Japanese fare is spilling over onto weekend brunch menus as chefs reinvent the morning meal. The Saturday-only brunch at Montreal’s Le Falco includes siphon coffee (think coffee maker meets oversize hourglass) and savoury sides like organic rice bowls with veggies marinated in prune vinegar. New Yorkers swap eggs Benedict for iriko dashi, chilled soba noodles and sea urchin at EN Japanese Brasserie. And in Melbourne, you can pick up artisan Japanese kitchenware at CIBI’s stylish design store before sampling the housemade miso soup and mirin-and-sake-infused sweet omelette.
CIBI 45 Keele St., Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia, 61-39-077-3941
EN Japanese Brasserie 435 Hudson St., New York, 212-647-9196
Le Falco 5605, av. De Gaspé, Montréal, 514-272-7766
