{"id":925,"date":"2011-10-19T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2011-10-19T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:08:21","slug":"worth-the-trip-big-breakfasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/10\/19\/worth-the-trip-big-breakfasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth the Trip<\/i>: Big breakfasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campus Caf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lansdowne campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big breakfast (two eggs, sausage or bacon, two slices of toast, and hashbrowns)<\/strong><\/p>\n

$6.48<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Campus caf breakfast (photo by Tyler Rowe\/Nexus).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nPresentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason:<\/strong> The cafeteria in the morning can be a scary place with tired students desperate for their caffeine fix. Through the maze of weary miserable students, you can find the big breakfast, a safe haven for those who still like eggs, toast, and meat packaged in tubes.<\/p>\n

Tyler: <\/strong>Like Jay-Z, what more can I say? Paper plates, but you get to watch your breakfast being cooked, so I guess it\u2019s pretty much like Benihana.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J: <\/strong>The breakfast is actually pretty good. You get a lot of food, but the bacon and sausage tastes a little old. Like a Seth MacFarlane show, you\u2019ll settle for it, but you look around for something better halfway through. The eggs are tasty, and if you like a runny yolk, they are usually already broken. The hash browns make up for the rest, though; you get a lot of the golden nuggets of delight.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> Actually, the breakfast is pretty solid. It\u2019s a big meal with tons of potatoes. But the sausages and bacon are precooked, so by the time they make it to the plate they\u2019re more rubbery than my legs after I\u2019ve been forced to walk for longer than 10 minutes. And these yolks don\u2019t always make it off the grill intact.<\/p>\n

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The Village Restaurant
\n2518 Estevan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healthy start breakfast (two eggs, 2 sausages, 2 slices of toast, and a side of fruit)<\/strong><\/p>\n

$11.20<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Village breakfast (photo by Tyler Rowe\/Nexus).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nPresentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

J: <\/strong>It\u2019s a legitimate walk from campus, and if you go with Tyler you will hear about it the whole way there; he\u2019s really not a morning person. The place is great, though, amazing people working there and the food looks delectable.<\/p>\n

T: <\/strong>The plate came out beautifully, with those big orange-yellow yolks staring me right in my mug, next to a veritable fruit garden of kiwi, pineapple, orange, and grapefruit. The service was quick and friendly and the woman who took care of us was clearly a pro. No extraneous words, but not brisk either. Good job, mystery woman.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J:<\/strong> It tastes even better than it looks. The turkey sausages, killer; the eggs, perfect (and no broken yolks); the toast, fresh; the side of fruit, really refreshing. It might not be as filling as the caf breakfast, but it\u2019s much more satisfying.<\/p>\n

T: <\/strong>Michael Faraday famously said, \u201cNothing is too beautiful to be true.\u201d Free-range organic eggs prepared exactly how I wanted them. Local sausages, one turkey-chorizo and one turkey-sage (The Village is a Jewish deli; they don\u2019t dig on no swine), nice rye toast, and that fruit side I mentioned.<\/p>\n

And the winner is… <\/strong>The Village<\/p>\n

Verdict:<\/strong> Although it\u2019s about a 17-minute walk from campus (Google that, it\u2019s closer than you think) and more expensive than anything on the cafeteria menu, the Village Restaurant is really a great spot. The atmosphere is great, the service is better, and the food is best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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