We went into London, to Covent Garden, to meet up with a number of other ex-pats for brunch at the "American Grill" The place was picked since it was one of the few places serving genuine buttermilk pancakes and french toast. Key breakfast items that are not very common amongst the heaping "full English breakfast" involving sausages, eggs, back bacon, fried tomatoes, baked beans on toast. Mark went for a dish involving hollandaise for one of his choices. When I make absolutely flawless hollandaise, I find it hard to order eggs Benedict while out to eat. I'm generally disappointed, because my own is invariably better. And although I make amazing ricotta pancakes, I did opt for the buttermilk pancakes as one of my options and they were awesome. I don't ordinarily make buttermilk pancakes here, so it was a tasty choice. Where there are weeks where two meals involve me making hollandaise sauce, so ordering that isn't such a special treat. On the way home late in the evening, we had some time to kill before our train departed, we also enjoyed eating at Yo! Sushi in the Paddington train station. Yum, pancakes and sushi in the same day!