Nothing Like a Good Ol' Breakky to Break the Fast

Bonsoir!  Recently (i.e. on Saturday), I have finally decided to take a day off — no work, no worries, just friends, retail therapy and nice food; it has been a while since I last had a proper day break. It was a nice cool day, where the sun was shining bright in the morning even though it is still winter. So the morning was started off with breakfast with a couple of friends at ETC (East Terrace Continental) on East Terrace - see address below.



First thing is of course, coffee.

Left to right: Cafe latte, flat white, cappucino 

The service wasn't slow (which was good as we were starving). A few minutes later, the mains started arriving. I was feeling rather peckish that morning, especially after my gym workout so I decided to order 2 dishes to really break the fast and satisfy the hunger.

Eggs Napolitana - still beautifully runny upon cutting in

Single serving of banana pancake served with cream

Eggs napolitana was an absolute simple dish to wolf down - the light tomato sauce goes very well with the poached eggs (perfect for post-workout) and the toasted bread seems to go nicely too. The banana pancake was light and fluffy; obviously I would have liked more bananas in the pancakes but due to the current circumstances with banana shortages and ridiculous prices, it is understandable that they are not extremely keen on overloading with bananas. Although the pancakes may be deemed 'unhealthy' after a workout (especially with the caramel-y butter-y banana sauce), I justified it by saying that bananas are healthy...

Anyways, my friends ordered a couple of different dishes which seemed really nice as well:

Eggs Florentine

Fruit muesli with seasonal fruits

The poached eggs with the Eggs florentine were also beautifully cooked on lovely pieces of English muffins. The radiant colours given off by the fruit muesli was enough to get the salivary glands working - it was a visual colour overload along with the fragrance of fresh fruits in the air. 

That's all for this post and remember, its not always about the quantity, rather it is the quality that you should seek ;) 

Au revoir!