The morning (at Cnr Café) after the night before (at Tallulah and Tiger’s)

by Tara-Zee

So, this one time, we woke up from a great Christmas party at Tallulah and Tiger’s – I for one got out of bed still wearing my Christmas apron (the one that matches my Christmas oven gloves and serviettes – what, not everyone has a set?) over my clothes! And we (the eight of us who’d spent the night) were in need of a good breakfast.

Once we were all showered and dressed (Tallulah ensured that Jan put on some proper shorts over his teeny tinies), we headed to Cnr Café Bistro & Deli. The previous time we had been there (just me, Tilly and Tallulah for some Fat Bastard and light snacks), Tallulah had convinced us to walk, but on this morning, the rain bucketed down and we were happy to drive.

There is nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread and hot coffee, which – along with friendly staff and a cozy table – was what greeted us as we escaped the storm outside. Our waitress was attentive and soon had fresh fruit juices (Tilly loved their strawberry juice and my orange juice hit the spot), coffees, water – and even an alcoholic beverage for the one of the eight of us (the one with the most bloodshot eyes, I might add) who felt it was best to get over the night before by continuing where we’d left off.

Half of us went for the breakfast roll option – served either on panini, ciabatta or health bread (all of them made on the premises) with bacon, egg (fried or poached), rocket, lettuce and tomato – I am salivating just thinking about it! (Tilly and Mr T-Z will tell you that this is a common thing for me when I think about food.) Other choices included the fry-up (with potato fritters, which we tried to convince Tiger are the same as hash browns) and French toast. And as our tummies filled, so the conversation increased and we came to life.

We all headed off to face the day, which meant a bit of work, a little Christmas shopping, some cricket on TV and loads of stories about the night before.

I’m looking forward to many more meals shared with friends in the New Year. For now though, I am counting down the hours to a week of relaxing in the Eastern Cape (and probably at least one glass of FB at Michaela’s). Until we meet and eat again, I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas (filled with good food and drinks) and a great start to 2011.