Wild Rocket II: The last brunch

May 30, 2009 | 9 Comments

It’s Sunday, the seventh day of the week; when lazy people wake up with the sun shining at their bum, to go for a hearty, big brunch.The idea of having eggs, pancakes, waffles for breakfast while watching the world slipped away; it was too irresistible.

The sun was high up in the sky, getting sweaty and sticky wasn’t really what we had in mind for a lazy Sunday brunch; which left us with only one mode of transport – taxi.

We soon arrived, at Wild rocket, Mount Emily. The day is ahead of us, all day long.

The first nibble

I was horrified by the mere thought of dipping the bread into vinegar, not vinegar, balsamic vinegar you corrected. And a dab of olive oil, what a ‘nice’ way to eat your bread.

Unfortunately, it was not as rosy like what we had in mind. In place of the old ala carte brunch menu, there’s the set brunch instead; and sadly there wasn’t any pancakes, waffles or eggs Benedict. We flipped the pages of the menu and finally decided on one set brunch, and one additional main course.

Pan-seared tuna Wild rocket salad

Light ginger dressing, lovely. The bitter-cold rockets, was not what I wanted for a hearty meal. But at least the pan-seared tuna weight in for the carnivore in me. And oh, there was mandarin orange too, what a pleasant surprise.

Scrambled eggs home-smoked salmon foccacia

Scrambled eggs. I adore (read: love) eggs. Over easy eggs, or scrambled eggs were hardly what you considered a value choice when there’s the famous wild rocket burger, or their signature laksa pesto linguini available on the same menu; but we wanted eggs, and eggs we got.

Believed it or not, the scrambled eggs were most excellent with the hollandaise sauce, tossed in some rockets, with some smoked salmon on a foccacia; this, was what I meant by B-r-u-n-c-h.

Black squid ink risotto

And then it appeared. Rising out from the ocean, the most hideous, gruesome, and black thing you ever see, it arrived on our shores. We stared at it for a second, okay, who’s first? Our eyes connected again, sending signals ‘you-try-first‘ across.

I carefully placed a spoonful of the black thing into my mouth, if I may, O-M-G! We threw away any pretenses, facade that we’ve before, and tucked in. I sniggered at you, pointing to the black stain by your mouth, you snorted at me, for the black blot on my teeth; there wasn’t any need for us to behave like a gentleman and lady any further. Boy, the risotto was good, and filling too.

This, ought to be, the most, unglamorous meal we ever had. But we love it!

Kueh buloh Tiramisu

The end. The arrival of the dessert symbolised to us that its time to go. But before that, let us try the tiramisu. Strangely, I couldn’t recall how it tasted like. I vaguely remembered having a dig at it, and both of us kept quiet, and dug more, and then, it’s gone.

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Note:

(1) The 3 course Weekend set brunches is available at $26
(2) Black squid ink risotto is from the ala carte menu, $23.80
(3) Taxi up to Wild rocket from Cathay was $3.50, walking down took us just 10 minutes

Wild Rocket at Mount Emily
10A Upper Wilkie road
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Tel: 6339 9448

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9 Responses to “Wild Rocket II: The last brunch”

  1. Fatkuraprincess
    May 30th, 2009 @ 11:55 am

    I din try the risotto! Mr NONO (my bf) say no to that! And he din gimme gift!ROAR~! u saw my previous msg in “sweet nibbles” entry?

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  2. Life for Beginners
    May 30th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm

    The tiramisu that was just a memory, the inky stains on our teeth and our smiles, the quick nibbles and the quicker peeks at you and I… this is what soft, simple Sundays are made of… and the stuff of nostalgia of days past in days to come…

    :)

    Life for Beginnerss last blog post..Humanly

  3. ladyironchef
    May 30th, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

    Fatkuraprincess: Yep i saw your previous comment. Nvm, next time u must try the black squid ink pasta/risotto from somewhere else :)

    LFB: The risotto will always brought back fond memories for me, the meals that we enjoyed together, the conversation and laughter that accompanied it, everything seem just yesterday.

  4. Sugar Bean
    May 31st, 2009 @ 12:16 am

    Haha, the tiramisu is that delicious, gotta dig faster if you want to eat more! I’ve been to a restaurant serving black squid ink pasta, was about to order, then decided not too coz the colour was really intimidating! Haha!

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  5. Jo
    May 31st, 2009 @ 1:34 am

    Looks like a simple good brunch for a lazy weekend morning. The eggs look inviting…

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  6. lauffabug
    May 31st, 2009 @ 1:48 am

    i’d love to try the squid ink risotto!! love squid ink.. heh heh

    lauffabugs last blog post..Saturday Lunch @ Gunther’s

  7. ladyironchef
    May 31st, 2009 @ 10:51 am

    Sugar bean: hahahaha but if i dig faster, that means my partner will eat less, good things must share :) yeah you should give black squid ink a try, i’ve been putting it off until now, it’s a good change from the usual pastas

    Jo: hahaha the scrambled eggs are better than it looks! yeah if only we can enjoy brunch like that every morning

    lauffabug: looks like u try them before yeah? next time i’m gonna try squid ink pasta. heh

  8. lauffabug
    May 31st, 2009 @ 8:37 pm

    squid ink pasta yes, risotto no. u must try the pasta inc one!!! i think it’s by far the best i have tried :p

    lauffabugs last blog post..Saturday Lunch @ Gunther’s

  9. ladyironchef
    June 1st, 2009 @ 8:41 pm

    lauffabug: haha pasta inc at jalan besar quite ulu, next time if i happen to pass by :)

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