I Have been craving for Eggs Benedict every time i wanna head out for Breakfast since a year after leaving New Zealand. Can anyone suggest a good place where u can get it in Basel?
Cheers..... Rev..
Hey all,
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Eggs Benedict. I'd forgotten about them.
I am eagerly awaiting any knowledgeable responses to this question.
Never heard of them, but I just wikied and they look rather nice
My favourite Saturday morning breakfast (and often hangover cure) for several years in Melbourne. Often with "hash browns".
I am hungry now.
Sorry, I don't have any idea.
I've resigned myself to the (apparent) "fact" that if I want something fancy for breakfast, I have to learn to make it myself.
So, in the spirit of that, hopefully this can help you get started.
I would love to know somewhere as well!
I have made eggs beni at home for lack of knowing where to go..not quite the same when you have to make it yourself but it was def worth it!
Oh actually, I wonder if that American Diner (Cindy's Diner) in cinema alley does them??
Thanks!
My problem is that I am also an Eggs Benedict snob. I ate it at probably over 20 places in the homeland and really only found two of them to be really good and another handful acceptable.
What this means is that, with my extremely limited cooking skills, I am likely to reject my own eggs.
Hmm, I know there is a restaurant called Wettstein at the Basel Hilton AND I know that they serve breakfast... a casual search on Google isn't revealing anything much in the way of menu for that particular restaurant, maybe worth a look-see though if you happen by there one morning.
The website where I found it mentioned describes them as having an "American Breakfast" from 7 - 10 am.
Sorry can't help, but you seem to be sharing part of my brain.
I forgot to have Eggs Benedict the last time I was in the States (June) and even dreamed of eating Eggs Benedict a few nights ago.
I think next week I will have to finally try to bake some English muffins (or English muffin bread). Then learn how to do the rest. Sometimes I really miss certain foods from the States.
I've seen another EF member (meganrodgers) post on this site that she and her husband have a restaurant in Basel that serves Saturday brunch. She said they make eggs "made to order". Perhaps you can send her a PM to see if they ever do Eggs Benedict.
Bohemia in Zurich has a great breakfast menu (benedict bagel incl):
I've settled for making my own with the local ingredients. Semmeli works for the bread, I know it's not the same, but it's not the most tasty part of the treat anyway. Canadian-like bacon can be found at MMMigros as a small bulk piece (slice it yourself). The toughest part is of course the Hollandaise Sauce. My advice on that is to watch a couple of youtube videos on its preparation before attempting it right from a book. I used to use the Knorr mix, but I can't find it here and the mixes they have here smell of lemon as they are for asparagus.
My other favorite breakfast is Bagel and Laax. This is much easier to make.
Still my other favorites are breakfast burritos with chorizo, jelly filled omelettes, homemade pancakes and waffles, homemade gran-slam breakfast and for those who can handle it: a monte cristo with beer batter and jelly.
Maybe I should open a breakfast joint... Anyway, if you have questions on any of my diet foods, just ask.
Can't wait for morning
Wow.... Looks like we seriously live on a different planet... May be opening diner for all the stuff you dont get in Switzerland aint a bad idea at all.... Cant wait to hear from some one who knows where you can get it..... Maybe i will try in Amsterdam when i get there in a couple of days and satisfy my craving for it.....
cheers to all.... for the replies...
I ate there once.
Anyway. I agree that if there is something I want, I learn to make it myself. My cooking skills have greatly increase after watching Alton Brown explain the science of making just about anything on You Tube.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/t...ipe/index.html
This recipe has good ratings. I'll try it a few times. Y'all can come to my house for Sunday Brunch.
Most of the people I know if Basel I've met in my own home.
Life's a party!
Someone will have to bring the Bloody Marys though.
The Schiller Brasserie/Goethe Bar at Bellevue does amazing Eggs Benedict, Chf6.50 each Now becoming a regular Sunday morning treat...
For those that might be interested, the Kentucky saloon do a Wild West American Sunday brunch buffet including:
Different Breads, Zopf and Rolls, Toast, Butter, Fruitjams, Honey, Peanut Butter, Fruit and Natural Yoghurt, Fresh Fruits, Corn Flakes, Müsli-Flakes, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Ovo, different Fruit Jus, Ice Tea, Homemade Pan Cakes and French Toast with Maple Syrup, Cold Cuts, Ham, Salami, Ham of Chicken breast, Roastbeef, a choice of Swiss and French Cheese, Scrambled Eggs, roasted Bacon, Fried Eggs, Hash-Browns, Veal and Pork Sausages, Meat Loaf, BBQ Spare Ribs, different Sauces, Cowboy Beans, Cucumber-Cole-Slaw-, Tomatoes- and different Garden Salads, Vanilla-Caramel- and Jack Daniels Cream, Chocolate Mousse, Exotic Fruit Salad, Brownies, Cherry Pie, Apple Pie, Cheese Cake, Marshmallows, and a lot of Live Country Music.
Shame it's in the middle of nowhere (unless you like Ikea lots). Sounds very tasty though even if, due to the lack of a certain egg dish, it's totally off topic.