Mother's Day brunch

I enjoyed a sumptuous brunch feast avec ma mere et mes grand-meres on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton in Cleveland. It was amaaaazing. It had both breakfast and lunch foods, as brunches typically do. It featured a seafood raw bar with a Mother's Day ice sculpture. There was also a chef prepared little bites of food - vanilla-scented diver scallops served over saffron risotto and a deliciously-seasoned veal tenderloin over a fresh pea risotto. High yum.

Let's see...what else to carry on about? They had a fabulous cheese and antipasti selection - all kinds of delicious cheeses, crackers, Italian meats, roasted veggies, etc. Beignets prepared before you eyes with various fruit compotes. Waffles with same. Prime rib with a peppercorn demi-glace and horseradish sauce; loin of pork with a soy-molasses sauce. Yukon gold potatoes au gratin, steamed veggies, chicken with morels, mini-quiche with Virginia ham and Jarlsberg cheese (mmm) where the eggs were perfect, eggs benedict, and the list goes on. There was a kids' buffet that was at kid-level, v. cute, featuring mac 'n' cheese, chicken tenders, and PBJ. And finally, the desserts. They were luscious. All in 2-bite servings, so you could eat 4, like I did, and not feel like a complete hog. Tiramisu served in chocolate cups, raspberry cheesecakes, bread pudding, flourless chocolate torte, Bavarian mocha cream pyramids, and about 6 others....I practically exploded after leaving the place.

All I have to say is that if I'm pregnant when another Mother's Day rolls around (not in the cards right now, but in the future) I'm totally making R or whoever take me there again when I can fully revel in overeating and being a piggy.