My fellow foodie Carla recommended that we check out Another Broken Egg. It is located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. Carla and I used to work for the same employer so from time to time we like to get together and talk about career, food and how the world has pretty much gone friggin crazy. Carla has introduced me to a number of new places. We tend to have the same sort of palate. I've always been pleased with her choices.
Carla knew that she wanted to try the biscuit beignets which is one of the Delectable Starters. I've only had beignets less than three times in my life which means that I'm unable to make a comparison to any other beignets. What I can say is that these beignets were Dyn-o-mite! They were oh - so - scrumptious, especially with a cup of hot coffee. It came with a honey marmalade dipping sauce. I didn't particularly care for that and does a warm, powdery, dense donut need marmalade? They were so good by themselves. Much later, after finishing my entree, I had the nerve to eat one or two more. They were cold but still delicious with another cup of hot coffee.
Carla selected the Crabcakes Cavallo with homefries as her side. The Crabcakes Cavallo is made of two jumbo lump crab cakes with two poached eggs. It is also smothered with a Hollandaise sauce seasoned with andouille sausage and scallion. Carla substituted the scrambled eggs for the poached eggs. Neither one of us do runny eggs. I've watched a many cooking shows where they extole the velvety smoothness of the yolk of a poached egg. I've tried eggs this way a few times and I'm just unable to do it. I guess it's like people who can't get over the texture of jello, grits or okra. I tried the crab cakes and they were very good. I'm from Maryland so I think I know all about crabcakes. These were seasoned well with mostly crabmeat with little filler. Carla really enjoyed her meal. I didn't try her homefries because they looked like regular ole homefries to me.
I had the Eggs Blackstone which had an English muffin topped with grilled tomatoes, two medium poached eggs, creamy Hollandaise with chives and a baked bacon crunch on top. I asked for scrambled eggs instead of the poached eggs. The first time they brought out my entree it had two poached eggs...so back it went. It didn't take them too long to do right by me. My assessment...Lawd Have Mercy! My mother used to say that a lot but she didn't necessarily mean it in a good way. I mean it in a Dyn-o-mite kind a way. I love grilled tomatoes. I think this entree offered a lot of taste and a variety of textures. Adding chunks of well-done, baked bacon on top was genius even if the idea is far from novel.
For my side, I selected the blackberry grits. My waitress was so gung ho about it that I thought I would give it a try. I was very clear that if I didn't like them that I would be sending them back and getting something else. I've had grits all my life. I've never had any type of fruit in my grits nor have I heard of it. I recently mentioned blackberry grits to this fellow at work and he said his mother used to make it. He is from Memphis, however, he also implied that his mother would always put together weird combinations of food. I really enjoyed the blackberry grits although it was kind of hard for me to wrap my mind around the concept. The blackberries were sweetened a little and served warm on top of the grits. This dish had a very comforting feel to them. I could imagine eating a bowl of them in my bed. It is a Saturday morning and I am in my PJs.
Here are a few other mentionables about Another Broken Egg. Once we were seated, it seemed to take the food awhile to come out. The restaurant was full so maybe they were a little understaffed. Our waitress was nice but definitely seemed a little frazzled.
Carla and I both noted that when the food came out it wasn't very hot. When they brought my food out a second time, after serving me poached eggs instead of scrambled eggs, this entree was hot. Everything else seemed a little past lukewarm. Even the blackberry grits weren't that hot. I don't know how any restaurant could have a problem serving piping hot grits since these were not instant grits from a microwave. So as Carla said, the food was good but they need to work on serving it hot because they got a problem with their temperatures. The restaurant hasn't been open all that long so I assume that they are still working out some kinks.
We arrived at the restaurant around 9:30 am and there were people milling around outside. There might have been a 15 minute wait. The location is great because it is in a shopping plaza where there is a ton of parking. If you bring kids, be careful in the parking lot because I noticed some aggressive driving which is strange on a Saturday morning.
You can check out Carla's (Carla C.) review of Another Broken Egg on Yelp. The decor is bright and the style is a little french country. The tables are a little too close together but so are many restaurants. They also have cute coffee cups.
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