I talk a lot about weekend brunch in this space because it’s my favourite meal: it’s leisurely, there’s an emphasis on fruit and other raw goodness, I can have coffee AND orange juice and spritz it up with champagne (mimosa!), it’s easy to accommodate all sorts of dietary restrictions and choices, and it can be made very cheaply. Best of all, it follows my other favourite activity: sleeping in. Really, what’s not to love about brunch?
It was quite the bustling crowd over yesterday for Sunday brunch #3 at the current House of Fielding, including the next-door neighbours and my neighbour’s dog, Shatzi, who loved all the attention and brunch bits shared with her. I sequestered Beano and Xena in my room along with their stuff since they were feeling shy, even Xena who ordinarily likes to work the crowd, herself. I don’t know if they’ve ever seen a dog before, but Beano was sure in a hurry to hide. Xena likes to act fearless, but it’s all a ruse.
My apartment was brimming with people and I don’t have air conditioning, so everyone piled up in front of my single, overworked fan. It was super humid and far too hot to cook eggs and potatoes, so I put out all the cold food and two people scrambled eggs later in front of the fan. Maybe in the winter when the temperatures drop I will attempt my favourite brunch: Eggs Benedict!
The brunch started at 11:00 and continued until around 5:00, when people had to head for the airport and the dog was ready to go outside — just like the rest of us, it was time to walk off some of the food! Florian and I took Shatzi around High Park and if Grenadier Pond wasn’t so grungy, I would’ve raced the dog in to cool off!
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