City Bakery
October 28th, 2007 | by Loretta |After a long hiatus, I’m writing again. Regularly? I hope so, but very uncertain.
Yesterday Irene and I went to the City Bakery. Melanie suffered many commuter disruptions and other incidents in addition to a rainy, Saturday morning. So she couldn’t join us.
For a very long time, I’ve heard about City Bakery. Supposedly, they make some of the best hot chocolate in NYC. At $4.50 per small cup and a small vat of chocolate that is continuously tempering, it’s hard to imagine them making any mediocre chocolate-related beverages.
Of course. I didn’t get the hot chocolate.
Instead, for breakfast, I had oatmeal. Why? Because I’ve never had oatmeal outside of the walls of my house. Seriously.
I needed to see how other people serve it, so I splurged $3 on a small cup, which is literally about one cup volume, of cooked oatmeal. Topped with wheat germ, raisins and toasted coconut to my liking.
It was great. It stayed on my spoon when I had it upside down, because it was that gelatinous. I’m a fan of super thick oatmeal. My parents usually make more of a soup-like consistency, so I need to beat them to cooking it whenever I want things my way. :\
As a side note, if you’ve ever cooked up oatmeal and saw it thicken? That’s what soluble fiber does in our bodies– thickens up and cleans our insiiiides.
But I digress.
Irene had caramelized French toast with a side of potatoes. Of the homefries nature.
It was a very big chunk of French toast. So much height, I thought was many slices of bread magically adhered together. With the magical-ness that is custard, butter and caramel.
Of course, I was wrong and it was just a really, really thick piece of bread to begin with. Irene couldn’t finish it, so I had a few bites. By far, it’s much better than the sad and depressing French toast I had at the Paris Paris breakfast buffet in Vegas. The caramel was excellent; its flavor offset the heavier effects of the moist inside.
After sitting and chatting, we went downstairs to find that brunch or lunch is ready to serve. It was a beautiful spread of very diverse foods.
City Bakery is located at 3 West 18th Street and is open 7 days a week.