Brunches

I've got another foodie post for you. I was determined to try Chef Imondi's before we left town... and now it looks like I've got plenty of time... but we went for brunch on Saturday.

I got excited when we walked in and found white tablecloths, a nice waterfall wall, and elegant seating by the window. So far so good! The menu was good with offerings like eggs benedict (yea, those of you that know me know I didn't make it past that point on the menu before deciding what to order!), New Orleans-style beignets, and cute sandwiches for lunch. I decided on the four course breakfast which included coffee, beignets, eggs benedict, and my pick of the dessert case. mmm.

The beignets arrived and were good. They were not the light and fluffy, yet hearty beignets I recall from Cafe du Monde, but had good texture and sweetness, like thick donuts. Then, oh-so-excited! my eggs benedict arrives! The hollandaise is a little separated, but I know from Martin that it can still have good flavor without the perfect texture. First few bites were good, but then the separating sauce became too much and everything started to taste like butter. Why is that bad, do you ask? Because eggs benedict is supposed to be a lovely mixing of textures and flavors with crunchy and yeasty english muffins, salty and hearty ham, solid white and runny yellow poached eggs, with creamy, buttery hollandaise.

So, I was disappointed with my buttered, grilled, and flattened english muffin and rapidly separating-before-my-very-eyes hollandaise sauce. All in all, it was more of a short order grill quality of breakfast in a fancy setting. Maybe we'll try their lunch sometime.

Then, after we moved in to the Jestice House (more on that later) I was so happy because it was very close to one of my favorite Panama City places - Sweet Tease which does have a very tasty brunch and eggs benedict with crab cakes in lieu of ham (tasty!). We drove over to get some Sunday brunch and found a "For Rent" sign in the window! Noooooooo!!! How sad!!! I didn't even get to say goodbye... *sniff*