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Brunch at Cochon

Eggs Cochon- pulled pork, bacon-gruyère biscuit, poached eggs, Mornay sauce, home fries
The poached egg looks pretty spiffy and swirly there.

Berkshire pork belly special- on top of hash browns and brussel sprouts, with a mystery possibly homemade mayo based sauce, or maybe it was a crème fraîche
Ratio of meat to fat 1:4. It's actually fat marbled with meat. The pork belly comes with a fried egg that I asked them to leave out. Although visually it doesn't look like much food, the amount of calories in the pork and the sauce made me full. The potatoes were fantastic and I wish there had been more of them. Also, I generally don't like brussel sprouts, but brussel sprouts doused in pork fat? Delicious.

nyc: outside in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Brooklyn seems slow to get up on the weekend- Philly brunch at say Sabrina's Cafe is mobbed by 10:30 and has an hour long wait by 11. In contrast, the places in Brooklyn were barely opening by 11 and practically no one was out on the streets by then.

Brunch on the patio next to the garden at Lamb and Jaffy. The garden contains some waist high greenery and a bubbly brook type fountain in the corner and is about the same size as the outdoor dining area. We were seated next to a container pot of basil.

My omelette was good, but the baskets of shoestring fries on everyone else's table looked fantastic- the homefries were also deep fried.

Omelette w/ goat cheese, basil, kielbasa (I didn't ask for tomato but there it was)

nyc: Cheryl's in Brooklyn, near the library

Outdoors on the multi level back patio of Cheryl's Global Soul. Although the prix fixe menu isn't really a prix fixe, you can get bloody mary's and mimosas with your brunchy goodness. Food was satisfying and the shady quiet was really nice. Bloody mary was on the too peppery side for me.

More quiche

potatoes

pancakes with whipped cream and berries

Fish sandwich. Next time I will try not to just shoot a bun.

brunch at Parc

from a giant group brunch at Stephen Starr's Parc Restaurant Bistro & Cafe on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Feels spendy but generally worth it. A lot of people loved the bread basket (baguette, sourdough wheat, something with cranberries).

great Quiche Lorraine with some lightly drizzled greens

Scrambled eggs

lamb sandwich