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.

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.

Easy Restaurant

1645 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

We visited Easy a while ago, but somehow the review didn't make it up yet (as have a few) so while sipping some wine in Holland, I'll let you know how our meal went.

Mediocre, at best, after several raving reviews. Sometimes I start to wonder if we need to really stick to the 'house specialty' to get the best experience but a breakfast joint should do everything pretty well.

Big points for the crunchy french stick pieces that we got instead of the usual toast. I was pretty 'meh' on my eggs benedict: the hollandaise was yellow as a canary, thick, greasy, and believe it or not, completely flavourless. That is what stood out to me: how incredibly free of flavour such a rich looking dish was. Even the potatoes, which looked heavily spiced, just tasted like the orange grease that they came in. Plus, the poached eggs were full of water and so everything just became a mush. I hate when you're looking forward to a meal that much only to be forced to leave half of it untouched.

Harry's omellete was good.

The place smells like a damp basement and was pretty unclean. The service was extremely friendly and cheerful, mindful and gave us a TON of refills on our coffee. The orange juice was tasty.

I am going to go again to try the huevos divorciados that they even advertise on their website, easybreakfast.com.

Meh. 4/10 this time. Sorry guys, we really, really wanted to love you but just couldn't do it.