Sweet, Sweet Gluttony

Definition:
1. Habitual eating to excess.
2. Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
3. Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity

Today was the big day, a double header!!! Brunch at 10am followed by Lunch at Noon. Today I was a GLUTTON and I refuse to apologise for it! There is nothing more gorgeous than sharing a meal with the people you love most, your family and friends. And today, I got to do it twice.

Brunch was at New in Town with the fantabulous Miss Sheena and her and Sue's adorable kidlets, Charlotte Sofia and Oliver.

The breakfast menu looked good, had to do a quick double take on the pricelist though as there was no way I could be reading it right (I was!!!)

I ordered the Big New in Town Breakfast, for $13. You get 2 eggs (I ordered mine poached and they came out perfect! Getting poached eggs perfect is a true talent, they were super gorgeous); bacon; polish grilled sausage; sautéed mushroom and spinach; grilled tomato; hash brown all served with toast. $13 frikken dollars = FRIKKEN AWESOME

Sheena and Charlotte both ordered the BLAT for $8 - Bacon; Lettuce; Avocado and Bacon on Turkish and Sofia had Bacon & Eggs for $7.

If you're looking for a relaxed, family friendly cafe that serves good food at great prices, you have to check this place out. And the staff are so nice too, none of that inner city snobbery and bullshit! And they have magnadoodles for the kids, truth be told I wanted to play with it too :-)

What a heavenly way to spend the morning: great company, great conversation and great food. And the bill came to less than $42, that's a good morning out if you ask me!!

THESE GIRLS ARE SO TALENTED AND I REALLY WANTED TO PLAY TOO, MAYBE NEXT TIME

YOU KNOW THE PLACE IS OK IF THE TODDLER IS SMILING

After a short stroll with the girls and Ollie we parted ways and I made my way to destination no 2 - The Botany View Hotel. I met Mrs Sarah outside, it honestly looked like we were the only people in there, apart from the staff - never a good thing. Now the downstairs bar is not at all impressive, but it gets better as you move further back. We chose to sit outside in the upstairs courtyard which was a surprisingly pretty spot, thank god for the shade cloth though.

Soon after Miss Tahu and Miss Nat, with hubby Anthony in tow joined us and we got to the business of drinking (usually this is the part people would discuss the beers on tap and the offerings from the wine cellar, but as I drink neither and know sweet fuck all about either I'll just tell you the lemonade I had was just the right combination of syrup and soda)

The breeze was lovely as we chatted, lots of interesting people coming in and out, the couple behind us seemed to have no problem with PDA, and I honestly didn't know you could get your tongue that far down someone’s throat. It looked almost painful at times, I had to stare straight at Tahu at one point as it was making me physically ill. Oh and Gav came too. YAY

The food was a little pricey for a pub, but FUCK ME it was GOOD!!!I don't think I've ever had food so good in a pub, BLOODY BRILLIANT. I took photos of almost everyone’s meals, but I had a brain fart and forgot to take one. Sarah got served first and finished eating before I remembered. It's such a shame too, it looked and smelt amazing. She had the Pumpkin and Goats Cheese Ravioli with baby spinach and roasted capsicum. Mass Bloggers FAIL on my part. It must have been good though, there was not a scrap left on the plate

Nat had the Chicken Burrito ($17) which looked sizeable and smelt really yummy

Anthony had the Chicken Burger ($12) served with fries, it was HUGE.

Tahu had the Greek style Chicken with parmesan mash and grilled haloumi, drizzled with Chilli oil ($25). Can I just say it looked and smelled insanely good.

Gav had the Coconut Battered Bugs with Rocket and baby beets ($23) I almost wished I had ordered it when it came out. Almost.

And I had the Lamb Rump rolled in rosemary salt with creamy mash, grilled haloumi and red wine jus ($25). It was possibly one of the prettiest plates I've ever seen! I am pretty sure I had a mini orgasm with the first bite, the lamb was so tender and the jus was bliss. Without doubt the best pub food I've EVER had.

A bloody good day out with wonderful people and frikken brilliant food. If I had worn jeans I would have had to Al Bundy it on the way home, coz my belly was full. Once in a while a little Gluttony is OK, maybe even necessary. A BIG THANK YOU to Sheena, Charlie, Sofia, Ollie, Sarah, Gav, Tahu, Nat and Anthony for a FANTABULOUS DAY! Cannot wait for the next instalment, possibly late Feb as I am a broke arse bitch til then.

xoxo