More breakfast places revisited: Although ideally I would like to try out new restaurants as often as possible, realistically I have my favourites that I will visit again and again. This past weekend I had Pam from Ottawa and Carly from Calgary staying with me, and we needed serious brunches to give us the energy for our jam-packed weekend. First up was the ever reliable, always delicious Maggie's. The food was perfect as usual. A tip: despite the amazingness of the stuffed French toast, the portion can sometimes be a bit much. You can get side order portions of the toast instead, which will allow you to either eat a reasonably sized meal, or get a nice, big order of garlic fries on the side with it. Next was Mitzi's. We held out for a table at Mitzi's Cafe and it was worth the half hour wait - the room is just so adorable and sunny. What I like about Mitzi's is that the menu essentially changes every day, and throughout the day based on the ingredients they have in the kitchen. Carly had chocolate eclair French toast made up of thick slices of bread topped with vanilla custard, a generous drizzle of melted dark chocolate, served with roast potatoes. I had an omelette folded with pieces of melty brie, ham and - so interesting - an orange and cranberry chutney. We washed it all down with rasberry-apple juice. How perfect.