I am writing this down so I will remember what a nice Saturday morning feels like.
Saturday, Feb 18:
Had booked tickets for Brokeback Mountain at Cineleisure Orchard, 11am screening. I do prefer early morning screenings, cos there's still some of the day left ahead of you when you are done with the movie.
So woke up early, and took a cab to town at 9.20am; a bit kiasu perhaps, but hey, there must be time set aside for breakfast. Reached town by 9.45am (naturally, no traffic jam), so had lots of time to spare for breakfast.
Have always preferred Orchard Road in the mornings where there's much fewer people; I felt like a tourist then, cos it's only in a foreign city that one can be bothered to roam the shops so early in the morning by simply stepping out of the hotel. But where to go for breakfast? We just headed towards Centrepoint with no idea really, when we spotted a nice new-looking 'The Coffee Connoisseur' outlet that is located next to Centrepoint. I was never aware that an outlet existed there.
Now, I am more used to hawker centres for Saturday morning breakfasts, but since it's Orchard, we figured we might as well try TCC's breakfast menu. So we stepped in, and got a nice corner spot with spacious sofas. What I ordered: American breakfast set for $6.90 which came with coffee AND orange juice, scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of ham, toast, sausage, and potato puffs.
And I must say that I enjoyed the TCC breakfast experience more than expected. The scrambled eggs were generous, the ham and sausage tasted great, the toast went well with the strawberry jam, the coffee was very fragrant (it's from TCC, they had better serve good coffee), the orange juice had lots of pulp, and you could never go wrong with potato puffs which were actually tiny round hashbrowns. The cool aircon, the sofa and I.S magazine also went into making it a nice leisurely breakfast. Although it costs more than breakfast at McDonald's, it was worth it; McDonald's coffee has always tasted like longkang chwee anyway, and they don't have sofas.
Then it was on to Brokeback Mountain after breakfast. A worthwhile film. The sight of 2 men embracing on screen brought back to mind the equally controversial film, Kinsey.
Saturday, Feb 18:
Had booked tickets for Brokeback Mountain at Cineleisure Orchard, 11am screening. I do prefer early morning screenings, cos there's still some of the day left ahead of you when you are done with the movie.
So woke up early, and took a cab to town at 9.20am; a bit kiasu perhaps, but hey, there must be time set aside for breakfast. Reached town by 9.45am (naturally, no traffic jam), so had lots of time to spare for breakfast.
Have always preferred Orchard Road in the mornings where there's much fewer people; I felt like a tourist then, cos it's only in a foreign city that one can be bothered to roam the shops so early in the morning by simply stepping out of the hotel. But where to go for breakfast? We just headed towards Centrepoint with no idea really, when we spotted a nice new-looking 'The Coffee Connoisseur' outlet that is located next to Centrepoint. I was never aware that an outlet existed there.
Now, I am more used to hawker centres for Saturday morning breakfasts, but since it's Orchard, we figured we might as well try TCC's breakfast menu. So we stepped in, and got a nice corner spot with spacious sofas. What I ordered: American breakfast set for $6.90 which came with coffee AND orange juice, scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of ham, toast, sausage, and potato puffs.
And I must say that I enjoyed the TCC breakfast experience more than expected. The scrambled eggs were generous, the ham and sausage tasted great, the toast went well with the strawberry jam, the coffee was very fragrant (it's from TCC, they had better serve good coffee), the orange juice had lots of pulp, and you could never go wrong with potato puffs which were actually tiny round hashbrowns. The cool aircon, the sofa and I.S magazine also went into making it a nice leisurely breakfast. Although it costs more than breakfast at McDonald's, it was worth it; McDonald's coffee has always tasted like longkang chwee anyway, and they don't have sofas.
Then it was on to Brokeback Mountain after breakfast. A worthwhile film. The sight of 2 men embracing on screen brought back to mind the equally controversial film, Kinsey.
