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| - I liked being greeted by the chefs the minute we stepped through the door. It set my mood for the morning, and I had a feeling our brunch experience there was going to be just lovely. Unfortunately, my psychic powers failed me.
I wasn't impressed with the food. I ordered the waffles w strawberry sauce, whipped mascarpone and wildflower honey. It came as a singular waffle, quite small, with a single dollop of what was more like strawberry jam than sauce in the middle. Crowning this was the mascarpone, which somehow had a powdery texture to it. I was actually concerned that perhaps it had spoiled, and I promptly scooped it off to the side. The waffle was rather tasteless and heavy. No idea where the wildflower honey was used. I tend to think it was left off.
My brunch partner loved the bacon on his order. I'm a vegetarian so I can't vouch for it personally, but I feel it's only fair to mention that the bacon has a good rep. Maybe I ordered poorly. Who knows?
The back of the menu is quite amusing, and lists one or two popular memes (web and otherwise), such as "Unattended Children Will Be Given an Espresso and a Free Puppy". It's a welcome distraction from the decor. The deep yellow on the walls, and the framed sepia pictures hanging on them, made me feel like I was in a late 70's department-store tea room. The tables were lining the longer walls of the room, but this created a very wide gauntlet down the centre of the dining area. It felt awkward, like looking at a painting with too much negative space.
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