I Love Hash Browns

I'm not too much into fried food except for fried potatoes. Oof! I love potatoes, especially hash browns. I used to settle for hash browns from McD's because they're accessible and convenient. Recently, I haven't been able to get McD's hash browns because the queues are crazy long. Too long for the dog to wait for me in the heat. Whenever we're at Bishan Park and I thought of quickly grabbing two hash browns from the McD's across the bridge, it never comes to pass. Same for the McD's at Serene Center, and at Potong Pasir Avenue 1. 

So I end up getting loads of hash browns from hip cafes. Tater tots are cool, but not as satisfying as a flat hash brown. Yah, they're pretty much the same thing. BUT. Oh! I have to explain to people that in my dictionary, rosti isn't the same as hash browns. They're not interchangeable. G was horrified when we had brunch that day at Twenty Eight Cafe — I ordered rosti with mushrooms, requested the kitchen to skip the truffle oil, and added a side of hash browns. "So much carbs!" She exclaimed. Hahahaha. I ate them all. I was so full from brunch that I couldn't eat dinner that night. Had a large bowl of soup instead. NO REGRETS. 

10 tater tots give me an average total of 160 calories, 20g of carbs and 8g of fat. One McD's hash brown gives 149 calories, 17g of carbs and 8g of fat. Lovely. I'll take them. I always eat two McD's hash browns at a go. That's truly a meal. If I'm hungry, I'll look for eggs or a piece of brioche to go with the potatoes. Otherwise, just the potatoes would suffice. With chilli sauce. That's a must. A chilled glass of juice would round up the meal perfectly.

As much as I'm on the lookout for brunch venues that takes dogs, I also scan their menus for options of sides of hash browns. This is probably why I keep returning to Group Therapy Coffee at Cross Street Exchange. I could literally have a meal made up of three big hash browns. Mmmmm. They serve up the biggest hash browns I've seen in town. A meal here could be for lunch or brunch. It's all the same to me. It certainly helps that the kitchen has a very good deep fryer. 

Group Therapy Coffee offers the option of assembling my own brunch plate. Heh.