Saturday, November 27, 2010

Founding Farmers Brunch

I had brunch with Sarah and Erin at Founding Farmers in downtown DC for veteran's day a few weeks ago, and it was a wonderful experience full of good food and even better company.



We started out with some doughnut holes served with a selection of dipping sauces (chocolate, caramel, and vanilla rum) and French pressed coffee for the table.



I got the red flannel hash, which is hash browns with beets and goat cheese with two poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce on top, making it almost like an eggs benedict but with hash browns. The Hollandaise sauce distracted from the more delicate beet flavors but the rest of the dish was really good. Their hashbrowns were crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside, and the eggs were poached to perfection. And the awesome beet-potato-cheese combination made me realize that I need to seriously start adding beets to non-salad dishes.



The dish was served with their home made English muffins and jam, and these were the best English muffins I've ever had, although my previous experience has really only been with the Thomas brand muffins. They were hearty, crispy, and sourdough-y. Topped with a layer of butter and jam, or the rum sauce the doughnuts came with, they were perfect.

The portions were so big that I had to pack home half my brunch, which I ate for dinner that day. Even reheated, everything was just as delicious.

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