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Tiffany Lauren Q.
Location: New York
Blog Posts: 17
Member Since: 10/2/2007
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A Long Wait For Comfort Food
In the summer, I tend to be more adventurous with food and locations. Unlike the winter months where I tend to stay within my comfort zone, I like to take advantage of beautiful summer weather to trek out to different neighborhoods and discover new restaurants.
I'd read a lot of great reviews for Egg so I dragged my sleepy boyfriend out to Brooklyn early one morning in an attempt to beat the lines and try the food. When we got there, the place already had a pretty long waiting list, but we figured since we trekked all this way to have some breakfast we might as well just stick it out and wait.
An hour later, deliriously hungry and sweaty, we were finally able to wrangle a seat at the restaurant. The weather may have played a bit of a role with my less than stellar rating of the place as it was an oppressively hot and humid day. Believe me by the time I sat down, I was no longer in my usual happy, sunshiney mood.
My spirits did rise a little bit when I saw that the place had crayons. My inner 5 year old just had a blast drawing all sorts of random things when it finally dawned on me the reason the crayons were there for the sole reason of distracting pastons from yet ANOTHER ridiculously long wait for food.
It took approximately 30 minutes before our food came out and by then I was apologizing profusely to my boyfriend who looked like he was going to pass out in his hunger and the intense summer heat.
I will say this though- had it not taken us an hour and a half to get the food, I would've probably given it an extra star. The food was incredibly delicious, and the portions were generous but in perspective not worth the time it took the get to it.
For starters we had cinammon doughnut holes which were a sweet way to open up the meal. I ordered the Eggs Rothko (easy cooked egg in a slice of brioche and topped with cheddar), while Karl opted for Biscits and Gravy which was, in my opinion the winning dish for the day. It was biscuits smothered in gravy with bits of mushrooms and pork sausage and it was just such a flavorful and savory dish.
The reason I docked two stars was that my dish, while yummy wasn't exactly a "wow" inducing dish, and the waiting time both to be seated and to be fed was pretty insane.
All in all, I would still recommend this place to other people, but warn them to find ways to keep themselves occupied before the meal. I may return and give this place a second chance- I've heard wondrous things about their fried chicken.
Egg
135 N 5th St (Between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street)
Brooklyn, 11211
Tel: (718) 302-5151
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That's the thing with very popular brunch places - the dreaded waits! Glad Egg had great food though - looking forward to trying it if I can ever get myself out to Billyburg!