First of Many - Furlough

My blog is getting a new addition and I am so excited to share this first post with everyone!

I have been hiding in the closet for long enough and its time to come out - I am a serial brunchoholic! Every weekend my partner in crime Anthony (who is also a brunchoholic) and I go out hunting for treasure spots around the city, followed by a brunch feast and more often than not a tummy ache from overeating (but who cares...). We then hunt for the perfect cup of coffee, because usually brunch for us is really a breakfast (waking up on weekends before 11am is not allowed in our home :)). 

I love the city I live in, despite the never-ending winters, it has so much to offer. So if its cold out, we drown our winter blues in good food and coffee. 

So I thought why not share these amazing brunch adventures around the city as part of my new Sunday's Best series. This series is all about non-mass produced unique finger licking delicious brunch food with a twist. Food Art, I call it.

We stumbled upon Furlough by accident. We decided to take a walk along Queen Street West, one of the most brunch-infested places in the city, on a Sunday afternoon and find a random place to have brunch. By 3 pm the restaurant had two couples and a small group at the bar and they had interesting looking pots of food in front of them that intrigued us. The ambiance is mad men inspired, with dark cherry wood furniture and eerie looking but interesting vintage wall art. Water was served in a Bourbon bottle set and the food came in classy English country house -inspired dishes. 

I ordered the good old eggs benny with lobster (for some reason not shown in their online menu) and potato rosti. This dish was great, the hollandaise sauce was just perfect but rosti was not the Swedish rosti I'm used to but more of fried potatoes, which were nevertheless tasty. Anthony had croque madame, which i tasted and it was incredibly delicious (I highly recommend this dish). See the full brunch menu at Furlough's here.

This was another successful brunch that made it to my first post of the Sunday's Best series. I hope your mouth is  already watering and you're counting days till Sunday (or Saturday, why not get a head start!?). 

I hope you enjoy this brunch series and get inspired to treat your palate :)

-Oliya