It was a bit of a quieter celebration that we had for Hedgehog's birthday celebration this year.
Not to mean that we didn't have any,
Just that there were days when we wondered from where we could get the best deal.
And there were days where I wished we could have gone for some of his favorite foods instead of having to wait till another time.
I like to do birthdays before the actual day, not after.
But no harm to adjust and no harm to wait, and plan, I suppose, since life is about living- and living in the day and now.
If there's one thing I'm really glad for, it is that we got to have some of his favorite foods at places new and old, and a new experience it was going to eat at them.
One of Hedgehog's favorite foods is Rosti.
It's one of those foods that he will not hesitate to go for whenever he finds a new brunch place that offers it, and he doesn't mind even if the place is far off our usual hangout places.
He just wants to try.
We went for two different rostis at two different places this time.
One of these we'd actually had had a few times beore, but this time we wanted to try some of their other offerings, so we did.
6 Letter Brunch has three locations in total.
Which of these three- Crawford Lane, Frankel Avenue and Tanjong Katong- is the most popular, I have no idea, but we like the one at Frankel Avenue, and so to this outlet we went to this time.
Some of the most popular dishes here at 6 Letter are their All-Day Brunch, their Rostis and some of their mains.
I might be keen to try their Smoked Duck Carbonara, but amongst their Rostis they have Baked Salmon, Grilled Chicken, and the 6 Letter Brunch Rosti which is a platter of rosti, Norwegian Smoked Salmon, sunny side up egg, edamame, salad, mashed avocado, and fresh fruits.
So we went for this one.
I don't mind sharing crispy fried potatoes done in a pan.
Neither do I mind having the potato with smoked salmon and a dip of mashed avocado.
But what I really like, however- and don't laugh- is the edamame, and the fruits.
Edamame is something I like to go for when the opportunity presents itself.
Which, unless I'm at a Japanese place, doesn't swing by often.
So in no way will I forgo a serving of edamame whenever I can.
They make for good munchies.
And because I am someone who has fruits with her scrambled eggs at hotel buffet breakfasts, having a piece of dragonfruit with a forkful of fried potatoes is not weird to me.
Same thing goes for a grape with a sliver of smoked salmon.
But this being a birthday, we didn't want to stop at just one plate, so there was an extra side of bacon, and an order of brunch tacos that, instead of scrambled egg and bacon, had grilled salmon belly inside.
It takes a bit of skill to eat tacos without the filling dropping out of the shell, I realize.
In my case, fortunately, other than a bit of sauce that dripped, nothing fell out otherwise.
6 Letter Brunch isn't the only place where we had rostis.
The other place we went to was Tolido's Espresso Nook at Crawford Lane on the ground floor of a HDB block bordering the junction of Jalan Sultan and North Bridge Road.
It is a popular place, this one, it seems, not merely for the coffees that they serve, but also the mains, which, more than once, I have seen fellow diners enjoy.
At another time I might order their Prawn Laksa Pasta, or their Roasted Eggplant Pesto Sandwich. I might also order their Stout Glazed Bacon French Toast, or their Pandan Pancakes.
I like Roasted Eggplant, and those Pandan Pancakes looked so good.
But today we were here for the Rosti, and we chose the one with Cheesy Sausage.
I don't know how we managed to add scrambled eggs, but that was something I really appreciated.
Soft, creamy, slightly fluffy and tasty- that's what those eggs were.
Their rosti was perfectly crisp and well fried too.
You could feel the crunch, the taste of the well-fried potato with every bite, and you didn't have to think about whether the rosti would turn soggy if you ate it slow, or how you still had to dispose the potato peelings left haphazard in the sink.
You just relished every mouthful.
What I liked, too, from this meal here this time, were the drinks.
My friend had ordered me a Babyccino.
Next time, however, I'll want to try their Signature Sea Salt Caramel Latte, their Sea Salt Caramel Mocha, their Orange Mocha, or their Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Maybe I just might go for some of their teas as well.
Like their Earl Grey Lavender Tea or their Osmanthus Sencha Tea.