Brekkie @ Muse

This year we've invited a bunch of Andrew's family members to join us for Christmas Day in Canberra. Much as I enjoy cooking (in small batches and in a leisurely manner) I DON'T do the whole cooking-as-performance-art thing that Christmas dinner seems to require. Also, we live in a tiny house with an eccentric forty-year-old oven and without air conditioning! Which suits us just fine but probably wouldn't suit all the rellies in the height of summer.

Soooo ... I've done a bit of research lately to find restaurants and hotels offering Christmas dinner. One place that fits the bill is Muse, in the stylish East Hotel in Kingston. We'd never been there before so thought we'd check it out over breakfast this morning. Muse has both a restaurant and a bookshop, so is right down our alley! Their website describes the place as follows:

Contemporary yet warm and inviting, Muse is an inspired venue for

conversation, ideas and indulgence, both literary and epicurean.

Our breakfast was certainly spectacular. The menu was bursting with delicious-sounding ideas, but in the end he had:

Rolled oat porridge with banana, apple, currants,

cinnamon, mint, cashews and fresh raspberries

while she had:

Sriracha eggs benedict, with poached eggs, pulled

ham hock, sourdough and sriracha hollandaise

OMG. It was so good. I ate super slowly to make the flavours last longer. I think we need to go back to try some of the other menu options.

The coffee hit the spot too ...