posting everyday for three days...unusual right? well i couldn't help but to write something about the most fabulous brunch chef & i had with his friends and dad this morning. We went to bleu, one of our favorite restaurants here in columbia. i like to think i am a foodie-in-training (which ironically i call fit...) and this restaurant is an excellent place to go in columbia to try out the taste buds that you haven't. their menu changes regularly and dishes tend to be on the creative side. this summer they have started to do brunch on sundays, which we had never been to before but had heard many good things about. one complaint i have of columbia is the lack of breakfast nooks, aside from the usual diners. this place bleu (pun intended) my mind away.
they have all of your favorites - eggs, omelets, etc. but they also have things you don't find at many american restaurants. the chef ordered huevos rancheros. i know that i can make a mean huevos, learned from the big brother, but this was...unbelievable. (its a good think chef knows how to share!). the beans, cheese, salsa and avocado created the most outstanding mixture of goodness. it was like heaven.
on a trip home to celebrate my uncle bob, i tried eggs benedict for the first time at one of my favorite breakfast places in iowa city, bluebird dinner. (which kaeli & i disagree about.) i fell in love and have been hunting for a place to get it here in town. it's a little too tricky for my lazy sunday home meals. bleu's came on a homemade buttermilk biscuit, fried virgina ham....house fries...hollandaise...to perfection eggs....i was in cholesterol heave poached n, let me tell you! (i felt the food coma coming on at first bite!) each bite was better than the last.
chaz, as i affectionately call chef's dad, had a made to order omelet with the regulars PLUS artichokes. to. die. for.
along with a delicious mimosa (because how can you go wrong) and build-your-own bloody marys, this is where i would like to go every sunday for the rest of my life. or at least every time i'm in columbia! and that was just a taste of options on the menu. next time, i'm going for the fluffy buttermilk pancakes topped with blueberry compote & creme fraiche/fresh (i don't know french, so i don't know if that's how you spell it...). i think chef will have something equally as delicious, like the cold lox salmon and i think we should split the loaded house fries. heaven.
anyone want to come visit me for breakfast?
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