Jones the grocer: A weekday brunch

May 5, 2009 | 23 Comments

I have a friend, his name is Jones. He is a grocer, and he ain’t a normal grocer. Gourmet products, that’s right.  All the customers would drop by and waved, “Hello Jones!”. And the kids would peeked around curiously, and oh yes, they had a song which goes something like this;

Jones the grocer, Can we eat it?

Jones the grocer, Yes we can!

Jones the grocer, I want some food!

Jones the grocer, Come and get it!

My latest breakfast-brunch crave brought me to Jones the grocer, because they are one of the few that serves brunch during weekdays (the other few being Prive, Rider’s, and Casa Verde).

Much as I liked having brunch on a lazy Sunday morning, but the idea of having it during a WEEKDAY enthralls me even more! Well the rest of the world rushed off to work, I’m slowly sipping a cup of coffee, having my favourite eggs, and reading the newspaper. You get the idea?

I want breakfast. I want eggs. I want pancakes.

Pancakes we wanted, and Coconut pancakes ($12.5) we got! Sour mango wasn’t exactly what we expected, but it presented a contrast with the syrup, well they called it the palm sugar syrup here. Whatever, all the syrup tasted the same to me, sweet and sweet!

And did you see what I saw? Vanilla beans! Tiny speaks of vanilla beans! I’m not going to go into the story of how excited I’ll become when I saw the beans, but, I’m excited! It was nice having vanilla beans with pancakes, but we did felt that it would be better to have it with butter and syrup for breakfast at least. And oh ya, the pancakes here are one of the thickest-I-ever-came-across.

Jones english breakfast ($20). I’ll like to call it the best-of-everything. Poached eggs, grilled bacon, pork sausages, sautéed mushroom, and even slow roasted tomato for some nutritional balance! What is there not to like?

I can never resist the golden-yellow egg yolk flowing out of the pure egg white: striptease – stop playing with me or I’ll eat you up! I put the poached eggs, bacon, and mushroom on top of the sourdough (the sausage was too huge to fit in on top), and I tried to put everything in one bite.

Well I failed of course, but that’s obviously what I intended to; in this way I could repeat and repeat the same full-mouth-process until I finished the whole thing, and wanting more.

Total bill was $35.75 for the brunch, they had 10% service charge but the 7% GST was already included in the bill. Was it expensive? No, for the mere thought that I was having my breakfast while the rest of the world were busy slogging it out in the office, that’s something priceless.

But for weekday brunch, I’ll prefer Rider’s and Prive if you have your own transport, not that it is easy to get to dempsey either.

Jones the grocer
9 Dempsey road
#01-12 Tanglin Village
Tel: 6476 1512

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23 Responses to “Jones the grocer: A weekday brunch”

  1. Evan
    May 5th, 2009 @ 11:10 am

    omggggg the pancakes, its to die for!!!! and since when hv u become as crazy over the little specks in vanilla bean as i do? :D

    is that song for real? i’ve only heard ‘me & mrs jones’ haha. and that cheese room!!! its ok, i’ll go there very soon *winks*

  2. noobcook
    May 5th, 2009 @ 2:28 pm

    great photos! The colours are all so vibrant. I love the looks of those tasty pancakes =)

  3. ladyironchef
    May 5th, 2009 @ 8:44 pm

    Evan: lol! it’s super thick! oh, after trying the best, u can’t settled for the second :D And the song, u need to sing the rhythm again, its so obvious! haha

    noobcook: heh thanks! yeah i want butter for my pancakes! lots of butter and syrup haha

  4. Jacelyn
    May 5th, 2009 @ 9:42 pm

    oh my slurp. i love mangoes :D

  5. sean
    May 5th, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

    get thee to ps cafe for brunch on a weekend. they don’t take reservations but with the current economy, none is required. everything on the menu is good. ignore the ratatouille at your own peril.

  6. ladyironchef
    May 5th, 2009 @ 9:57 pm

    jacelyn: hahahahahah it’s a good combination, mango with pancakes *wink*

    sean: haha it’s my first time seeing u comment dude! yea i know, been wanting to go ps cafe *hint hint* anybody? HAHA

  7. eggtoast
    May 5th, 2009 @ 10:40 pm

    wow… hw come u dun have to work! so shiok… i love their pancakes too :)

    eggtoasts last blog post..Yoshimaru Ramen Bar

  8. ladyironchef
    May 5th, 2009 @ 10:49 pm

    eggtoast: I happen to have “off” that day. heh

  9. Nic (KHKL)
    May 6th, 2009 @ 1:41 pm

    jones’ a friend of mine too! met “it” one fine sunday afternoon, over a smoked salmon bagel. good stuff! check it out next time, dude!

    Nic (KHKL)s last blog post..Soon Lei

  10. ladyironchef
    May 6th, 2009 @ 2:12 pm

    Nic (KHKL): hahahaha looks like all of us are friends. lol

  11. Evan
    May 6th, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

    what song is that? sing for me nx time la!

    and hor, the thought of ppl slogging at work while u having a leisure breakfast is not priceless, is SADISTIC! nx time i surely go enjoy myself while u r at work muahahaha *evil laughter*

  12. FFichiban
    May 6th, 2009 @ 7:07 pm

    Hee hee do you sing the song while you browse as well :P ? And oh my, those pancakes look soooo good! and Love your photos ^^!

    FFichibans last blog post..A Taste of Sweden: IKEA – Rhodes, Sydney

  13. ladyironchef
    May 7th, 2009 @ 12:30 am

    Evan: haha its such a familiar song, u just need to read through the lines a few more times. lol! ah, its a nice feeling :)

    FFichiiban: hahaha i sing it in my heart :p Yeah the pancakes are good, thanks!

  14. zay
    May 8th, 2009 @ 2:00 pm

    lololols. does the song goes…

    Bob the Builder, can we build it?
    ….
    (I forgot what comes after this)

  15. chewbb
    May 8th, 2009 @ 5:10 pm

    ohhh… the food make me hungry… :OP

  16. ladyironchef
    May 8th, 2009 @ 7:33 pm

    zay: Dang dang! You hit the jackpot! heh. I can’t believe it, i thought everyone will know the tune I’m writing to. lol!

    chewbb: heh then i considered my job done, to make u hungry :)

  17. food-4tots
    May 19th, 2009 @ 5:01 pm

    what an enjoyable weekday brunch! Looking the English breakfast, I feel so hungry now……It goes well with a cup of coffee…..Heavenly! ;)

  18. ladyironchef
    May 19th, 2009 @ 5:46 pm

    food-3tots: hehe yeah weekday brunch is nice! I’m getting hungry myself just by looking at my own photos!

  19. rabbittrick
    July 1st, 2009 @ 9:40 am

    ooof…. hungry!!

    Brunch is an all-day affair, really. Once you eat it at that hour between breakfast & lunch, and you settle into a nice, slow pace for the day, you can’t do anything to mess that up. All-day high. lol.

  20. ladyironchef
    July 2nd, 2009 @ 9:28 am

    rabbittrick: yep totally agree. The euphoria keeps you going whole day! i love brunch man. hahahahaha

  21. jeffkoh
    March 5th, 2010 @ 8:46 pm

    Well, looks like in this busy modern society, more people are taking brunch most of the time including myself! :)

  22. Singaporeotah
    March 5th, 2010 @ 8:48 pm

    Yummy! These are great selections

  23. Samantha
    October 22nd, 2010 @ 12:22 pm

    Juz an update.. No brunch on weekdays now..disappointing.

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