Brunch

From the time I learned how to make pancakes from scratch (not the premixed type sold in boxes which is THE kind of pancake everyone back home knows), I have gradually developed a sense of fondness over beautiful breakfast meals and brunch.  By beautiful, I mean pancakes with either sausages or bacon, eggs, some greens or any kind of vegetable, tomato, mushroom and coffee.  The sausage and bacon components are of course based from staple hotel breakfast food so having those for breakfast on a regular Saturday, in the house, makes the experience feel more special.  The tomato and mushroom are reminiscent of breakfasts that my sister used to make for her family in Auckland.  And the greens, well, greens make every meal healthy and look pretty in a photograph.

So two Sundays ago, we decided to host brunch in the house.  Well, brunch and some baking sessions.

We sponsored pancakes, greens and coffee and asked our friends to bring bacon, mushroom and some of the baking ingredients.  I prepared the pancake batter in advance.  Dangs cooked it.  Mike fried the bacon and tried to dehydrate it by popping it in the oven after frying.  We were chatting, talking about   cooking, baking, etc. And before we knew it, my sister smelled something.  It's the bacon burning! Dang's was on the verge of crying. I felt bad because I saw how Mike tried to make that bacon perfectly crispy and dry.  And Mike obviously was frustrated.  Good thing that Denise bought two packs so we still had another pack to fry.

Eventually, we managed to wrap up the cooking.  And everything was served on the table.

Of course, everyone wanted a piece of everything in their own plates.  So that's what we did.

Five hearty and beautiful brunch plates.  Mike and Vicky shared a plate. Denise accidentally purged her photo. And Mitchie arrived late.

Having brunch in a hipster cafe here would cost roughly $13-$20 so since there's eight of us, that meal alone would have cost us more than a hundred.  But since we made it in-house, i assumed that would have cost us around $50.

Next time, I wanna do a picnic.