For spring break, a friend came from home to visit me. He flew in to London, then we had about 3 hours to kill until our flight to Amsterdam, so we decided to get some food while we waited. We ended up at a breakfast place, which was really good, then he asked me "have you ever had eggs Benedict?" Of course, I hadn't ever had it, so it became his mission to find eggs Benedict for me to try before he left. Looking back on it all now it seems ironic, because it was one of the first things we planned to do, but it was one of the last things we actually did before he left. The morning of his flight we decided to grab some breakfast. We picked Earls Court Tavern because we saw that they had a sign up saying "English breakfast from 10-12 for £6.49," we were sold. I go to Earls Court Tavern all the time for drinks, but I had never had breakfast there so it was going to be a new experience. When we sat down and looked at the menu, the first thing I saw was eggs Benedict. I was planning on getting the ham, eggs, and chips that is always featured on the menu, but after seeing Brandon's face light up when I said "hey, there's eggs Benedict," I had to try it. For him at least. I was a little iffy about it when I read the description and it said "Holland sauce" like what the heck is holland sauce, but I didn't let it stop me. So we both ordered the eggs Benedict. When the food arrived at the table, I was instantly concerned because the "Holland sauce" I was so worried about, was covering the entire meal! Then he said "it will be fiiiiinnneee, I promise, it's really good." After the first bite, I couldn't decide if I liked it or not, then after the second, I started liking it more.
I don't know if you've ever had eggs Benedict, but it was an English muffin, with bacon, --your vegetarian, never mind-- and pooched eggs, covered in the holland sauce. It was pretty good, I probably would have liked it better with ham because I'm more of a ham person than a bacon person, but it was still very delicious. The yolk on the egg was the perfect "runniness" that it didn't burst over the whole plate, but enough to cover the bite you were about to take. Which for me is great. I like my eggs over easy some times, while others I just enjoy scrambled. The pooched part of the egg was different too, it seemed a little healthier than frying the egg on a pan with oil. Anyway, Brandon accomplished his goal, I had eggs Benedict and it was pretty good. I might actually order it again sometime, depending on what I'm feeling that day. :)
I have been craving an over easy egg these days, I just haven't cooked one yet. Just the other night, I did a little experiment with cooking an egg in the microwave, as in, cracking it on a plate and putting it in the microwave. I've done it with my scrambled eggs so I thought hey, what the heck.
After cooking the egg for the first 1.5 minutes, it didn't look like things were going well, so I decided to flip it like I would an egg on a pan, then put it in for another 2 minutes, and the egg turned out great. The yolk actually cooked all the way, but more in the form of a hard boiled egg yolk, which was a little different but still very tasty.
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