i love sunday brunch! it's just the awesome relaxing feel of Sunday that makes you want to laze around and combine two great meals in one (: and the sunday brunch at boathouse is definitely a decadent way to kickstart this beautiful day.
i love bread. i love pastries. omg. i love it when restaurants serve it at the beginning of a meal. i always have to resist wolfing down a whole lot of carbo before my meal actually starts, but it's so difficult! i simply love it. as always, i liked the croissants best. there is just something so classy about eating them haha. crisp and yummy (: there were also a bunch of tasty rolls, as well as some bread. i wasn't very impressed with the bread though. compared to the pastries, they were rather average.
boathouse has a brunch special which is priced at $48++ per person. it comes with the bread & pastry basket as mentioned above, as well as a choice of salad or soup (hors d'oeuvres), eggs or pancakes (main course), dessert or cheese trolley, coffee or tea, and fresh juice. it was absolutely delicious and i think it was worth every cent (:
mummy chose the grilled asparagus salad (a la carte price: $25) which had pancetta stresa, cheese smoothie, and was covered with walnut truffle viniagrette. the asparagus was beautifully grilled and had a lovely flavour. the accompanying cheese smoothie was light and airy, and come to think of it, it did feel as if i was 'eating air' haha.
the creameaux of cauliflower (a la carte price: $19) which papa ordered had to be the MOST DELICIOUS SOUP i've ever tasted!!! I absolutely loved it. a thick rich soup with scallops that melted in my mouth and the burst of the flavour of caviar when i bit into the little rounds just made it such a wonderful dish.
the bread and appetizers were already so awesome. it just made us keep wanting more, more, MORE! (: the mains didn't disappoint either (: the apple pancake ($18) was topped with a generous serving of sweet apple compote and raisins, and listen to this, there were FOUR pancakes. which restaurant ever serves four pancakes? :O i was completely blown away. perfect for sharing! ;) it came with maple syrup and...if i'm not wrong, creme fraiche! :D i do hope i'm right. it was a light cream with a tinge of sourness. interesting, although i felt that it didn't really go with the pancake. also, we did wish that the pancakes were a little fluffier, since they were kinda thin. but they were tasty anyway! (:
for the first time, the egg benedict ($18) didn't belong to me! :P hahaha. i'm such a fan of it, that now i've become quite picky about the quality. and i have to say that i felt the egg benedict here was not that great. the poached egg was wonderful, gorgeously poached. however, the bread was a teeny bit tough, not like the crispy brioche or soft muffin that is usually served. this was kind of in the middle, so not that great.
the caramalized banana pancake ($18) was really sweet!!! and i loved it haha. especially with the nutella sauce that came with it! can't go wrong ;)
zhen ordered the slowly cooked sunny side up ($15). the egg was nice and wobbly and i loved the ratte potato that came with it (:
i had the oven baked egg cocotte ($15) which was a really rich bacon leek fondue, with a fluffy egg and truffle emulsion!! it was a deliciously fragrant dish which i loved. but don't try to finish it on your own. i shared quite a bit of it, nearly half, and it was just right xD
for the brunch special, mummy ordered the chocolate (a la carte price: $15) for her dessert. simple as that. it was just different kinds of chocolate. haha. dark and white, with a pile of caramlised bananas and cocoa ice cream.
i pestered papa into ordering the cheese platter (a la carte price: $23). it was quite interesting! three types of cheeses, i couldn't catch the names (but i know there was one goat's cheese which i refused to touch) and it came with crackers by the side. mmmmm delicious! (:
i declare this the best brunch i've ever eaten :D
Boathouse
The Waterboat House
3 Fullerton Rd #04-01
Tel.: +65 65389038
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