Battle of Benedicts

In the right corner we have DJ's Berkeley Cafe and in the left corner is reigning champ Snooze .....so i think it was basically a knockout.  DJ's Berkeley cafe has been a local sunnyside neighborhood favorite for a couple of years and had a full page feature in 5280 magazine's brunch selections.  We only waited 15 minutes for our table on a beautiful sunday morning which would have been at least 60 minutes at snooze.  I ordered the california benedict which was sliced avocado, tomato and poached egg on a housemade english muffin.  The first time it came around the eggs were less than warm so I sent it back.  The benedict came with dime sized roasted potatoes.  Overall the flavor was plain, no additional spices and i left uninspired, i actually have to say that the roasted veggie sandwich i had another time on their housemade french bread was much better than this popular benedict.

Ah then there was snooze......the bella benny is a beautiful housemade english muffin topped with proscuitto, brie poached egg, arugula, and cream cheese hollandaise and balsamic syrup.  The shredded hashbrowns were formed perfectly into a 3 inch ringmold, with a nice crispiness which complemented the benedict and the 8 inch blueberry pancake.....The saltiness of the proscuitto and brie worked extremely well with the english muffin and the spicy greens.

I love SNOOZE. case closed.

My next post will be from chicago! stay tuned