While we're fans of lazy gluttony and daytime drinking here at Fork in the Road, we sometimes have a hard time getting super stoked about weekend brunch, mostly because we're uninspired by fighting a riled up crowd eager to cure its collective hangover, only to sit down to mediocre eggs and bacon and drop a sum of money we normally associate with dinner pricing.
"Doubles" is singular, but also plural. It's a classic conundrum.
There's a whole class of snacks dispensed at Trinidadian fast-food restaurants, eaten at breakfast, lunch, or anywhere in between -- constituting a sort of seven-days-a-week form of brunch. The menu should be of particular interest to vegans and pescatarians especially.
The Japanese breakfast is a wild farrago of tastes and textures, but where to start?
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If you're tired of brunching on the usual eggs benedict, french toast with fruit, or basket of muffins, consider the traditional Japanese breakfast at Panya Bakery on Stuyvesant Street in the middle of the East Village's Little Tokyo.
This nicely turned out (and relatively inexpensive at $7) breakfast is Dish #10 in our countdown.
Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.
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This novel form of hash is Dish #15 in our countdown. But where did it come from?
Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.
Say the word "hash," and the canned variety usually comes to mind. You know, the product that features potatoes and either roast beef or corned beef in an impossibly fine dice of stunning uniformity. Decanned and fried with an egg on top, it's a diner staple beloved of folks who crave salty foods.
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Dense and delicious corn cakes called Johnny Cakes, served with candied rhubarb and upstate maple syrup.
Although not usually a fan of brunch, Fork in the Road was recently knocked out by the brunch that commenced last weekend at Parish Hall, the new Williamsburg offshoot of Egg. There were eggs, of course, but also corn-based flapjacks, steel-cut oatmeal with roasted vegetables and sea salt, and, of course, homemade granola. View the brunch menu here.
Lauren Bloomberg A bloody delicious dish that will kick your hangover's arse
There are a few setbacks to brunching at Minetta Tavern. Even if you have a reservation, they will leave you cooling your heels in the packed entryway before leading your party of three to a two-top by the bathroom. The waitstaff will then leave you at the table for way too long before taking your order. And the half-dozen Bloody Mary options all come a little too watered down. But if you can get past the flaky service and subpar brunch cocktails, you'll be rewarded by some excellent hangover sopping food.
Baconfish -- better than bananafish
Until robot butlers and caffeine main lines become affordable realities, foraging on wintry Saturday mornings remains a painful necessity of modern, urban life.
Even if don't have a hangover because you spent Friday night with the sisters Brontë (Wuthering Heights, represent!) the whole waking up process -- groggily crawling out of your warm bed into the cruel, cold world just to find food -- will always suck.
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The bathtub-size Bloody Mary (called "Mamacita Maria") is probably enough for two to share.
The offshoot of Manhattan casual Mexican La Esquina opened in midsummer, with a capacious side garden that became one of season's most relaxing sights in Northside Williamsburg (even though there seem to have been some snafus with seating). The diner itself has been a string of restaurants over the last few years, most recently Relish. Now, it seems to be settling down into a pleasant culinary groove.
The vada-iddly combo will set you back less than $5, and is served with homemade coconut and peanut chutneys.
To hell with eggs and to hell with bacon. Yes, they can be great, but what if your dietary preferences prevent you from eating them? A brunch at Jersey City's Sri Ganesh's Dosa House is 100 percent just as good -- and strictly vegan, if you avoid the two items out of over 100 that use butter (clearly stated on the menu). And, for vegetarians, you'll be glad to know that there's nothing on the menu you can't eat.
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