One of my favorite things to do on a Sunday is to hang out at home with David and make a fabulous brunch, complete with cocktails and wine. And that was the plan for today until we sat outside on the front porch with our morning coffee (as we do every morning), and saw what an absolutely gorgeous day it was. It just seemed a shame to stay inside, especially after the not particularly entertaining week we'd had.
Since we needed to go to Raleigh to pick up a cargo carrier that David had ordered from Northern Tool, we decided we'd do that and make our monthly Costco run, in spite of the fact that I absolutely hate to do that kind of thing on Sunday when all the poor slobs who aren't retired are forced to run their errands. Usually our Costco run involves lunch at Brio or the Black Cat Cafe, and a walk through the mall, but the truck needed to be washed and the gas light had come on yesterday afternoon, so we decided to take a slight detour to fill the tank at Sheetz and our tummies at one of our favorite Greenville restaurants, Starlight Cafe.
Of course, brunch is not brunch without a Bloody Mary, and Starlight serves a nice spicy one, garnished with huge olives and pickled okra. After all, we are in the South.
The owners of Starlight have a farm. That's right; they grow the food they cook and serve. Not all of it, of course, but what they don't grow is carefully sourced from local providers. Every Sunday, their brunch menu features the Egg of the Day, the egg portion of that dish being organic eggs laid by their own hens. It's almost always what I choose. Today's selection was a ginger-fried North Carolina flounder fillet served alongside fried rice with cabbage and sweet corn, topped with a sunny-side-up egg. Decorating the plate was a delicious spicy aioli which was the ideal sauce for the incredibly crispy fish. The egg was cooked perfectly, and the yolk provided a delicious sauce for the fried rice.
David's not an egg fan, so today he chose the Chicken and Waffles. A buttermilk-fried boneless chicken breast is perched atop a delicious and crispy cheese waffle and lightly "sauced" with honey butter. We are not generally fans of fried foods, but Chef Tobias knows how to get a delightful crispy crust without leaving any oiliness in the finished product. Both David's chicken and my fish are incredibly crispy and light.
On proofreading this, I realize that I've overused the word "crispy". No, I really haven't....
Dessert at Starlight is often their homemade ice cream, but today's featured dessert is the Elvis. It's a banana cake, filled and frosted with bacon and peanut butter frosting and drizzled with grape jelly sauce. Nah...not me, although I must admit that up until the grape jelly part it sounded good.
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