The one where the cocktails are just a little moreish…
Yes, another weekend, another bottomless brunch, and this one has a Caribbean twist.
Turtle Bay have launched their brunch range, which includes a bottomless option – £25 gets you a dish from the brunch menu (extras are, um, extra) with unlimited Sunshine Bellinis during a two hour period.
Of course, my date and I saw this as the perfect opportunity for a proper catch up on Saturday – after all if we can’t get our sunshine outside, we’ll take the liquid kind, thank you.
We sipped the first of many cocktails whilst we perused the menu. And oh dear, the Sunshine Bellinis are definitely moreish. Prosecco, grapefruit and strawberry go to make a fruity concoction that’s just a little too easy to drink.
Over to the food, though there are veggie and vegan options, we both went for something a little meaty. After all if the cocktails are sinking that easily, we need to line our tummies.
I opted for the aptly named Big Kingston Grill Down. crispy jerk bacon, spicy sausage, mushroom, curried chickpeas, roast tomatoes, grilled roti and poached eggs. Oh and a side of avocado, because, well, avocado. The combination is like a spicy, smoky full breakfast. The eggs were soft and runny and soaked into the rot, the chickpeas warmly spiced, but not hot. And that bacon. Wow, that’s rather delicious, especially with a soft, cool, smear of avocado on it.
My date went for the curry goat hash. Spicy goat curry served with potato, onion and two crisply fried eggs. Another substantial plate, the fried eggs still had a little bit of soft creamy yolk to them, despite their crispy edges, the meat was soft and tender, and the chips did that thing where they soak up the curry sauce and become even more yummy – and let’s face it, chips are good when you start off.
Of course, one cocktail led to another. And another, as we put the world to rights. As always service was swift and friendly, and we were rather sad to leave when our time was up.
Soooooo. Same again next weekend?
This brunch was a gifted item – I attended as a plus one. This is definitely one of the better bottomless brunch offerings we’ve sampled. We both left food on our plates as we were full, and those cocktails really are rather good!