breakast, the most important meal of the day

i love the idea of breakfast on weekends. on weekdays, i eat whatever is most convenient, so there's not much interest there. while i'm tempted to shell out $20 to have breakfast cooked for us, i try to make breakfast for us so that I can be sure it is relatively healthy and cheap.

Here's what we had this weekend:

Cranberry walnut bread from picketlane bakery with hillshire farm ham. the bread was yummy, dotted with sweet cranberry and walnuts, even better when toasted.

someone at work mentioned that the south americans like to put avocados on toast and have it for breakfast. i know avocados have good fat that is good for peeps with high cholesterol so decided to make it for him. using rosemary sourdough from costco, i toasted it, drizzled olive oil over it and rubbed raw garlic to give it that wonderful aroma garlicky bite without it being too overpowering.  sliced some avocados and laid it on top and finished it with some sea salt and black pepper. this is so yummy, the crunchy bread with the creamy avocado, accented with garlic, salt and pepper...mmmm...

Haven Gastropub in Orange

Yelp is my new best friend in the States.  After having the wonderful truffle fries at Barracks @ House in Dempsey Hill 2 nights in a row several months ago, I was hoping to find the same delicacy in this part of the world.  Yelp told me I can find it at Haven Gastropub, so when family decided to meet up for a meal, I jumped at the chance to suggest the restaurant.

It being a Friday night, the wait was rather long (40 mins) especially since they do not allow reservations for parties of smaller than 7 (we had 6, boo hoo).  When we finally got in, the restaurant was slightly on the noisier side with it being a pub and tvs tuned to sports.

I was torn about what to order for my main entree, I was tempted to order everything in the snacks section but refrained.  We decided to get the home-made chips and truffle fries to share.  The chips and fries were fried a tad bit too long and were on the dark side.  The chips were also too heavily salted and truffle taste on the fries was not too distinctive.  Nonetheless, I couldn't help but keep eating them coz potatoes in hot oil are my besties!

for the main, i decided to get the margarita flat bread, can't go wrong with it. the tomato paste was seasoned just nicely, not too tart.

the other mains ordered were the lamb burger (which was ordered as medium rare hence the gamey taste was too overpowering), shepherd's pie, waffles and chicken and the scallops.  The scallops were delish, with a caramelized crust outside and the inside was still pinkish!  And it just so happened we just watched masterchef the other day and Gordon Ramsey was so impressed with the well-cooked scallops. I think I know what he's talking about.

not gonna comment on the beverages since I'm not big on alcoholic drinks but must say they have a very extensive list.

I think I was too engrossed in trying the truffle fries and that kinda disappointed.  Overall, this was an okay experience (maybe 3.5 stars outta 5) but i do like the feel of old towne orange...

my bad habit

so, it isn't a surprise to me that i neglected this space for over a month...yeah i can go with the usual work has been busy line, but truth be told i was too lazy to blog! it sux that blogger does not have an iphone app that allows blogging. i can still access the page and blog via the iphone, but the scaling of the page, the formatting aren't available.  i have not been conscientious in taking pictures of the yummy food i've had or made.  i will make it a point to update this regularly..wish me luck!

heading for an much anticipated meal @ Haven Gastropub this weekend!