A Blu Birthday

This past Sunday found us celebrating the special birthday for a special lady, Miss Eileen.  The birthday girl chose brunch at Blu as the event for the day.  Sunday brunch in Bermuda is a very popular buffet style meal.  Don't let the word buffet confuse you, it's a 5 star one meal hosted by the some of the island's premier hotels and chefs.  You can find Sunday brunch at the two Fairmonts, The Waterlot, The Reefs, and Four Ways Inn to name a few.  In fact, I got the reservation mixed up and turned up at the wrong place entirely.  So after a nice Sunday scooter ride along the coastline to Southampton, I had to quickly backtrack down to Warwick to arrive at Blu to join the gang for brunch.

One of those annoying food pictures

Blu does their brunch a little differently than some of the other hotels.  Rather than being a full buffet, they have appetizer and desert table served buffet style, and a menu for the main.  The brunch menu listed at least 20 options for a main course, including lobster for an additional surcharge.  I chose the walnut crusted salmon (normally at Blu I go with the coffee crusted steak) with sweet roasted peppers and french beans.  It was delicious, and the portion was huge.  In fact, I took most of it home.  Not because I gorged on the appetizer table (ok, maybe a little), but it was a bit early and the lobster bisque, a single wonton, a single oyster, and some curry potato salad just filled me up.  I barely had it in me to try the desert table.  I did take a creme brulee, mostly out of sport, and a tiny teaspoon of the chocolatiest chocolate mousse i think i have ever tasted.  The food was excellent!  I prefer their brunch to the dinner now in fact.

A not so great photo of our beautiful table with a view

The best thing about Blu is actually the view -- it is positively breathtaking.  Actually, one of our guests Lizzie said no matter how often she sees it, it just takes her breath away.  Another guest George quickly answered obviously not entirely (George constantly teases Lizzie about being a chatterbox).  When you enter the restaurant you are greeted by a beautiful view of what we call Paradise Lakes, but in fact you can see everything from the Hamilton Harbour to Dockyard.  The Blu view is a beautiful array of blue, little islands, sailboats, and harbours.


And although the patio was closed (it's fall you know), they let us set up some chairs and take a bottle of Proscecco out and enjoy the patio to ourselves on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  Blu is definitely worth the trip.  The pictures say it better than I can with words today, so will leave you with those and keep it short today.

Looking over the patio of Blu

The Birthday Brunch Crew