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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
Today, 15 lovely guests boarded Brunch & Co Airlines for a whistle-stop tour to three of our favourite foodie destinations - Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. We had lots of fun setting our table with beautiful travel inspired placemats made by our pal, Lisa and boarding pass name cards which were a real hit!
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
On arrival, our guests were welcomed with homemade lemongrass cordial or cinnamon spiced iced tea to sip on at the departure lounge.
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
Once everybody had found our secret location, we swiftly fastened our seat belts and jetted off to Europe (Italy) for our first course of Panettone French toast served with caramelized pears and whipped mascarpone cream infused with orange blossom drizzled with glistening caramel-pear sauce. I had planned to have a go at making Ricotta cheese to go with this first course but will have to save that experiment for the next brunch event!
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
With tummies happy but still rumbling, we took off again to our next destination of North Africa (Tunisia) for our main course of Shakshuka - a red pepper & tomato stew infused with saffron & cumin served with a baked egg sprinkled with crumbled feta cheese and parsley. We served this with pan fried merguez sausages, toasted Turkish Pide bread and a sharp tasting herb salad of watercress, rocket & coriander tossed with a lemon, olive oil & orange blossom dressing.
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
Before taking off for our final destination, our guests did a little seat swapping - it's so much fun watching people meeting for the first time and seeing new connections forming - that's what Brunch & Co is all about!
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
With conversation humming, we served a palate cleanser consisting of a very tart homemade lemon sorbet sprinkled with crushed sugar & mint.
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
At our final destination of the Middle East, our guests feasted on a strawberry, pomegranate & rose Fool (whipped cream, folded with mascarpone) sprinkled with cubes of rose flavoured Turkish Delight and topped with pistachio flavoured Persian fairy floss it certainly made an interesting colour combination!
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
Along side our glasses of creamy goodness, we served little meringue drops for our guests to mix in to add more sweetness and texture. Destination Foodie Heaven - Landed!
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
Today, one of our special passengers, Pia, (who also happens to be an amazing photographer as you can see from these photos - thanks Pia!!), was celebrating her 30th birthday with a bunch of her friends - wishing you a happy, fulfilling and delicious year ahead!
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| Photo from Pia's camera! |
Thanks again to all our lovely guests - your enjoyment & eagerness to try out all our new dishes & to meet other guests warms our hearts.
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| Photo by Pia Facundo |
We look forward to welcoming you all again to Brunch & Co in the near future! In the meantime, as always, Happy Brunching to one and all!
Mark & Louise xx
PS - Huge thanks also to our guest helper Hwee Yin - you're a STAR!
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