Comments on: Breakfast at Etro

By: The Food Pornographer

The Food Pornographer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:32:09 +0000

Hi everyone, especially jetgirl and deborah…
As per comment 10 from carmen, the bacon in Australia is very different to American bacon. We don’t cook it in the same way you guys do in the US, and we serve it very differently – but don’t worry, the bacon I ate was fully cooked and perfectly fine. In Australia, if the bacon shatters when you bite it, it is considered way overdone! :) I don’t consider our bacon to be soggy or limp; it’s just served meaty rather than crunchy. This is another reason why food blogging is so interesting – what is normal and delicious to some can seem completely alien and “wrong” to others!

Vero,
Yes – bacon and jam is yummo too! I prefer strawberry jam to raspberry though. :) I don’t eat maple syrup that often (probably not even once a month) but when I have it I relish every last drop.

kissy,
It’s all a matter of personal taste. I’d never assume everyone agreed with my tastes all of the time. :)

Fiona,
True, true.

laundrydays,
It is tempting to eat out like this more often! But I prefer to get in to work early on most mornings.

Denisse,
You’ve described it just fine! LOL. Nothing else beats that bacony flavour – and nothing else can describe it better than “bacony”.

The Home Cook,
Other people had delicious looking meals too – even the fruit toast looked good. So many things I’d try on the menu…

Hahah, no problemo, deborah – see my very first comment reply. :)

emma,
Aussie and US bacon are very different… I’ve discussed this in my first comment reply, above.

Thanks, carmen. You are exactly right. I’d love to have french toast and bacon again for breaky… but had leftover pizza this morning – almost as good. :)

dea,
I love it too. Makes boring bread so much yummier.

C,
Just what I have grown to expect and love from you, my makan mate. LOL.

By: C

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:27:16 +0000

I didn’t see this one before. 2 english muffins sound just fine! The more the merrier!

By: dea

dea — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:49:59 +0000

the french toast looks delish. i love piping hot french toast.

By: carmen

carmen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:30:46 +0000

People often fail to realize that American bacon and Australian bacon are two completely different cuts from a pig. Their bacon is more leaner and thicker than american standard bacon were ours is cut from the fattier lower end parts of the pig. The bacon is completely cooked, it’s just because it’s a different cut that it looks uncooked.
I am having french toast and bacon this weekend, thanks lady!

By: emma

emma — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:52:19 +0000

looks fine (bacon) and totally yummy to me! Maybe Australia bacon is different?

By: deborahs@oslc.org

deborahs@oslc.org — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:28:47 +0000

That bacon is SO not done! Eeeuw! I love bacon too but that picture is why I never order it or a sandwich with it when I eat in a restaurant. Bacon should be totally dry and SHATTER when you bite it. It needs to be cooked low and slow until no more bubbles are coming out of the fatty part, then tenderly drained and patted dry on both sides. i will step down from my soapbox now and leave you to your limp, soggy strips! Cheers from Oregon!

By: The Home Cook

The Home Cook — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:17:13 +0000

I always love your breakfasts out before work. This looks like a delicious meal. I’d want a little of both, though. :)

By: Denisse

Denisse — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:44:55 +0000

I TOTALLY get your fascination with bacon & maple syrup! There is just something about the salty bacony (there just isn’t a better word for me) flavor intermingling with the sweet syrup all at once…yummers…

By: laundrydays

laundrydays — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:25:05 +0000

hmm, why isn’t the bacon done? It looks fine to me from the pics.

lordy, your bacon and french toast look so good! I wish i had access to a cafe like that on the way to work, i’d wake up an hour earlier!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:10:32 +0000

eggs Benedict is always so tiny, so maybe two is a good idea!