Another food date with Megan, we decided to venture down to Gastown to eat Catch 122 for brunch !

I’ve actually been to Catch 122 once before for brunch, and I ended up loving their dishes. The first time I went I had the braised shortrib eggs benedict (braised short ribs, poached eggs, english muffin, hollandaise sauce, yukon nugget potato hash). That one was an obvious no brainer for me. I mean let’s be real…. braised short rib? eggs benedict? I already knew I was going to love it. It was very juicy and flavourful.

This time I decided to try something else. I ordered the croque madame “open-face” (poached egg, house-smoked ham, gruyère cheese, cherry tomatoes, béchamel sauce, yukon nugget potato hash)  SO GOOD. OMG. I think I may even like this dish better than the short-rib eggs benedict, if that’s even possible. The smoked ham was SO amazingly tasty. It went perfectly the sauce and poached egg. OH and not to mention Catch 122 has the crispiest potato hash. They’re cooked to crunchy, seasoned perfection. I love mixing ketchup with their hot sauce and using it as dip.

I happily give this place a 10/10 ! Catch 122’s food is delicious, made to perfection, and most of their brunch dishes are 12 dollars ! The only problem I have with them is the wait time during weekend brunch hours. BUT , you can’t really blame them for that… they’re extremely popular and food is amazing so I don’t expect any less. Fortunately though, when I went with Megan (because we only had 2 people) we only had to wait about 10 minutes before they were ready for us.

Check out their website and their menu if you want to see what else they have to offer !

Their address is 122 west hastings st.

Phone number : 604.731.3474

Hours of operation :

monday: 8 am – 4 pm; tuesday – thursday: 8 am – 9 pm; 

friday: 8 am – 10:30 pm; saturday: 9 am – 10:30 pm; 

sunday & holiday: 9 am – 4 pm

let me know if you’ve been to Catch 122, and what your favourite dish is !

More soon,

I can’t believe I forgot to write about this place, but on Valentines Day a few girlfriends and I ventured off to East Van and ate Yolk’s for brunch !

I’ve been wanting to try this place for quite a while now, hearing loads about it from friends and seeing plenty of mouth-watering instagram photos. But like any other popular brunch place in Vancouver, we had to wait around 30 minutes before they could seat us.

Was it worth it the wait? Hell yeah ! Terri and Summer both ordered the chicken and waffles, which seem to be the new popular dish that everyone orders when available. It seems like it would be a weird combination, but it was actually strangely delicious. But then again, waffles and fried chicken are both such amazing foods individually that I guess it makes sense that they taste delicious together. It’s like french fries and a McFlurry from McDonalds. If you haven’t tried french fries dipped in a McFlurry from McDonalds, I highly recommend you stop reading this post, and drive to the nearest McDonalds drive-thru and try it. UNF.

And guess what I got …… EGGS BENEDICT SURPRISE SURPRISE. Yolk’s had this “create your own breakfast” type of deal where you got to pick what you wanted in your breakfast “sandwich”. I got the Eggs benedict with hand carved honey ham, fresh spinach, Yolk’s made dijon, one egg, and truffle lemon hash browns.

In my honest opinion, I would tell you to order something other than the eggs benedict if you ever visit Yolk’s. Don’t get me wrong, it was definitely good, but do other Vancouver brunch places do it better? Mmmmm, yes. So I would save the trip down to Yolk’s for a different brunch dish.

BUT you pretty much HAVE to try their lemon truffle hash browns. They are insanely delicious. I couldn’t finish the entire serving of the hash browns just because I can’t have too much truffle oil on anything because it is too strong of a taste for me, but it was definitely worth trying. All three of us agreed that the lemon truffle hash browns were one of the best things we ordered there.

Here is the Yolk’s website and Yolk’s menu incase you wanted to check it out before you made the trip. As far as ratings go, I would give this place an 8/10. Definitely worth checking out , but I wouldn’t coin this place my favourite brunch place quite yet.

