C ordered the Ba Ba Benedict (AU$17.50) – two poached eggs topped with hollandaise sauce, served on smoked salmon and spinach on toasted Turkish bread. C found the Turkish bread really difficult to cut but really enjoyed her meal – the eggs were cooked perfectly with gooey, soft yolks, and there was a generous amount of smoked salmon and spinach. With all the garnish, spinach and salmon, I thought the dish looked sort of wet and unappealing, but hey, I’ve never been a fan of eggs Benedict or smoked salmon. C loved it, which is the main thing. :)

I’d just like to begin by declaring that I don’t eat such huge breakfasts very often, so please, hold the lectures! :) I ordered the The Entire Breakfast (AU$17.50) – eggs (I chose scrambled), toast, bacon, sausages, tomato and mushrooms. The eggs were soft and creamy, served practically flowing off two slices of thickly cut toast. Like C, I also struggled to saw through my bread. I didn’t end up finishing the toast – it was way too thick and, with all the other things, just way waaaay too much bread. The bacon was really great, with a perfect amount of fat to meat. I ate it all. The sausages were meaty, the tomatoes sweet and soft but not too mushy, and the mushrooms were seasoned well and very tasty. The eggs would probably be on the border of too runny for some people, but I didn’t mind them. They were very nice with a little black pepper.

I had English breakfast tea with soy milk (AU$4.70) to wash it all down. This was one of the most filling breakfasts I’ve had in a while, and I waddled back to the office afterwards. C wasn’t kidding when she told me beforehand that the serves were huge! I found myself wishing I could just curl up under the doona for the rest of the morning until tummy growled once more. I think we both felt decidedly dozey, sitting at our desks back at our separate work places – C, am I right? :) It was great catching up. These days I get so busy I don’t catch up with friends as often as I probably should.