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In my second year of university, I decided that I wanted to try a different London restaurant each week in an attempt to eat my way through London. I had considered this a failed resolution until last Friday, when I found an A Taste for Life bookmark with my bill at trü. Looking at the list of participating restaurants, I realized that I may have actually managed to try most of the restaurants (worth trying) in London. » Read the rest of this entry «

This past weekend, a good friend of mine hosted a brunch at her place and tried some new recipes on us. When we arrived, she had written her menu on a board!

The brunch consisted of muffins, breakfast squares, pancakes, bacon, and pastries, as well as orange juice (with or without champagne¹).

Everything was made with loving care and of course, from scratch.

These breakfast squares had a layer of homemade cranberry jam, topped with baked brown sugar and egg whites. The top layer was especially good, the brown sugar definitely came through.

The muffins were made from a pumpkin base, so they were a lot less sweet than the cranberry-brown sugar breakfast squares.

Homemade pancakes with blackberry compote (or maple syrup) and strips of bacon came out piping hot. The pancakes were light but held their form well.

To note in this picture:

• Someone will always stop at Tim Hortons before breakfast, because we. are. Canadian.
• Someone will always pull their Blackberry out and put it on the table, because we. are. business students.
• Homemade whipped cream. Also, I forgot to take a picture of the quince pastries but they were probably the most delicious of all (and probably took the most time to make because, let’s face it, homemade pastries are a bitch.)
• I was apparently the only one who deemed it appropriate to drink champagne at 10 in the morning, but with good food and good company, I had a lot to celebrate.

All in all, a huge success! I think my foodie circle is widening. Woohoo!

1. Although for me, it was more like “champagne, with or without orange juice.” [↩]

Summerlicious is here! Summerlicious is here!
I have already made my list and check it twice, so there will be some reviews coming shortly.

When I am not frequenting Summerlicious restaurants, I will be eating my way through the local/organic food joints of the city. I also have a list of vegan restaurants that I am dying to try.

Finally, I am still on the lookout for the best brunch and best Thai in the city.

How will I fit all this eating into the next two months of summer? We’ll see!