This deconstructed Vegemite toast is beyond ridiculous

Can we spend a moment talking about the issues around ordering a couple of slices of toast at a café?

Eggs Benedict or ricotta hotcakes – now they are valid choices to go out and pay for, because they take some effort to make.

But toast?

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It's essentially stumping up for the laziest possible breakfast option. You might as well order a bowl of cereal.

Which is why we couldn't help but be outraged at one Newcastle café's act of peak hipsterdom.

Core Espresso is charging $7 for two slices of toast on a wooden platter, served beside a scoop of butter and a dollop of Vegemite smeared beside it.

Seven dollars for toast that hasn't even been buttered. Seven dollars for the staff at the Core Espresso to say: ‘Here's the ingredients, sort it out for yourself’.

When did Newcastle get so pretentious?

Curiously, a lot of the other stuff they serve at Core Espresso looks like it's worth paying for:

But anyone who orders the toast should be taken outside and told they are no longer allowed to manage their own finances.

Why can't these people just eat toast like a regular person - leaning over the sink in those fleeting few seconds before you have to leave for work.