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Chef Baker Hsu To Serve Pop-Up Brunch In Chinatown On Sunday, January 31st

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Hustle yourself out of bed and down to Chinatown on Sunday morning, because Chef Baker Hsu of Prelude is making a pop-up brunch at Propaganda Coffee. Having logged some hours in some pretty impressive kitchens (eg. One Restaurant in Toronto, Vancouver’s Hawksworth, and a stage at San Francisco’s Coi), Hsu is likely to have a few tricks up his sleeve that will make this meal worth abandoning your warm blankets and lazy morning for.

BRUNCH MENU

first

MUESLI
yogurt + popcorn + berries 6

BACON & MUSHROOM
sour dough + smoked bacon + cremini mushroom 8

second

FRENCH TOAST
Brioche + raspberry + Chantilly cream 13

SALMON ROSTI
house smoked salmon + scrambled eggs + potato15

DUCK BENEDICT
duck confit + poached egg + buttermilk english muffin 15

third

BANANA BREAD
hazelnut + chocolate 4

POUND CAKE
rye + pear sherbert 5

Brunch starts at 10am and carries through until the civilized hour of 2pm. Though there will be no booze at the meal, the setting is pretty and it could be a cool way to spend some time with friends or make some new ones. No reservations necessary.

Sun, Jan 31 | 10am-2pm | 209 E. Pender St. | DETAILS

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