Brunch with friends

Saturday morning and we met up with a group of friends to chew the fat and chow some brunch at Epicurious at Robertson Quay. I'd not been here before but it has a great location by the river and has a nice laid-back vibe going on.


We had a table indoors - there are only three and as we were quite a large group we took over most of the room. This, coupled with the familiar little touches like the box of cutlery in the middle of the table to help yourself to, made it feel like we had all met up at a friends place for breakfast. I liked all the quirky little touches too - the elegant china that the tea is served in, a fine contrast to the beer mugs in which they serve the lattes, and the miniature jugs that the (freshly squeezed and delicious) fruit juices come in.


They had several different menus - a lunch menu, breakfast menu, snacks (?) menu and blackboard specials, but we mostly settled on the breakfast menu, with me opting for the Eggs Benedict


and Mr Greedy Glutton being true to his name and ordering up the Full Monty, a full fry-up with no less than 3 fried eggs!



Unfortunately I think we rather threw the chefs, putting in such a large order at once, as it took a long time for the food to come (not that this is so much of a problem when you're in good company) and then once it did, it sat on the serving station for so long that half of it was cold (and I have to say I wasn't really sure about the greasy little fried potatoes that came with the Eggs Benedict either). They did offer to replace any cold dishes, but we were too hungry by this stage to be waiting any longer!


I'd go back to Epicurious for brunch for sure... it just has that nice homely feeling to it... but perhaps next time we'll stagger our order... or go in a smaller group....


Epicurious - http://www.epicurious.com.sg/