A Quick Brunch To Manage A Crazy Work Schedule
Crazy work schedules have become a part of our mismanaged lifestyle, we have lot of things to do, and time always seems to be running out. Balancing healthy meals and busy lives becomes challenging. Morning rush hour is a time of hurry, and skipping breakfast has become routine.
Calorie-rich business lunch are a no-no, because you don’t want an expanded stomach that makes you feel tired, sluggish and drowsy, certainly not when you have a busy afternoon schedule ahead. Hunger pangs are a natural outcome of this lifestyle, and short of starving or having a sumptuous lunch, you look for a ‘lighter’ meal option, one that drives away the hunger, and keeps you powered.
If you’ve visited New York, its common to hear a group of friends say “Lets go have a brunch somewhere…..”. Brunches are an old concept in the United States, but in our country its a new addition to our dining culture.
Brunch is something that is served between breakfast and lunch, a kind of a breakfast/lunch hybrid. They are more of a breakfast-style food, served early in the afternoon. Brunches are light, but satiating, if you’re are busy executive on-the-go, and want to have a quick bite to power your energy levels, cafe and bakery eateries are an ideal choice for the brunches.
The typical menu of a Pan Asian/European specialty such as ‘The Mayflower’ for instance offers multiple options in its menu for quick bites, or should we say ‘brunches’.
An ‘American Breakfast’ listed in the menu for example consists of Sausages/Hash Browns, Grilled Tomatoes, Decked Classic Pancakes. It’s a perfect fare as a light meal. The choice is between Sausages or Hash Browns,
Similarly, an English Breakfast has Two Fried Eggs, Crispy Pepperoni/Hash Brown, and Grilled Mushrooms. You have a choice between Crispy Pepperoni or Hash Brown. This too qualifies as a good brunch to have as a soft and easy meal.
If you’re looking for a variation, the restaurant offers a Pan Asian brunch, it has Luksa Soup/Rice Conjee, Money Bag, Cup Tisane, and Panna Cotta.
Luksa Soup is a Malaysian Red-Curry Soup, it has a pleasantly spicy flavor, more of a coconut-curry broth, with rice noodles, tofu and crunchy peanuts in it.
The Rice Conjee as an alternative for the Luksa Soup. This typical rice porridge is thick and creamy. Its recognized as a healthy food, with garnishes and herbs, this Chinese fare promotes good health and digestion, it relieves inflammation and nourishes the immune system, something that our ‘curd rice’ too does.
The Money Bag is a traditional Thai savory, a wrapper that holds filings of mushrooms, or minced pork, or shrimps, with added condiments, it is served with sweet plum/chili sauce. The cup of Tisane is herbal tea, a decoction of fragrant herbs, barks, spices or flowers of a plant, certainly a healthy cup of tea to have.
Finally a dessert to compliment the brunch, the Panna Cotta that the restaurant serves with the Pan Asian fare, is a perfect dessert. The smooth texture of the ice-cream is elegantly pleated, with raspberry sweet sauce rolled over it.
Aside the combo brunch, the restaurant offers a variety of soups , ranging from ‘Smoked Tomato Basil’ to ‘Cream of Mushroom’, the soups with the ‘Choice of Eggs’ or ‘The Classic French Toast’ are perfect nibbles to have for a light meal.
‘The Buddha Bowls’ listed in the menu lists range of salads, from ‘Quinoa Chickpea Olive Salad’ to ‘Burrito Bowl Veg’.
The ‘Italian Pasta Salad’ with veggies and cheese is a sumptuous fill, or the ‘Falafel Bowl’ with tomatoes, micro greens, cucumber, grated carrots, served with creamy sauce, is just the right restorative meal to energize your afternoon. Not to forget the ‘Pancakes’ and ‘Waffles’, from ‘Vanilla & Hazelnuts’, ‘Roasted Marshmallows and Chocolate Chips’ to ‘Cheese & Sour Berry’, each one is ‘divine’.
