brunch & a typical sunday

photo: rosa

several weeks back i was asked if i would like to add my" two cents" to a little food event created by lovely rosa whose food blog, rosa's yummy yums, is written and published from the beautiful and scenic country of switzerland. rosa wanted to know about how some of us go about our weekend brunches.

breakfast, for me, has never been a big event — either on weekdays or weekends. i am usually satisfied with my seriously strong shots of espresso or double latte, until i've worked up enough of an appetite. food first thing in the morning is the last thing on my mind.

brunch, on the other hand — that mixture of breakfast and lunch — is more my style on the weekends. it is something i very much enjoy but only really indulge in once a month as i prefer to do it lavishly with a few friends.

depending upon where i am eating, the menu can range drastically. a few times a year we will meet at the ritz carlton hotel or a similar place like the queen elizabeth where the choices are more upscale and tend towards a lunch menu. the ritz is great as it has a garden setting centered around a duck pond.

most times though, i love to go to somewhere like the famous montreal eatery called beauty's {usually involving a loooonng wait to get in} or a typical chain restaurant such as eggspectations where one can get breakfast 24 hours a day. of course, the local neighbourhood "clog your arteries" hole-in-the-wall" is always an option.

in the end, my typical brunch consists of coffee, a fruit salad [hopefully made up of strawberries , grapes & melon], either french toast or omelet or bagel, cream cheese & lox, a pastry of some sort and maybe some kind of juice. that definitely fills me until late afternoon! some would say, a montreal brunch wouldn't be right without a bagel, cream cheese and lox ..... especially since our bagels, very different from others, are considered to be one of the best around.

my choices are fairly typical but always satisfying — just the way, i believe, a brunch should be :)

and as it's july 1st ....

our flag, only established in 1965!

just as the usa celebrates july 4th, we, in canada, celebrate july 1st as a national holiday called canada day. established in 1879 and originally called dominion day, it is day where people gather for parades, take off for a long weekend to the cottage, and celebrate with lots of food, and watch fireworks at night.

happy canada day!