** This based upon a single order
Ordered the Country Style Wrap w/ home fries
I have to say, I'm very displeased with all NYC breakfast so far. Been here over a year now and no one does breakfast the correct way. Their wraps are always tasteless as well as their platters. I'm from Long Island and they do breakfast well out there, especially their breakfast sandwiches, we're known for it. From Bagel places to small delis, no one compares to breakfast out there.
NYC, especially south Brooklyn, you need to take a few trips to Long Island and learn how to put some taste in your food.
Here's a few tips:
- Cheese; buy quality cheese, and be generous with it. The cheese should be melted into the sandwich; melt it while cooking either on the meat or eggs. I've found cold dry cheese on my NYC sandwiches. These people should not be allow to cook food.
- Meat; if you're not buying Boar's Head, or equal, then just close up shop, go home. Don't call yourself a restauranteur.
- Eggs; I don't know how you cook your eggs, but google a recipe for god's sake. I've never had such tasteless eggs. Eggs should be cooked with butter, not oil. Optional, but it adds flavor and fluffs them: add a little milk or cream to the eggs then batter.
Eggs should be cooked with a little salt and pepper. This is standard cooking procedure. It's not going to change the outcome of the sandwich considerably like someone adding salt and pepper at the end. What this does is enhanced the flavor of the eggs. No one will complain that there is salt and pepper in their eggs. They won't notice, they'll just notice it tasting better. What I'm saying is you don't need to be afraid of salt and pepper. Not sure what's up with NYC and not cooking salt and pepper into food, but it's not just eggs.
- When someone says salt, pepper, ketchup, or salt, pepper, [condiment], that means put the salt, pepper and preferred condiment on the damn sandwich! Just as the ingredients are finished cooking and prepared on the wrap or bagel, while still hot, sprinkle a little salt and pepper then add the condiment to the hot food and close the wrap or bagel or bun. This creates a nice melt to it. Put it on the cheese layer - this can really create that melty mess that will have people begging for more.
- Wrap, bagel, or bun - you should always ask if they want the bagel or bun toasted. This should be automatic if someone is ordering in person. REGARDLESS of the toasting situation, the wrap or bagel or bun should be warm! Never give a cool hard bagel with hot food inside. You would have just ruined the entire sandwich you diligently put together with my instructions above.
It should go without saying that you should always use fresh bagels from that morning. If you don't make them yourself, make sure to get them from a reputable NEARBY bakery/bagel deli.
Your home fries should also include some butter, salt and pepper. Also, they're supposed to be "put together." Your home fries could have used another minute or two. They came broken up, warm, and bland. I would have been better off saving myself the calories from the potato's and just eating ketchup because that's the only thing that gave your home fries any taste.
I don't mean to be mean, but you need to know the truth that the food is below mediocre. If this is what you serve, what's going to make me want to order again? What's going to make me want to try that next great meal! If I didn't get a great first meal. I'm a repeat customer for good food.
Unfortunately for NYC customers, restaurants and delis can survive because there's so many people in this city that their bound to get a piece of the 8 million people plus passerby's just by existing. There's no competition to make a better sandwich. On Long Island, if you don't make a good breakfast sandwich you won't stay in business. read more