Forking Tasty

My first X-Rated Cafe

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 65 | Post-meal (1 hour): 106 | Insulin: 4 Units

This Blog is rated X and so is the restaurant I went to in Vancouver.

My buddy Sean Bell got off a ship in Vancouver about a week ago and has been vacationing in Vancouver ever since. Sean has been to Vancouver many times and wanted to meet up for brunch. He has been to a restaurant called The Elbow Room Café on Davie St. and loves the food there. That is all he mentioned to me was the good food, he didn’t mention the type of X-rated service we were going to get with the food…

The Great Pancake Attempt

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 87 | Post-meal (1 hour): 155 | Insulin: 4 Units

My buddy Dave Severino, a stand up comic, saw my posts about Pancakes on the Rocks and was waiting for me to get back to New York to grab some brunch. He really wanted some pancakes because of the picture of the slow dripping butter oozing down those delicious pancakes. However, somehow we ended up at a Mexican brunch called Vamos.

Best French Toast Ever!

Yes. I know that is a huge claim. “Best Ever” is not to be thrown around lightly. My trip to Santa Barbara continued to delight right up to this tasty breakfast at Eladio’s

Let’s qualify “the best”. Start with a fresh, flaky piece of brioche. Then with an egg wash stick it to another piece of fresh, flaky brioche. That gives you a double thick piece of bread that looks like challah bread. It also gives you a “pocket” between the two pieces of bread. Now fill that pocket with vanilla, cinnamon and marscapone cheese. Grill it in some butter. Plate it and pour on some warm, real maple syrup.

Take a good long look at the pic above. That’s right. That is warm cinnamon and vanilla riddled marscapone cheese oozing out of the center of that brioche. Now I ask you, are you really going to argue the “best ever” label I tagged it with?

Eladio’s Restaurant
1 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3527
(805) 963-4466