he's happy consulting on everything from burger start-ups to Everyday Espresso.

And he isn't just writing menus. "I'll be in the kitchen for the next three to four weeks and then another three to four weeks in the new year," he says.

Open Mon-Fri 6am-3.30pm, Sat 6am-3pm, Sun 7am-3pm.

Shop 6, 159 Redfern Street, Redfern.