The lunch where you drown your sorrows after the happenings in Malaysia

What can one do but lament with a sigh, when all one sees in the newspaper is nothing but reports of people bickering like 3 year old kids fighting for one piece of candy in a candy store.

I suppose other then a sigh, our dear part time professional celebrity baker / generous host / blogger and etc etc etc had something else in mind and decided that such news could only deserve nothing less then a champagne brunch. A toast to my dear Friend.

The definition of brunch as been re-defined from 11am to 5pm. For, we were dining and wining for 6 hours during our "brunch".


Every time he hosts, he never fails to amaze his guests with the amount of food he churns out from the kitchen, from appetizers, main and right up to desserts. Today it was eureka as the meal was accompanied with virtually free flow champagne / prosecco (if i remember correctly, he said he ran out of bubbly but came back from his kitchen with another bottle, 3 times!).

At 5pm, the bubbles hit right up my head, the phone started ringing and questions like whether i was coming home for dinner started to digest in my intoxicated brain as i drove back, well err lets just say i wont have pass a roadblock, i think.


By dinner, the alcohol really tipped the scales in the blood and lets just say the moral of the story is, drink quicker during your brunch and sober up before dinner. *Kidding*

Anyways, time for the pictures.

While most of us order pate as a starter, we get a nice tin of foie gras pate flown from France to be accompanied with some home made lavash.

There was cheese and the good old butter that went well with the crunchy crackers that were sprinkled abundantly with sesame and poppy seeds.

Home made chocolates while you wait for the array of dishes to arrive? Ordered from Lauras Selection. Brilliant chocolates, i tell you.

Some thing that i havent seen for the longest of times. Reminded me back to the good ol days of Delifrance where they served corn beef sandwiches. Although yes, it does look abit like dog food, but trust me such a basic item can be a breakfast bliss when stir fried together with some onions.

Another compulsory item on the breakfast menu, fresh button mushrooms.

Maybe some creamy wild mushrooms instead?

Baked beans!! At this point, this really seemed like a breakfast buffet but this is nothing but the beginning.

A nice Bacon and Mushroom Quiche really got us perked up. Pity we were really chatting and laughing way too much till the poor thing turn cold.

The famous Meng Kee Char siew. Now when it is self service in determining how thick of a slice you want, all your dreams comes true. A thick chunk of caramelized roast pork being chewed slowly in your mouth instead of those stinged thin slices that you are accustomed to. The "siew cheong" i.e. liver sausages were awesome too, remind me to order some the next time i go Meng Kee.

With this plate of sausages x 2, we were all prepared for the flowing champagne.


Some salad to balance things, and some strawberries for the champagne.

Just when we were in a dreamy daze and gaze, being entertained by the intelligence of an 8 year old telling us how he knew the Lehmann Brothers filed for bankruptcy (i mean quoted from someone "and you would think teenagers probably ask who are the Lehmann Brothers, a pop band?), desserts came out.

Lemongrass infused mixed fruits, obviously to honour her.

The Lemon Tart was tangy and just invited you to have another slice.

The Dark Choc Mint Mousse with a Tiger biscuit? base had a very mature taste to it, i mean who in the young generation still eats after dinner chocolate mints?

By then the booze continued to the early hours of 5pm, when everyone realises that there is dinners to attend and not enough time to sober up for drinks meant to be drunk at the saner time of night.

Awesome.