Sunday Brunch - Bacar, Soho

 

A couple of weeks ago J was out on a weekend business trip, and I joined my friend Marie and her boyfriend Roger for Sunday brunch. Sunday brunch in Hong Kong is ok, but nothing special, as far as I see it. Paris is my favorite city when it comes to yummy brunches, with all those French pastries... heaven!! Anyway, we chose Bacar in Soho for our brunch and it was quite good, specially price/quality wise.

Both Marie and Roger went for the eggs benedict. They come with bacon but since Roger is a vegetarian got it changed to salmon instead, which looked way yummier! The price for the brunch sets is around HK$100, service charge included. There's several options to choose from, and I went for the Breakfast Pizza, which was good although very meaty, and I'm not such a fan of meat either.

The best thing of the brunch set is it's served with the drink of your choice, the regular tea or coffee selection or cocktails or smoothies. Marie and I had the strawberry and apple smoothie and it was DELISH! That smoothie is already worth half the price of the set.

Visited on: 10 March, 2013
Overall Quality: 4*
Price: Around HK$100 for a brunch set
Value for Money: 4.5*
Would I recommend it? Yes! It's a great choice at very competitive prices for a brunch in Soho. 

Bacar
38, Shelley St
Soho

The Herbivores

I love Staunton Street. There's so many small, cozy restaurants to choose from, it always takes me a while to choose which one to go into. Some days ago, Chloris and I went to The Herbivores, a new vegetarian restaurant, for brunch.

Brunch consists of a choice of a main dish, a drink and a set dessert. There are 5 dishes to choose from, and we got the Eggs Benedict and the Bruschetta to share. Both dishes were not up to our expectations. The eggs benedict were a bit sour because of the tomato, and the bruschetta was actually on toast bread {I mean, really?!}

 The dessert was a chocolate mousse which was more of a chocolate paste, and it turned out to be my favorite part of the meal. I wonder if their a la carte menu is any better, but as far as the brunch set goes, I wouldn't recommend it.

Visited on: February 23, 2013

Overall Quality: 3.5*

Price: HK$128 + 10% service charge per head for the brunch set

Value for Money: 3.5*

Would I recommend it? Not really, at least not the brunch

The Herbivores

35 Staunton Street

Central

18 Grams - The best eggs benedict in Hong Kong... so far

I might have just found the best eggs benedict in town! By now I'm sure you're more than aware of my passion for eggs benedict and, until my visit to 18 grams, I had always rated Brick Lane top 1, but I LOVED the ones at 18 Grams even more. 18 Grams has three branches in Hong Kong, in Mong Kok {the one I went to}, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. I don't know about the other two but the one in Mong Kok is pretty small!

We had the soup of the day {French onion soup}, an Aussie breakfast, eggs Hemingway {these are the ones to go for, not the eggs benedict which come with ham instead of salmon}, and cappuccinos. The food was really good while the coffee was average. 

Visited on: December 30, 2012

Overall Quality: 4.5*

Price: Soup of the day $32; Aussie Breakfast $99; Eggs Hemingway $89; Cappuccino $33; + 10 % service charge

Value for Money: 4.5*

Would I recommend it? Yes! It's a great place for all-day breakfast.

The Brunch Club & Supper - Causeway Bay

As soon as I stepped into the Brunch Club & Supper I was reminded of my university exchange days back in Beijing. I told this to J and he couldn't help but to feel puzzled because there is nothing Chinese at the Brunch Club & Supper! The truth though is it reminded me deeply of a cafe where we used to hang out a lot in Wudaokou, the neighborhood of some of the most renowned universities in China: BLCU, Tsinghua and Peking University. With these three universities welcoming thousands of exchange students every year, the Wudaokou area is filled up with western style cafes and clubs. I unfortunately forgot the name of that particular cafe the Brunch Club & Supper reminded me of, but I remember the place very well, as well as the yummy food they served and all the good memories that remained, especially the ones with Sarah, an Australian girl with whom I became inseparable for the whole exchange period, to the point where it was difficult to see one of us if the other was not around.

Back to the Brunch Club & Supper, this is a great choice for an all-day breakfast. They have the common sets, continental or american, as well as other breakfast favorites such as eggs benedict, waffles or pancakes among others. They also have non-breakfast food like pasta or salads. We went there for brunch and J had the continental set (a very healthy choice!) while I had eggs benedict with smoked salmon (one of my favorite choices for breakfast as I already mentioned on a previous post!) along with a cup of Hot Chocolate with Almonds and Caramel. Eggs benedict + hot chocolate definitely makes for a great start to the day!

Check out their website here: http://www.brunch-club.org/

Visited on: 27 October, 2012

Overall quality: 4*

Price: Continental Set (including a cup of coffee and fresh orange juice) = HK$98; Eggs benedict with Salmon = HK$88; Hot Chocolate with Almonds = $40; + 10% service charge

Value for Money: 4*

Would I recommend it? It's a nice option for brunch. Give it a try!

1/F, 13 Leighton Rd, Causeway Bay. Sun-Thu 9am-11pm, Fri-Sat 9am-late.