Shore Eats
Battle French Toast
The perfect hint of richness!
Nice sweet start!
French people know what’s up when it comes to food. French fries? Amazing. French bread? Darn good. French toast? Way better than regular toast. So when it came time to order up my breakfast al fresco (an Italian term… I sense a Eurotheme here people), sitting a few feet above the glorious OC Boardwalk at Café Beach Club, I had Eiffel Towers in my eyes and couldn’t see anything but the French Toast. What a French Toast this is. When I go out to eat, I want something I really can’t or wouldn’t make at home. So I ordered up the Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Toasted Coconut Custard French Toast with Warm Syrup. Sacre Bleu!
Remember John Cusack in Better Off Dead? We’re talking 1985. He’s sitting at the table with a tie wrapped around his head as his mother serves “Frahnch fries and Frahnch dressing and Frahnch bread? Nobody? It’s a classic. Like the Texas Frahnch Toast at Yianni’s. The outside is just the right amount of crispy and the inside is just the right amount of soft and it’s cooked golden brown (not too much!) and served hot with fresh fruit. I already want more. Yianni’s always serves up some good grub no doubt and there’s usually a crowd. So I kept it simple with the original dish. No cinnamon raisin French toast,
She Said With the first bite, I was transported to a hammock between two palm trees with coconuts dotted around the floor around me as I stared into the rich blue waters of the Cote d’Azur. The dish was light and buttery and not too sweet. Truth be told, I didn’t even need the warm syrup because the flavors were so luscious, I didn’t want anything to come between us. The toasted coconut was crispy, and the macadamia nuts were chopped small enough to have some in each bite. The custard gave the dish the perfect hint of richness… Ooh la la indeed.
Cafe Beach Club 1282 Boardwalk, Ocean City
He Said or blueberry souffle French toast. No, we broke it down to its original form and let it stand on its own merits and it shined! Yianni uses a good thick bread that does a good job soaking up the milk and egg mixture. The dish was sweet with a buttery flavor throughout. Yianni’s French Toast came topped with powdered sugar to which I added more butter and syrup... winning! The wise young woman to my left said “the French toast is so good here because it’s sweet, it’s fluffy, it’s hot and fresh off the grill. A good sweet start” And that it was, a nice sweet start to my day.
Yianni's Cafe 841 Asbury Avenue, Ocean City
>>>> Next month the battle continues with the lobster roll... or is it lobstah roll? 10
OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019
