A Little Slice of Heaven

Hear the church bells ring on your birthday

If something decidedly sweet strikes your fancy in the morning, your greenest pasture will be an al fresco breakfast at Graze, surrounded by lush greenery and the tranquility of watching the koi ambling in the pond as you toss them their share of freshly baked bread.

Now that is candy coating to what they can actually serve to placate your demands for that sugar rush to your brains: If you’re into something that’s still light and refreshing, order their basket of multi-coloured temperate fruit that’s smothered with freshly made Greek yoghurt, laced through with a divine serving of honey-toned maple syrup. But if you’re in a decadent mood, toss a coin to decide whether you’ll go for the banana-and-bacon-packed pancakes or the strawberries-and-chocolate-loaded waffles. Yes, both will rise to the occasion of quenching your thirst for heaven’s nectar.

But if that morning happens to fall on your birthday, then the sweetest slice of heaven is a decadent breakfast in bed. Imagine waking up to the aromatic scents of banana walnut bread French toasting in butter on the frying pan. And just minutes later having these egg laden slices of oven toasted spread served up powdered over with a liberal splash of icing sugar and drenched in a luscious serving of maple syrup – accompanied by piping hot crispy banana fritters done in the Spanish style and nestled by a huge sinful scoop of the finest vanilla ice cream.

Then the freshly squeezed orange juice will taste ever more the sweeter. And the steaming hot white pomegranate tea that follows has surely been specially delivered by your guardian angels.

But the sweetest of heavenly sweets is an extra extravagant good morning kiss from hubby when he appears with the specially laden breakfast tray.