Wildberry Pancakes
Where? Wildberry Pancakes (New Eastside, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America) Map Menu
When? Friday June 14, 2019
Who? Me
Food Style? American Breakfast
I'm in Chicago for Pokémon Go Fest 2019 and right near Millennium Park is a massive crowd of nerds (myself included) waiting to get into this highly popular restaurant. Thanks to Yelp, I'll get a text message when there's a seat available and I can also see how many parties are ahead of me in the queue. We live in the future!
As I'm seated, I take a glance around the tables (OBLOT strategy: order by looking at other tables). Holy Mac the portions are massive. Welcome to America, I guess. I'm up for the challenge. I'll need sustenance for a long day of walking aimlessly around Grant Park catching virtual monsters on my phone.
Mains
Butchers Block with Key Lime Pancakes: hash browns, cheddar and jack cheese, two eggs, ham, sausage, turkey sausage, chicken sausage and bacon
Good heavens. This is a hearty meal, full of delicious meats and two perfect runny eggs on top. The hash on the bottom mellows out the saltiness of the sausage and cheese. A few shakes of hot sauce and I'm ready to go.
I can feel myself slowing down. I'm about 80% the way through the hash but I need to save room for the pancakes. I'm thinking of cutting my losses and going straight to the sweets. I decide to do that Asian thing where I eat all the meat and leave the carbs in the plate. I start on the pancakes. Light and fluffy, with a beautiful rich key lime cream to give that delightful tart flavour. The fresh blackberries help cut through the richness and the biscuit crumb and white chocolate pieces add some nice texture. I'm impressed and well and truly stuffed.
I ended up skipping lunch and having dinner at 9pm - deep dish pizza!
Posted by Jeremy at 4:31pm on Thursday January 2, 2020 :: 0 comments :: 