Their address is 1298 EAST HASTINGS STREET

and they’re open

Weekdays 8am-3pm

Until next time,

Weeeeooo, I get so excited for Foodie Fridays. This week’s Foodie Friday feature is a short one about Red Umbrella Cafe on Davie street. I’ve actually been to this cafe for brunch twice now. And having loved it both times, I think it definitely deserves a Foodie Friday feature.

Red Umbrella Cafe is on the North-West (HA, Kimye) corner of Bidwell and Davie, down close to english bay. It’s this adorable little cafe that actually boasts quite an impressive brunch menu. This place is decorated very simply, but beautifully, with barn-feel, reclaimed wood tables, and Eames DSW chairs. Two of their walls are actually covered with chalkboard paint, and on it shows all the food on their menu. They also have pastries and other little breakfast items that are ready to go if you don’t have time to sit down.

I ordered the eggs benedict both times that I’ve visited, but I also shared a grilled sandwich with Ryan the second time, so that I could tell you guys about it.

So let’s start off with the classic eggs bennie. I always order bennies when I eat brunch, partially because it’s my favourite thing to eat EVER, and partially because I like to try benedicts from different places to compare. The one here was pretty great. Very typical eggs benedict. However, their english muffin is quite crumble-y and very buttery. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I liked that about it. It definitely added to the taste, but I think I love my classic eggs benedict muffins a little too much. Also, at times it seemed almost a little TOO buttery (if that’s even possible) for my taste. I can see some people really loving the little twist, but I don’t know if that part of it was really for me. The hash brown potatoes that they served with it was absolutely delicious though. It was lightly seasoned and topped off with green onions. The seasoning definitely gives a little extra kick of flavour which everyone at the table enjoyed immensely.

The second time around, I actually ordered the Red Umbrella eggs bennie, which is a class ham eggs bennie with mushrooms and bacon added as well. Also pretty delicious, but I don’t think that it was really worth the extra money. I don’t know whether it’s just because, like I said above, I love my classic eggs benedicts a little too much, or what… But I just didn’t really think the Red Umbrella signature was anything special.

Oooo, BUT, I did add an avocado in it both times, which did make it more delicious.

The grilled sandwich that I shared with Ryan the second time around, was really something else. It contained grilled chicken, cheese, sun-dried tomato spread, pesto, and tomatoes. Oh my god this was really something else. This sandwich is so great, that I think the next time I visit, I might actually have to abandon my eggs benedict addiction and order this instead. And if you know me, you know that’s a pretty damn big deal. Everything in it just worked so well together, that I almost felt like it was designed just for me. The pesto and the sun-dried tomato spread also worked surprisingly well together, which I wasn’t expecting. But I loved it. And actually the more I look at these photos while I’m editing this post, the more I want to bus down to davie right now just to eat it….

The sandwich came with scrambled eggs. You could choose to have your eggs a different way if you wanted to.

Okay but seriously though…… How amazing does this look.

For drinks, Ryan ordered the mocha, shown here, and I ordered the vanilla milkshake. Unfortunately, I pretty much downed the milkshake as soon as it arrived, so I didn’t get to take picture. But let me just say, it was freakin’ amazing. Definitely one of the better milkshakes I’ve had in a while.

I’m actually going to end this post with this beauty. This is what Ryan likes to call “the holy trinity”, and what I think is much-needed at every brunch meal you eat. Here are the three red sauces that I will eat with EVERYTHING at brunch. Ketchup, Sriracha, and Frank’s. Ermergerd. Unbelievably good.

Overall, I would pretty much recommend Red Umbrella Cafe to anyone looking for a new place to brunch. Pretty much everything on the menu was under $15 and looked delicious. The Vibe of this cafe was quiet, quirky, and had a hipster yet very neighbourhood cafe feel to it. I am most definitely going to come again (probably for that sandwich). It is a great little breakfast place that is open very early !

Unfortunately, they didn’t have a website but I will link their yelp page and urbanspoon page here.

Their address is

1707 Davie Street.

(604) 688-7818

Also, you can check out all my other Foodie Friday features here!

Until next week my food lovers,