Buffet brunch at Brix

The first Sunday in our vacation took us to Napa Valley. The trip was already planned ahead of our flight to San Francisco as the Clairvoyant was already in contact with our friends, many of whom drove from as far as Folsom and Sacramento for the get-together. Our first stop at Napa was at the Brix Restaurant and Gardens where friends made reservations for our group. The reservations made sense when we overheard the restaurant staff telling a walk-in group that they had to wait until 1:00 PM for a table. It was only 11:00 AM on our watches and we were hungry so we decided to order our drinks while the others surveyed the buffet.

The entrance to the restaurant featured a display window of products produced by the vineyard and farms. There is also a gigantic pumpkin on view that is quite popular with guests.

Yup, that's a real pumpkin sitting just next to the restaurant entrance.

The buffet brunch at Brix is highly recommended and our friends usually come here when they're in Napa.

For starters I had salad, dried fruit, freshly baked bread cold cuts with some cheese and spiced almonds. I had some "home-made mustard" to go with the cold cuts.

That prepared us for the shrimps, salmon sashimi, fresh oysters, and pilaf (this is actually the Clairvoyant's plate) that we washed down with water, fresh juice or coffee

Of course, there's bacon, pancakes - the old reliables

The buffet brunch presents terrific value for money considering the delightful food, the variety offered and of course, the ambiance of the restaurant. It was at the same time homey and classy, which I felt appealed to its patrons.

Fellow "brunchers" and one of the restaurant staff

A stolen shot of the oyster, shrimp and sashimi bar. That's our friend Norie preparing her camera for get-together photos while we waited for the others who went ahead to get food.

We had a wonderful time at Brix and the food is just part of the experience. The best part were the stories and reminiscings about college life and things in general. It was a rare get-together that took some time organizing and the anticipation prior to the trip added to the excitement, not to mention eagerness for the fellowship that day.