*** Brunch: It's what's for brunch. Here's the monthly round-up of brunches around town that you can roll on if you want to.

Toast

"Toast" is the newly branded restaurant and rooftop section of popular hutong boutique hotel, The Orchid. The Orchid itself is the very picture of outdoors-y, rustic, classic Beijing hutong serenity, don't you know, which makes it a pretty damn fine venue to get a fine first-meal-of-the-day with your S.O. It's real romantic. Pictured below is their leafy rooftop, as well as the inside section of the restaurant, which is small, comfortable, and personal. Kind of feels like getting invited to stay at someone's nice vacation home is some far-flung and exotic place. The menu reflects the cross-cultural heritage which is at the heart of the modus operandi of the hotel itself, and combines classic Beijing-style breakfast staples -- veggies and flatbreads -- with dressed-down Western breakfast traditions. You can view the full Summer 2015 menu online right here. Breakfast sandwiches, sausages, frittatas, avocado salads, along with Beijing flatbreads, Xinjiang-style granola, and Sichuan bacon -- it's the kind of menu a European who has adopted Beijing and China as a permanent home would put together. The Full Chinglish - 80rmb Iron Frittada - 80rmb Toast is running on a hutong kitchen so food takes for-fuggin-ever coming out of the kitchen, but it's definitely worth the wait. The Full Chinglish above ("full Chinglish", har har) is a take on a more traditional breakfast with Beijing elements incorporated into the mix -- a baked bun and spinach, sharing plate space with Andy's Maple Sausage, a poached egg, and home-fries. The second dish is their Iron Frittada -- like an Italian quiche that's served in a skillet. That one's rounded out with some deep and rich Sichuan bacon. Really great. Daily: 10:30am-2:30pm Contact information here ***

Slow Boat Taproom

Slow Boat's been serving their "Sausage Fest" brunch for a while now, but they've recently started partnering with upstart sausage makers Beijing Bangers to supply the meat in tubes. You might have seen Beijing Bangers around town previously at The Brick (the man behind this meat tends bar there or something) or at a few Pop-Ups. Beijing Bangers angle on things is authenticity, particularly with their Cumberland sausages, which are the real deal. Pepper pork sausages then, in fidelity to the esteemed British sausage making tradition is the centerpiece to their standard brunch plate, The Classic Big Brunch. The Classic Big Brunch - 60rmb Yeah, these are really excellent sausages. Really excellent. Super tasty. Damn, now I wish they'd open up their own restaurant somewhere. They turn up again in The Brunch Burrito, if you're looking for a lighter deal, that you can pick up in two hands. The Brunch Burrito - 35rmb Half / 55rmb full Here's what's happening on the drinks side of things. 150rmb gets you an optional all-you-can-drink beer special, on top of your meal, which runs from 11:30am to 2pm, but if you've got stuff to do, the Beermosa is fine too. Sun: 11:30am to 2pm Full listing here ***

Agua's Infinity Brunch

Ringing in the season, one of Beijing's most popular Spanish fine dining restaurants Agua has re-launched their similarly popular "Infinity Brunch". Laid-back sophistication and natural elegance are the vibes at Agua's big-deal brunch thang -- mmmyes, mmmyes -- and they do it really well. The selling points are thus: it's a great day-time environment (bright, airy, and classy), the food is really decent, and, most importantly, it's just a really, really good deal. 278rmb for unlimited food from the brunch menu. Add 168rmb to that to include free-flow Cava, Mimosa, Bloody Mary, and wine. Tuna ceviche salad Agua signature cheesecake, orange confit & raspberry sauce So the brunch menu -- view the entire thing right here -- breaks down into soups, salads, starters, egg dishes, savory starches (bread, cheese, meat dishes), meats and seafoods, deserts, and signature dishes (sucking pig, ribeye steak, lobster at an additional charge). Once you pay the fee, you can hit that menu up as much as you want, re-upping on plates brought to your table like a Japanese all-you-can-eat place. Actually, probably a nice hotel buffet might be a more accurate comparison, but instead of going to the various demarcated stations, you're just ordering stuff to your table. Examples: "Icelandic halibut served with pumpkin purée and vegetables escabeche" "Beef tenderloin, sweet potato and bacon purée, green asparagus and beef jus" "3 pan-fried Argentinean prawns w/ persillade sauce of lemon, garlic and parsley" So yeah. It's pretty intense. It's like King Phillip II's chef is having a garage sale on the delectables from the royal kitchen. Very nice. You deserve this. You've had a week right? Go get some pan-fried Argentinean prawns. All you. Sat & Sun: 12pm-3pm Full listing here.