I HAD BRUNCH THIS PAST WEEKEND! Finally! It’s been forever since I’ve had me some brunch. Arthur and I have been saying we would go for about 3 weeks now and didn’t make good on our word ’til this Sunday. We are busy people, so it’s understandable, but it’s also brunch! My absolutely favoritest meal! I feel so sad for those out there who haven’t experienced brunch, or whose cities don’t have brunch. =(
Before I get into the brunch, I had dinner with the fam on Thursday after some studying at the cafe [LSATs- they are the death of me]. We went to my favorite Malaysian place in Chinatown- Nyonya. Well, they’re only my favorite because they have this really cool Chinese-style black ink mural on the wall and their roti canai rules all.
situated btwn an italian rest & chinese herb shop
The roti canai is a Malaysian version of the Indian pancake, but made different, and is in some ways… better. The description of the roti canai at Malaysian restaurants in fact, always uses the words “Indian pancake” as a description- or maybe that’s just the translation. Either way, I like it from this place especially because Nyonya makes its own. It comes in layers and is all poofy, crunchy at the corners, and fluffy. If you stand outside and watch from the window, you can see the chefs making them and rolling them out into big circles, like pizza dough! The roti canai comes with a curry sauce and usually with a potato or two and a piece of chicken. I always fight for the potato. The chicken is usually attached to some bone, so I forfeit that off the bat. I shared the pancake with Jen and Lydia.
best shared with others; it’s more filling than it looks
For my main course, I decided I didn’t want what I always get- the Chow Kueh Teow [fried noods with shrimp, squid, egg, chili sauce], but today, I decided I didn’t feel like anything spicy, so I got my non-spicy alternative, the fried egg noodles. They use the same noodles in wonton soup and stir fry them with bean sprouts, eggs, squid, shrimp [but I can't eat that so it's out] and snow peas. This time they added mushrooms to the mix. I like the dish without the mushrooms, but eh, they weren’t really bothering me. I can’t really describe the flavor of the dish; I mean it’s stir fry, you know? You should just go and evaluate for yourself. =)
I didn’t go out on Friday night this week cuz I was busy prepping for the LSATs like a crazed sleep deprived mad woman. I did have sushi on Saturday night before the drinking, but I’ve already posted pictures from Sushi Lounge.
Sunday, I went to Casanis again. This time, it was for brunch. $11 for a dish, oj, and coffe/tea. Most of the dishes from the brunch menu were more lunch options [lots of burgers], but I got the eggs benedict with gravlax. I had no idea what gravlax was, so guess what I did? I googled it on my treo! =) Yes, I’m a dork. You may stop laughing now. Gravlax, is actually Swedish in origin, not French like I thought- anyways, it’s raw salmon cured in a salt-sugar-dill mixture. It kind of reminds me of lox for some reason, *shrugs. Well, this one was cured in way too much salt and the salt really brought out the salmon flavor- it was too salmony and salty for me. I’d probably order this again from another restaurant though, just to make a really accurate concensus of whether or not I really don’t like it. Last time I came here, I thought the chef had a really heavy salt hand too. This time around though, there were more salty items, so maybe the third time will be the charm? The potatoes that came with my dish were good; soft and not too saltily spiced. The salad was okay; vinagrette dressing was a bit bland, but I didn’t mind too much.
*mmm hollandaise
up close with my eggs & fish on an english muffin
Arthur decided he wanted an Irish breakfast for brunch. There were the tomatoes [not fried like they're suppose to be], pork slice, mushroom halves, sunny side up eggs, english muffin, and the non tradtitional baked beans. Did you know that the Irish tend to frown on baked beans being served with breakfast because it’s seen as a British twist to the Irish breakfast. [It's wonderful what you info is on wiki!] I’m also pretty sure these are canned beans, which don’t really bother me cuz I really liked them. I kept picking them off Arthur’s bowl. He seemed to like his breakfast, but it was difficult to combine all the flavors.
not so traditional Irish breakfast
…. Miami foodings to come next week. I’ll be in West Palm Beach and Miami this weekend!
