Breakfasts run to the indulgent, while lunch features tender omelets and good crab.
While lunch and dinner have been transformed by their exposure to other cultures, breakfast has got stuck in a rut.
To walk into the church while lunch is going on is to enter one of the city's defining public spaces.
The owner's niece mixes me the house special – orange juice with pomelo, lemonade and grenadine – and offers to show me around while lunch is prepared.
While lunch and dinner bring healthy chopped salads and glistening collard greens, it's impossible not to glance past them to the weightier options, which change daily.
While lunch is served and the chainsaw is being inspected, I grab a moment with Ed Sayer, the programme's executive producer.
Breakfast (bagels, ham-and-cheese croissants, pains au chocolat) is delivered at 7.30am every day, while lunch (a selection of salads, pastas and quiches) arrives at 10.30am.
Dinner for two, three courses apiece, was $75, while lunch for two, two courses each, cost $37.65, before tax, tip and drinks in both cases.
Tim Groenewald partnered Chanderpaul, whose 86-ball half-century exuded calmness, while lunch was delayed for 15 minutes with a finish imminent.
The breakfast menu is anchored by staples like omelets, waffles and buttermilk pancakes (from $5.25 to $6.25), while lunch consists largely of salads ($5.75 to $11) and sandwiches ($6.25 to $9.25).
It's not just about afternoon tea; breakfasts include poached eggs on toast (£4.95) or toasted crumpets, (£2.25) while lunch might be a traditional Kentish "huffkin"; huge soft rolls stuffed with bacon and eggs or thick slices of ham and mustard (£7.50, with a salad).
