Bill's (Crown St. Surry Hills) 23/07/11

BILL'S

On this wet saturday morning(the wettest July in Sydney since 1961), Brunchclub found ourselves at an uber-cool spot on Crown st. Joining us for this wet one was our scientist quiz qns expert and longtime friend of Braddles, Mr. Andrew Shelley (3rd time for brunch - attaining regular guest status).

The two Andrews had a scrumptious big breakfast (the scrambled eggs and mushrooms were superb), Sal had ricotta pancakes which were also delicious with excellent honeycomb butter as well as a hot Bloody Mary, and finally Brad had the corn fritters which were also up to his very high standards.

Particularly robust conversations flowed this morning from Victoriana (Knights in fancy bling), to the Tour de France, to the carbon tax, to the Murdoch scandal, to the difference between British and Australian parliamentary standards (Cameron was very impressive in fending off questions we thought as opposed to our bogans and our political apathy as a nation).

Overall, the cafe was very crowded and quite competitive for seating. The atmosphere was cosy and the staff were terrific; definitely worth tipping. The crowd was diverse with lots of fashion statements. However we did notice that a few tables spent more time texting than talking to each other. This disease is spreading uncontrollably and its victims often include one of our brunchers in particular. Though in my defense (Lampe here), I mostly text only from the dunny and it's usually highly witty.

SAL SAYS: 4 golden eggs (as opposed to golden nuts) for food.
LAMPE SAYS: 4.5 golden ovaries I mean eggs for food. Delicious.
BRAD SAYS:4 golden eggs but I can't talk now I have my friend to host, we're hitting every single art gallery in Sydney.
SHELLEY SAYS: Hmmmmmm. 3.5 eggs, an egg deducted on account of the texting addictions of the clientele.

QUIZ: 13.5/15...who gives a rat's fart what the dumb elephant was called.