{"id":3180,"date":"2015-01-03T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2015-01-04T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:52:08","slug":"brunch-hawksworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/brunch-hawksworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunch at Hawksworth"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Hawksworth, they have truly showed me what a world class restaurant should be. Even for brunch they are putting such respectable quality in their food preparation and services – everything is done nearly flawless down to every single little detail. <\/p>\n

I was taking Mom for gift shopping in downtown and we decided to start the day with an early brunch. We had a miserable attempt at Cafe Medina – apparently 9:45am was not early enough on a Saturday morning for this popular breakfast joint. I was told I had to wait at least one hour! This is insane! So if you intend to have a kid- or senior-friendly brunch, this trendy, loud, and sorry-no-reservation eatery really isn’t the right choice. <\/p>\n

Having already paid for street parking, I tried to think of an alternative nearby. And we found ourselves in front of Hawksworth at Hotel Georgia. <\/p>\n

The brunch menu and ambiance here might not be as exciting as what we would get at Medina, but Mama was much happier to be seated at such a beautiful dining room that was quiet, elegant, and impeccably clean, and served by a tall handsome young man with a sexy European accent. <\/p>\n

And the food was exceptional!<\/p>\n

The dishes were not over complicated – in fact they were rather simple. My 2-egg breakfast came with 3 slices of ham with a thinly layered glaze, perfect cooked scrambled egg, a pile of roasted nuggets potatoes that were almost all identical in size and shape, and a half of a roasted tomato. The seasoning, the amount of herbs, and the temperature – everything on the plate was so precise, making every single bite so precious and enjoyable. <\/p>\n

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two eggs with glazed honey ham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mom’s ‘arnold bennet’ omelette was definitely the prettier dish. Hawksworth’s interpretation of this famous dish named after the English writer, resembled a thin crust pizza pie with vibrant colours. The pie-shape omelette was topped with chunks of salty sable fish, roasted cherry tomatoes, shaved asparagus, and a generous amount of arugula. While the menu indicated gruyere was used in the dish, the cheese flavour was very subtle. The saltiness of the fish were a little surprising – it brought flavours to the eggs but it did not necessarily tast sable fish to me. <\/p>\n

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\u2018arnold bennett\u2019 omelette @ Hawksworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also had a cup of cappuccino and it was delicious. <\/p>\n

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Cappuccino @ Hawksworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My mom was very pleased by the meal. It was not only just a brunch, but also a tremendous fine dining experience. The young waiter was friendly and attentive. He spotted that my mom dropped her tea spoon, and delivered a new one with 15 seconds, which was impressive. And I was amazed by how perfectly the dishes were executed, elevating such humble dishes to extraordinary. In conclusion, quality is what you pay for here, and I think it’s worth every single penny.<\/p>\n

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Official website:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hawksworthrestaurant.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Map and other reviews:<\/p>\n

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At Hawksworth, they have truly showed me what a world class restaurant should be. Even for brunch they are putting such respectable quality in their food preparation and services – everything is done nearly flawless down to every single little detail. I was taking Mom for gift shopping in downtown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[40,203,46,97],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}