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Easter Brunch lasts all day at Country Club For the past five years, Atlantic City Country Club has set out quite the spread for Easter Sunday brunch. Sunday Brunch is part of the country club landscape and has been for years, but for Easter, Chef Ed Daggers takes pains to make it special. For one thing the time gives new meaning to brunch. The dining room opens at 9:30 a.m. and doesn’t close until 5:30 p.m. “I change the menu every year,” Daggers said. “We always have the stand-bys like an omelet station, waffles, eggs Benedict, bacon, sausage and a carving station. But I also try to change or add a unique item to our carving station as well. For Easter, we have leg of lamb with a mint demi glace. Sometimes we do Virginia ham or venison or we even carve whole sides of fish like salmon or tuna loins.” Dagger also likes to do something different on the seafood side. “This year, we also have fresh Gulf grouper with lobster caviar and butter, a great fish this time of year and a good, firm white fish the seafood lovers will enjoy.” A Pennsylvania native, Dagger is also doing house-made Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles, with spring peas and prosciutto ham. And he added an Asian twist with Hunan-style stir fried shrimp and broccoli. “We try to mix it up when we do brunch every week like adding some kind of action station like woks with stir fried shrimp or chicken or both. But for Easter, I try to have cool and different entrees that are not too far out there because we get so many families. We want everyone to find
IF YOU GO Caesars Entertainment presents Easter Brunch at the Atlantic City Country Club, 800 Shore Road, Northfield. Time is 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cost is $39.95 for adults; $17.95 for children 12 and under; children 4 and under are free. Call (609) 236-4465 for reservations.
No Easter feast would be complete without chocolate eggs and a visit with the bunny. PHOTO PROVIDED
things they enjoy and are tempted to try.” And the young ones can meet, greet and have pictures taken with the Easter Bunny. Dessert is one of the more impressive displays for Easter brunch with a giant
chocolate bunny display with Easter eggs and Easter candy. “We have many different items from fine French pastries to good old American Southern comfort bread pudding,” Daggers said.
Atlantic City Country Club Chef Ed Daggers takes extra steps to make Easter brunch special and family friendly. PHOTO PROVIDED
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