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The Little Next Door – Lil’ French Breakfast

hisonlyness — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:22:42 +0000

Breakfast has never been more on point. If you like French food, you know, Croque Monsieurs, lots of ham and poached eggs, this is your place: The Little Next Door. I actually got a Croque Madame, lathered with cheese, thinly slice ham and topped with a sunny side up egg, served with a small side salad.

I also had this tasty prosecco coctail that had a little hibiscus flower in it. mmmmm.

And for a little dessert, a little pistachio macaron. Not great but it did the trick.

Try it if you’re in LA and need breakfast or brunch. Find it here.

Jodie’s in Albany for Fried Chicken

hisonlyness — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:30:16 +0000

If you haven’t been to Jodie’s in Albany, you should go, preferably on a weekend, meet Jodie and have a breakfast. Clear your schedule for the rest of the day though, because the food is heavy and all you’ll want to do afterwards is nap and watch football. There’re a few other things you should know: it’s tiny, they’ll talk your ear off, and get the fried chicken. That’s pretty much it. They only serve the fried chicken breakfast (get it with grits or with the eggs) on Saturday and Sunday.

The fried chicken is definitely not your modern, semi-healthy grape-seed oil fried chicken. It’s deep, deep fried, fatty and goes real well with Jodie’s hot sauce. But anyways, enough about the chicken. The egg’s benedict (Jodie’s style) is also pretty good. Really heavy – definitely not appropriate for one sitting but, as Jodie pointed out, you can take it home and heat up later and it will taste EXACTLY the same. It did.

fried chicken with eggs, english muffins and hash browns

Try it but be ready to freeze if you have to sit outside. Also, don’t get the orange juice – it’s from a box and not worth 2 or 4 dollars, whatever it costs. Everything else comes in huge portions. Map it.

the kitchen at Jodie's

Poached Eggs Are The Way To Go

hisonlyness — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:32:53 +0000

Get a poaching pan, poach the eggs, toast the english muffin, slice the tomato and avocado, fry the bacon, and sprinkle the mozzarella and hot sauce.

poached eggs with tomato, avocado, bacon, mozzarella and hot sauce

Veggie Omelette with Turkey Bacon, Potatoes and a Trio of Toasts

hisonlyness — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:08:41 +0000

Tomato, onion, mushroom, spinach and ricotta omelette with turkey bacon, baby yukon gold potatoes and a trio of toasts topped with the pistachio pesto, blueberry jam, and sweet Cheeseboard butter.

fluffy omelette preparation

the omelette with the sides

trio of toasts? yes

I picked up the ricotta from Whole Foods the other day because the two guys who make it were there giving out free samples. Its incredible and I would say, even if you’re lactose intolerant, its worth trying.

Angelo and Franco Ricotta Cheese

Zucchini Flower Omelette

hisonlyness — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:00:53 +0000

A little breakfast: zucchini flower omelette, olive bread toast, fix and strawberry.