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Last sunday C and I were walking around CWB trying to find a place for tea. I vetoed a couple of her suggestions (I’m quite adamant about not eating HK interpretation of western food).

As we walked towards Time Square, we remembered Brunch Club & Supper, where we had tea a few months ago. It’s a comfortable little tea nook along one of the smaller streets and we grabbed a table by the window with sofa seats. That was god-sent after walking around CWB to no avail.

Brunch Club’s tea set

This massive plate is also known as their tea set. When I first looked at the menu I couldn’t decide if I had to choose one option or if I had all. The price didn’t help, at HK$68 including a drink, it could go both ways. I gave it a stab and asked for the tea set, and the server asked if I wanted scrambled or eggs benedict.

Ah ha, I would get all. It was a nice, well balanced plate: fruit, pastry, savory eggs, sweets. I liked the eggs benedict, perhaps even better than the full plate we had here before, and much better than Tea & Herb’s. The hollandaise sauce over English muffin filled me up but it wasn’t too greasy on the palate. The fruit cup helped balance that a bit. I finished everything except for the chocolate muffin, I really couldn’t eat another bite.

I find this a great place to while away the afternoon, as its name suggests. The surroundings are comfortable and welcoming, the walls are lined with magazines and I didn’t really feel pressure from the waiters to leave.