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Apparently Eggettes (pronounced aye-gets) is what all the cool kids are getting these days. Here’s where it stands in my unofficial food anthropological timeline:
Boba / Milk Tea >> Frozen Yogurt >> Eggettes I am making no claims on whether it’s a fad or not, but it seems to have trace levels of hype surrounding it. So what is it? It’s basically a waffle made in a mini-egg (or eggette) shapped hot iron. Each eggette is about the size of a quail egg. It’s fun to eat but the taste is nothing to write home about (but apparently enough to blog about :p). It’s definately a novelty item in my book, but then again so was boba. Check it out on Yelp >> http://www.yelp.com/biz/eggettes-millbrae-2 |
As a musician and a food lover, I often see many parallels between the two. In jazz, it’s all about improv - playing what you feel in the moment and reacting to what the other musicians are playing. In cooking, some situations call for the same inspiration, like, stale french fries.
Here, I was partially inspired by jazz and partially inspire by the Chinese who invented fried rice out of the philosophy of “nothing goes to waste” by using old rice as the cornerstone ingredient.
Here’s what happened - watch the “music” unfold:
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Loosely chopped up the cold fries |
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Got the pan greased up with some cut up bacon… I could have stopped here |
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Combined the two and let the soggy fries regain some crunch by swimming in the bacon grease |
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The fries and bacon seemed a little loosey-goosey and would be a little difficult to eat. So I decided to add some eggs as glue. sorry for the sideways picture - iPhone error! |
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At this point, my wife (fellow musician/cook) saw what I was doing and remarked “ADD SOME CHEESE AND CHOPPED GREEN CHILIES!” sorry again for the pic |
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Put a lid on it so the cheese melts and the egg cook up |
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BOO-YA! Add some ketchup, Tapatio, and/or Tobasco to taste. Not bad if I say so myself. |
6:24am: My life is now shifted about 4 hours ahead
2 others on the bus… it’s a party!
7:33am: On the BART from Millbrae to THE BIG CITY!
8:01am: A 10 minute walk to the office. Some cool sites along the way - here, City Hall
The world famous Davies Symphony Hall. I use to come here every year in elementary and Jr. High for field trips.
The park by the office. The grass is lumpier on the other side of OC.
8:30am: The work day begins! Here’s the office I share. If it looks like a living room, it is because IT IS! The office is an old Victorial house that has been converted to an office. That wooden mantle is a fireplace frame.
6:30pm: The work day ends. City Hall looks cooler at nite.