farmer’s scramble 9.35
with chard, caramelized onions, bacon, potatoes and cheddar cheese

This is one of those places where you order first and then they give you a number and then you sit down and they bring the food to you.  There was a white barking dog on the patio above the restaurant and some really bad fist pumping techno music blasting out of the windows which was kind of annoying… but the racket seemed to dissipate once the food was delivered and it looked GREAT.

I was pleasantly surprised with this scramble.  It was extremely flavorful and there was the perfect proportion of egg with the other ingredients (bacon, caramelized onion, chard, potatoes).  The sweetness of the onions went really well with the salty bacon and the chard added a nice extra leafy bite.  The scramble was also nice and hot.  It’s so annoying when you go somewhere for eggs and they come out warm but not hot – not this place.  This whole scramble was nice and super warm/hot not scalding, you could tell it was delivered straight from the kitchen, no warming lamps on this plate!  The scramble even stayed warm through the last bite, I really enjoyed this meal and would definitely order it again!!  It was the perfect amount of food, I left feeling comfortably full.

Mixing Bowl
4920 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 655-5630
www.mixingbowloakland.com

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Anyway, everytime we go there on a Sunday when they have brunch I always order the same thing.  The Basil Pesto Tofu Scramble.  I can pretty much depend on this dish being pretty spot on each time – salty, pesto-y… the homefries are also pretty good although I usually add alot of salt… and the toast is pretty good too, usually pretty crunchy and sliced thick.

So there it is in all its glory… the scrambled tofu is the closest thing to eggs as you’ll get at Herbivore. All in all, this is a pretty good dish… so good in fact that I am afraid to venture off and try other things on the menu.

Just an FYI if you order coffee or a latte with your breakfast, they don’t have real milk or half and half.  It’s soy milk.  And they don’t have Splenda or sweet and low… only natural sugar and agave nectar.  They also don’t have coke or sprite or any of your favorite sodas.  Just San Pellegrino Aranciata and Limon and some other natural sodas… so don’t get your hopes up if you’re thirsting for a freakin Coke, you won’t get it.

Herbivore
2451 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 665-1675
www.herbivorerestaurant.com

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I got there around 10:30am and although there were alot of people waiting, it wasn’t nearly as busy as I had remembered or experienced before. When we got seated, I decided to go with a Stack’s repeat – the Chorizo Scram. Basically it is an egg scramble with chorizo, onions and olives, topped with cheese and served with salsa, guacamole and sour cream. It also comes with some home fries and a buttered bagel. The homefries are underneath the bagel and they are the shredded kind.

Here’s a closeup of the scram itself. The potatoes were bland and way too peppery and needed butter BAD (and also to be cooked a little more)… sorry I forgot to take a separate photo. The bagel was sourdough flavor which was good, but there wasn’t enough butter on it. The eggs were just OK… I think the strong olive taste kills the salty spicy chorizo flavor and it just didn’t have that WOW factor that I had remembered.

Bleehh.. brunch really didn’t satisfy me like I was hoping.

Stacks
501 Hayes St
(between Laguna St & Octavia St)
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 241-9011
www.stacksrestaurant.com

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