brunch @ gjelina

gjelina is one of those restaurants i've been dying to go to. my one experience there was meeting up with a few people who already ate most of their dinner, and i simply joined in, nibbled on some leftovers, and left. however, i never ever actually think to go there.

this past sunday though, james had the brilliant idea that we should try to stop in for brunch. so we did. and it was awesome. it was a wait of about 10 minutes for two people at the communal table.

i had a glass of 2002 reisling kabinett and james had a 2009 grenache blanc. we were very tempted by the pizzas, but opted for the brunch items instead hoping we'll actually be back for dinner one of these days.

i ordered the buckwheat ricotta blueberry pancakes (and the largest freaking blueberries i have ever seen!) and james had the fried egg sandwich, which had mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula, bell peppers and harissa aioli. both were great, but the sandwich was out-of-this-world delicious.