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What do I take to a brunch?

Matt

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OK normally if I am having breakfast/lunch/somewhere in between with people, we would go to a cafe. I have been invited today though to brunch at a friend's house. He is one of those expats with everything in the package, so he will just pack the maid off to buy way too much food, and it will probably just be me and his family (wife n two kids). What to take?

Dinner etc, I'd take wine. Too early in the day for anything like that....knowing that they will just send the maid to the market, I can't show up with like, a bunch of watermelon and pineapple and things, they'll already have it sorted.

I am tempted to just bring a **** ton of candy to toss at the kids (I'm cool-uncle-matt to them because I have a dirt bike)...so, back on topic...what the hell do I take?

Have to leave in 45 mins....
 

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Bottle of champagne (for mimosas - I assume they have OJ...)
 

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^ good call
 

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yeah, I was thinking of that too...but then, I dont know, hmm, maybe I am being stingy. I'd have to take something good just to keep up with what their cellar looks like, end up like I have paid $70 for my omelet and their company. I would have rather gone to a cafe and I would have happily picked up the tab for the whole family, and still be $40 better off than going there.

You're probably right though...
 

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You could always bring a box of muffins or something like that.
 

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late on board, but that's what I'd say - champane
 

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Originally Posted by Bradford
You could always bring a box of muffins or something like that.

but then he'd be that dude who brought the box of muffins to the rich guy's brunch....
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lol, ya, I was thinking something like that too. Mental picture of the couple showing up with a Bundt cake in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
 

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Originally Posted by gdl203
Bottle of champagne (for mimosas - I assume they have OJ...)

From an old (and apparently popular) Soviet movie.

"Only aristocrats and degenerates drink champagne in the morning..." (Шампанское по утрам пьют только аристократы или дегенераты) (pauses, checks out the bottle and drinks right from it)
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one
but then he'd be that dude who brought the box of muffins to the rich guy's brunch....
ffffuuuu.gif


It does sound like they're going to some effort for you, so something a bit personal would have been best. As you only had a few minutes though nice champagne is good.

In future though plan ahead !
 

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lol, it's no effort to send the maid to the market
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anyhow, took champagne...well, technically a sparkling white from Australia.
 

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we went through three
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two from their shelves and the one i took. I got my money's worth.
 

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I like the hotel champagne brunches where they have free-flow champagne.

The Hilton in Beijing has one that has a free-flow of Taittinger.
 

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