Birthday Breakfast

January is our month for birthdays, and today is Stephen’s. He unwrapped his present and card – the latter has a photo of a baby Ziggy on it, and has now been re-cycled for six birthdays.

We then went for breakfast at Good Habit, a recycled convent which has creative food and is run by the same team who manage Foundation at Turanga.

Stephen had the Big Breakfast and I had the Big Vegetarian Breakfast. His had bacon and sausages while mine substituted haloumi and spinach. I find haloumi rather bland, but it served to tone down the spicy beans.

Stephen with our Big Breakfasts

Everything was attractively presented and delicious. The couple at the table next to us had porridge, decorated with flowers, an embellishment I could add to my weekday porridge. We sat by the window where we could enjoy the garden with attractive apple trees. This café supplies fresh water (unchlorinated) from their own well, which must be a legacy of the nuns.

We noted that most of the customers were of a mature age and wondered whether young ones are less inclined to get up early on a Sunday morning. It also occurred to me that St Luke’s in the City has a Sunday morning service at the adjacent Retreat House, and maybe some of that congregation go to Good habit beforehand.

The water that they serve is pure
without the chlorine most endure