Today we (my lovely wife and I) headed up to the city for brunch with her home girls from yesteryear.
If you are looking for the most awesome breakfast or brunch, you have to head to this place - mixing a creole flair and the most awesome beignet's, traditional to crawfish included, this is the place to go. If you are heading there saturday or sunday, be there before 10:00 and you shouldn't have a problem getting a seat.
So a little about the food...
I opted for the grillades and grits. Holy moly it was so scrumptious. Combining flank steak with creole gravy, sultry grits, a bulbous bisuit and two perfectly cooked over easy eggs - I was in heaven. Any time I get the chance to take a carb and a protein with an egg yolk, omg, need I say more. There is something about egg yolks that is so rich and just plain yummy. In this case, the creole gravy and the grits took this deightful breakfast formula and took it to a whole new level - Bravo.
enough about my dish how bout the rest...
Megan's bomb Coleslaw, Croque Monsieur and a few slices of somethin'. Imagine a grilled cheese sandwich with the dial turned up to 11 and add the best cole slaw ever. The salad wasn't overly sweet nor was it overlydressed - the cabbage and the other produce were the showcase as oposed to the sauce. The Croque had an amazingly creamy touch between the ham and the bread. That creamyness and suppleness turned out the the work of misseur gruyere. For as heavy as this sounds is it was as light as a cloud. The proportion of cheese to ham to bread were all perfectly balanced. Again, Bravo.
Megan's Homegirls opted for the Banana's Foster french toast. I had one bite and here is my take. Absolutely delightful. When it comes to breakfast, I am a savory fan, hence my percistance of adding peanutbutter to just about any pancake or any toast de Français. With that said, despite the title of this dish it was so well balanced, I wouldnt even call it french toast... maybe the Bannana Rum Breakfast. It was not overy sweet, the rum cut the sweetness of the banana and to be honest, I wanted to steal homegirl's to-go box.
That's the take from Brenda's over on Eddy and Polk in San Francisco.
Cheers,
David
PS: That little side of something... no one could figure out what it was. It was sour and spicy and I was quite afraid to venture my guess. Honestly, I thought it would sound odd. I politely asked the waitress and she returned the question to me - I responded hesitantly "Please don't take offense as I quite like it, but it tasted like a spicy picked watermelon most likely the rind..." Her face dropped in awe. Her words "I have worked her over a year and you are the first person who has ever gotten it right." She went on to compliment my pallet and at that moment I was in awe. I actually guessed an unknown food that I have never ever consumed. Woah. That was one really cool experience.
More deatails about the beignets and other treats can be found over at I'm only here for the food
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