It seems like we have organically grown a tradition in the Gray household. Breakfast on Mother’s Day! (home-cooked if possible). I know I’m A BIT late on this post, but I was going through photos last night and realised I didn’t blog about the fantastic breakfast I made this year!

2007
In 2007, we went to Rochester Park for breakfast at Graze

2008
We made a big breakfast for mummy at home. Pancakes with caramalized bananas, croissants, scrambled eggs, sausages.

http://blog.angelaleowgray.com/2008/05/19/mothers-day/

2009
Was spent with the Lies because I was in Hong Kong then, but also with a breakfast at The Press Room.

2010
And last year, home-cooked breakfast mostly by yours truly. Usually Jie Jie would help me out in the kitchen, but this time I tried to shoo her away as much as I could. Because, she qualifies as a mummy too.

Brunch became Champagne brunch when daddy popped a bottle he had hiding in the cooler.

On the menu was the usual pancakes. And just to be difficult, I decided to try eggs Benedict for the first time. Poaching eggs is hard enough, but making a hollandaise sauce AS WELL, I was seriously biting off more than I could chew.

But the challenge was set.

In the end, it turned out great! The Hollandaise sauce may have been a bit tangy (too much lemon), and I may have wasted 2 eggs trying to get the poaching method right, but everything else turned out GREAT!

At the end of the day, looks like little J got a bit inspired too!

The minute my parents told me they were selling the Perth apartment, I quickly booked myself a ticket in November for a week. My friend Duncan hadn’t been to Perth before, so it was a perfect opportunity to show him around. It worked out well for me too because that meant I could do mini-road trips (because I could never do it alone, far too dangerous for a girl to be travelling by herself).

Perth was always my escape and sanctuary, so it was bitter sweet going back there this time round.

First full day in Perth was absolutely beautiful. November is around the time summer rolls in so it was the perfect time to be there. Bottom left is a picture taken from the apartment balcony, look at how all the colours just pop! Almost looks DI-ed.

Duncan said he could cook pretty well, so the only way to test him is to ask him to poach eggs for breakfast. Check out the result above!

Now that’s a brilliant way to start the holiday! Nom nom…