Adventures of A Foodie Wannabe: September 2012

I don't know if I've said it before here, but all my friends know that my favorite type of food is breakfast foods. Most of the time when I try and schedule a meet up with friends, I try and make it for brunch on the weekends. Of course, most of my friends don't like waking up early on the weekends, so it doesn't always work.

As one of our last meet ups before a close friend of mine left for Singapore, we snuck in one last brunch date at Vivetha. Small and cozy restaurant along Yonge Street. Brunch selection is very typical, eggs & bacon or sausage, Eggs Benedict, omelets, french toast, pancakes. While the selection isn't very special, everything is done very well with very big portions. My hubby and friend both ordered the Brunch Combo Platter (because they both insisted they were VERY hungry) and I ordered the Eggs Florentine.

The Brunch Combo Platter comes with a blueberry pancake, a slice of Grand Marnier French toast (topped with caramelized peaches), two eggs any style, bacon, sausage and fresh fruit slices. All of that for $10! French toast was so good with the caramelized peaches, no need for maple syrup at all. Pancake was just ok, a little too dry for my liking. Both my hubby and friend could NOT finish their brunch even though they said they were super hungry!

Brunch Combo Platter

The Eggs Florentine had poached eggs served on top of spinach & English muffin topped with Hollandaise sauce. It came with a side of salad, potatoes, and fruit slices, $8. Poached eggs were cooked perfectly with that nice runny egg yolk. I love how my breakfast included a nice side salad. It makes breakfast feel just a bit healthier. Potatoes were nice and crispy. The only complaint I had was that the spinach was not sauteed long enough, some of it was still uncooked.