11th St. Diner, South Beach, Florida

Thankfully this old school diner in South Beach exists or else I wouldn't have eaten anything good on my stay there recently for work. I'm sure there are good restaurants down there but I didn't eat at any. I invited Liz to join me but she missed the last flight out from Toronto. So this review is solo.



So, at the corner of 11th and Washington in South Beach, you'll see what looks like one of the old silver bullet camping trailers with a nice covered patio. Great first impression. When I got inside, the decor reminded me of the Stem restaurant at Queen and Spadina here in Toronto.



The service was fairly quick when I sat down. I decided to order one the specialties, which I assumed was the ones highlighted. I got the Sam's Scram Eggs, which was 3 egg whites, scrambled with turkey, onions and carrots. It also came with home fries, which weren't bad, and wheat toast. I also got an orange juice, which being in Florida, I thought would be better, and a coffee, which was straight up juan valdez or something generic. The eggs were really good and I didn't have to douse them in ketchup when things go bad. The order to food receivership time was accelerated when the cook brought out my food. Wow. I thought it was because I ordered one of the specials but he was out a few times for other tables.



Overall, the food was good, the service above average and the cool atmosphere put my visit up into the upper echelon of breakfast tour stops. I give 'em 7.5 out of 10.

Fran's Diner, College & Yonge, Toronto

Before heading into work, my friend Greg and I made our way to Fran's Diner.  This place has a couple locations in Toronto, the Yonge Street location arguably being the most famous, but lacking the style or cleanliness of the location nearby the Eaton Center.

One thing I love about Fran's is that their standard bacon & eggs dish is awesome.  They buy a pre-made hashbrown that's deep fried (a brand that I've actually come to recognize at several Toronto breakfast joints) but still very tasty.  Their eggs are usually spot-on and the bacon is as thick as it is salty.

Harry joined us soon after and ordered french toast, which oddly took 3x as long as ours did and seemed to greatly inconvenience our server.  After stopping just short of needing a megaphone to get her attention for more coffee, we decided to just leave.

Hard rating this time, because it's like we had 2 breakfasts back to back.  Mine and Greg's was great, but averaged out with Harry's experience, Fran's gets a surprising 5/10.

Pizza Napoli Restaurant, Santiago, Chile

Thanks to my friend Andrew who's been driving me around in Santiago, Chile for work, I found a restaurant right around the corner from the Radisson that served a breakfast that resembled something back home in Toronto.
Honestly, I don't know if it's that I miss home a bit or I was hungover, but the runny eggs with ham strips tasted pretty good. I think it was a combo of both. The meal also came with a delicious banana and orange juice(jugo) and a great cafe latte. I don't know if I could've ordered bacon with it because it wasn't on the menu photo I pointed at. Typical gringo tourist.

Overall, a 5/10.

I think the address is 499 Torre Sur. It's just beside the world trade center beside the Radisson on Av. Vitacura.

Village Inn, Toronto

Had breakfast at this place for convenience sakes.
The french toast was dipped in the thickest, most awful half scrambled egg mix, and then just fried like an over-easy egg. My breakfast came served with an ashtray full of butts, which you will see the waiter was far too lazy to pick up for me.









...and about 20 minutes later, I've eaten the most disgusting french toast of my life. Our very first 0/10. Good job Village Rainbow!