If new Corinda cafe Same Same But Different was a person, they’d be the sweet girl next door who bakes cakes for her sick, elderly neighbours, but gets high and steals cars for a rush.

The menu is a teasing, tempting juxtaposition of naughty and nice with probiotic drinks and activated pistachio salads inspiring an ethereal lifestyle, while the likes of Southern fried chicken burgers with chips and gravy, and peanut butter s’mores waffles coax a gluttonous trip to the dark side.

It’s an Olympic pole vaulting leap away from chef/owner Kym Machin’s roots at Brisbane city fine diner Urbane, but as the cafe’s name suggests, it’s similar food with a slight twist to Machin and wife Jade’s other venue – the uber popular Bare Bones Society in Jindalee, in Brisbane’s southwest.

For instance, the Pablo Diablo ($19) at Same Same But Different is almost a carbon copy of the quesadilla at Bare Bones, though the tortillas have been replaced with an inspiringly light sour cream and chive hashcake that supports juicy strips of piquant pulled pork, a runny-centred fried egg and a tousle of black beans, diced tomato, corn and mixed greens. Guacamole pulls the Mexican-themed dish together to create a more-ish helping that will leave you more stuffed than a turducken at Christmas.

The “A little taste of everything” ($25) has two free-range eggs cooked to your liking (in our case perfectly poached), double-smoked bacon, crisp-edged breakfast sausage, half an avo, half a chorizo (ours was actually kransky), a potato scallop, roasted mushroom and tomato, plus toasted sourdough. Though the cooking is simple, quality ingredients push it well above your average fry-up.

The decor is simple, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows that flood the space with light, but also make it louder than a kindergarten when the place is filled with families on a busy weekend. One of the tables outside along Oxley Rd is a superior option for the noise-averse.

Diners order at the counter next to a cake cabinet that is more alluring than a poker machine to a gambler, with its range of housemade sweet treats, such as insanely sweet Persian love cake with fairy floss-pink frosting. While a drink station churns out coffee from Toby’s Estate, plus smoothies, frappes, milkshakes and the guilt-inducing “fun shakes” that are half meal, half milkshake. Juices from Evolve Organics and Emma & Tom’s are also available.

Our dairy-free, ice-infused smoothie of mango, pineapple and passionfruit ($9) had all the joy of a Frosty Fruit iceblock.

The flat white ($4 or $4.50 in a mug) was above average.

Food pumps out of the kitchen, delivered by accommodating staff ensuring diners leave not only full but satisfied.

This review originally appeared on couriermail.com.au.