Alrighty so I’m a tad behind, oops!
Last weekend, thanks to daylight savings time I got to go to Sunday Brunch. 🙂
This may not seem like a big deal, but you’re probably also a person who has the option of going to Sunday Brunch most Sundays and you decide if you go or not. I never get to go because I work 7am-3pm on Sundays. No brunch for moi.
Anyways! Because of daylight savings my shift and the person who usually works the evening shift on Sunday swapped…I just realized the reason behind why we swapped isn’t self-evident lol I also work Saturday nights until 9pm. I am a night owl so I get home Saturdays, have a cup of tea and a snack, watch some tv or go online or read or whatever. I go to bed between 12am-2am and if I am lucky am asleep by 2:30am, usually I am not lucky and I toss and turn until my alarm goes off at a ridiculous 5:30am. This means on an average, non daylight savings time Sunday I am going about my day with approximately 3 hours of sleep, and not a deep restful sleep but a crappy sleep. I am fine with this, I am used to this, I can totally handle this. Try to take away one of my measly hours of sleep though and I will call out the hounds of hell and make everyone in my little section of the world miserable. Miserable! Hence, the lady who normally works Sunday evenings taking my morning shift, so I don’t kill people from lack of sleep. 🙂
I didn’t want to squander this rare chance to go to brunch so I texted a couple of friends and off to brunch we went. It was so nice to have a relaxed Sunday morning where someone was serving me instead of me running around like a crazy person because Sundays are busy at my work – and woefully understaffed. *rolls eyes*
We went to toby’s…the lower case ‘t’ is their doing, not me being disrespectful, or ignorant of the rules of capitalization lol
The description on the website says:
“Toby’s, a new and exciting Gastro pub-style restaurant. Industrial style décor donning old Guiness Factory murals and modern yet nostalgic feel, Toby’s offers Irish and Celtic inspired dishes with an influence of eastern spices along with many vegetarian and gluten-free options.”
I can’t say that it struck me as being overly modern or nostalgic, and I didn’t notice any dishes on the brunch menu that seemed Irish or Celtic inspired lol but that’s just me being difficult. I actually like toby’s. 🙂
The waitress was a tad slow but friendly, it had a lot of windows so great lighting, a random combination of people (as you’d expect in any restaurant), in general a fun relaxed atmosphere.
I tried to be good and ordered off the “healthy” section, or as they call it “Light Fare Breakfast”. My meal was deeeelish but there was nothing light about it lol
I ordered the Banana Pecan Buckwheat Pancakes – it came with 4 turkey bacon strips and 2 scrambled egg whites for $8.75.
Banana Pecan Buckwheat Pancakes with turkey bacon and scrambled egg whites
I drowned the pancakes in syrup cause that is my way and oh man was the whole thing amazingly tasty! I ate the eggs and turkey bacon first, figuring I should fill up on the healthy part of the meal before chowing down on pancakes lol I am a sucker for pancakes, Mmm! I enjoyed how the addition of the sliced banana let me delude myself in to thinking the meal was healthy. 😛
Buckwheat pancakes, go figure. I had no idea what I was getting in to, I had horrible visions of super dry gross pancakes, but if you hadn’t told me they were buckwheat I can’t say for certain I would have noticed anything different about them. I’m not entirely certain what buckwheat is, I have to find time to google it, and I’m not sure why using buckwheat makes the pancakes miraculously healthy but hey, I’ll take it!
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