I thought I had found a new breakfast spot at the Clubhouse overlooking the golf course at Sparrebosch. This was after I found and tried their “Greg’s Benedict”. At the time I decided it was a worth a return visit but alas, it is no more. Apparently Greg left some time ago and someone decided he should also be removed from their menu. This was unfortunate as it now leaves me with the choice between Mugg & Bean in Woodmill Lane and Dish which is a new restaurant attached to The Rex on Grey St. But at R55 on “Special” I have not plucked up the courage to try it.
The only other places I know of that offer anything remotely resembling Eggs Benedict are Il de pain, Susi’s and Coffee Connection. The latter two share the same recipe which I dislike and I do wonder whether anyone besides me, who tries it, actually orders it a second time to check if its real or not.
[edit] Update
Cruise Cafe has recently introduced a breakfast menu and they do a poached egg on a generous slice of gammon which at R22 I am going to have to try again.
[edit] 3/5/09
We drove out to the Elephant Park yesterday to find that the restaurant has been taken over by Simon Ash and that they almost admit to having Eggs Benedict on their menu. Its also available at the Whitehouse where Mackintosh’s used to be.
Was just wondering if you returned for that generous slice of Gammon at Cruise Café? You should chat to Bjorn (taken over from Greg) up at the Pezula Club House to introduce a Bjegs Benedict (Does not have quite the same ring to it though). Would love to invite you to do a review for us… email me
I haven’t but I will. I have however done the belly of pork again and this time without the red cabbage which I did prefer. But that’s what happens after awhile. One gets set in your ways and its not easy to change.
As the creator of the dish, it was my favorite. You are quite right.In the search for a good “Benedict” I have not found one yet.I am still searching. Mugg & beans is terrible,I have advised them on how to do it better but they are sticky to there recipe. I’l de Pain do it well but they only do one egg. It really doesn’t matter what you put with the egg, ham or gammon and muffin. The secret is the hollandaise sauce. I now choose to stay home and do it myself.
I had real difficulties with Susi’s recipe which is shared by Fat Susi’s and the Coffee Connection. Its too sharp and I find it disagreeable. Whereas I enjoyed the breakfast I had at Cruise Cafe although I don’t think it was a hollandaise sauce. I would also be interested to know what you make of the Eggs Benedict Ryan serves at Cafe Francois. The hollandaise is slightly tangier than I am used to but nicely balanced all the same. I think Lunar Cafe also do a poached egg with spinach and a bun but haven’t tried it yet.
where is Cafe Francois?
It’s the Bistro at the Scarab Village just outside Sedgefield. Ryan serves up good honest food that is more often than not tasty rather than being politically correct. Like everyone he has good days and bad days but I enjoy it. The Eggs Benedict however is a Sunday thing only. Consequently I have had no more than one go at it when I made a special effort.
What a pity you have not been to try the Eggs Benedict at Dish. If you had then not only would you have discovered that the dish is, and has always been, R40, but that it is of exceptional quality too.
Sandy I did notice that you were advertising Benedict’s at the new price and will definitely try it. I have popped in twice just ‘missing’ the breakfast menu on both occasions and as for the price, that I got from your restaurant staff. However if you would like to post a feature on the site feel free to mail me something I can copy paste together with a few pictures ad I will get it up for you.
Hi Greg, thanks for your response. I will gladly send you some images. But I would also like for you to try the Eggs Benedict yourself. Please let me know when it suits you to have breakfast with us at Dish and I will gladly set it up.
Greg was responsible for the Greg’s Benedict I found on the menu at Pezula Grill which in the Clubhouse and I believe that you can contact him at the Hotel. Whereas I wander from restaurant to restaurant trying bit of this and a bit of that and will definitely try your breakfast at some stage. But as I have said if you would like to use the site you are more than welcome to send me something I can copy paste.
The coffee shop down a Fruit and Veg is offering an Eggs Benedict. Having tried both the chunky meat and vegetable soup as well as Jean’s ham and pea soup, her Benedict might be interesting. East Head Cafe also do an Eggs Hollandaise. They appear to have got the touch of lemon right but its been through some some interesting and dramatic changes since I first tried it.
Breakfast at Pezula again? This caught my eye
Here are some of my favourites…catching waves on my surf-ski at Coffin Bay, free diving at the heads, mountaing biking with mates in the forest, collecting mussels off the rocks at Knoetzie, cappachino at Isle de Pain, Greg Colemans Egg’s Benedict at the Pezula Clubhouse, ‘cruising’ down mainroad just to see whats what, hard training and ice cold beers at the sea rescue station, braai’s with friends, more braai’s with friends, having everything I need not more than 5-minutes away, little or no traffic (lets be honest, we are spoilt!), being a member of the the Yacht Club…the list goes on…
It would appear that Darren hasn’t been back to the ‘Clubhouse’ in the last six months and he will be shocked rigid when he does. It’s a far cry from what it used to be.
Cruise Cafe have upped the price of their Gammon Eggs to R34 but as a breakfast choice it is still very reasonable even at that price. And even if it does go through a few costume changes and what must be the Chef’s experimental turns. East Head Cafe is never quite the same either. It is also a tad more expensive.
Harry B’s has introduced a breakfast menu and it will be interesting to see if they go where the others fear to tread.