Sing for your...brunch

The weekend...two precious days that seem so far away on a Wednesday afternoon and gone too soon on Monday morning. If Saturday is the day for taking care of business, Sunday seems to be the day to stop and slow it all down. Lionel Richie just may have been onto something when he sang about being easy like Sunday morning. And there is no better place for an easy Sunday morning than at the Jet Cafe.

Since our perfect Sunday morning involves eating, drinking and being merry, we decided to invite our family to join us for brunch...with a soundtrack. Jeff agreed to let the Music Man do an acoustic set today. We are hoping that this will be a regular event in the future and that you will drop in to hear him sing for yourself as you enjoy your own Sunday morning brunch.

As he was singing today, the Music Man chose to stick with tea. You know that expression "for all the tea in China?" Maybe it should be changed to "for all the tea at the Jet Cafe". Whether you are a steeped-tea traditionalist or someone who prefers a funky herbal blend or somewhere in the middle, there is something there for you. Music Man went the traditional route today. And while one day Coffee Lady will test drive some of the exotic blends, today was all about that hot cup of caffeinated love.

Cinnabon flavoured coffee...smells like a fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon bun but without the guilt of eating a fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon bun (or two...or three).

After much deliberation over the menu, we elected to try the veggie omelette today. At just $5.50, it comes with your choice of white or whole wheat toast and homefries.

This is an omelette for a hungry person. The homefries were cooked to the perfect level of crispness and were not too salty.

At first, we were skeptical about the amount of vegetable content in the omelette, thinking that perhaps the veggies on the outside were all that we were going to get. Sometimes "veggie omelette" really just means "egg, cheese and whatever leftover vegetables we can't get rid of". Thankfully, that was NOT the case today...

...the vegetables on the outside were just the ones that couldn't be crammed inside. This omelette was literally bursting with fresh carrots, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, celery, onions and peppers. The tender-crispness was a perfect accompaniment to the fluffiness of the eggs.

As the other members of our party arrived, they too found themselves deliberating over what to order today and soon came to the conclusion that the only sensible thing to do would be to pick something today and just come back again another day to try something else. While we were devouring our meal with gusto, we couldn't help but sigh with longing over the excellent choice one of our party made:

Banana pancakes with your choice of strawberry or chocolate sauce. The word 'round the table was that they were hot, soft and too delicious not to share. Our biggest regret was that we were too far down the table to snag a forkful for ourselves.

As we ate and drank, we were serenaded with an acoustic set. Our very own Music Man played a variety of old and new songs that were the perfect accompaniment to brunch. He found the perfect harmony that allowed him to be heard without impeding conversation. We heard other tables singing along with us. Admittedly, we are very biased, but we thought it was great. The other members of our party were all first-timers to the Jet and are already asking when the next gig will be.

Enthusiasm, heart and a passion for music...if you have a particular song you need to hear, let us know in the comments and the Music Man will see if he can add it in to the rotation!

All good things must come to an end sometime...all too soon, the empty plates were cleared away, the music ended and we realized we had finally had enough coffee. It was time to head home and figure out what to do with the rest of our day. We intended to take a picture of a different work of art on the wall but at the last minute, this one caught Coffee Lady's eye and just begged to be the favourite for this visit (excuse the less-than-stellar photography, we were holding a squirmy baby at the time):

For some reason, this just summed up how today felt. Like we were catching up with our family with lazy Sunday morning music in the background, in a great place. All that was missing were the palm trees!

See you soon at Jet Cafe!