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| - I try to do a monthly girl's brunch with a group of friends from the Charlotte area. We rotate between restaurants. The only rules are that the restaurant must serve brunch, they must have booze (sadly, only after noon on Sundays - so much for separation of church & state...), and they must offer some kind of eggs Benedict.
After all, I believe the Latin translation for brunch is mimosas & eggs Benedict for all. Right!?!? I read that on the internet somewhere, it must be true.
We always make reservations so we don't have to wait. We checked in but had to wait to be seated until our whole party was there. That's fair, but I sometimes scowl because I want to 'get started' with a drink.
On this occasion, I opted for coffee instead of booze. The coffee was good & strong. I ran out and had to wait 5 minutes for a refill once, which frustrates me. Also, on this occasion they really weren't that busy. There were a handful of open tables before 1PM. I found the service to be subar. Not terrible, but not on point. We frequently found ourselves looking around for the waiter when we needed refills or wanted to order.
My friends got different dishes, which I don't recall... But I surely remember my order. I ordered the eggs Benedict. It's a brunch staple, and really hard to mess up. It's not something I make at home, so when I have the chance to order it, I do.
Oh man - it was AWFUL. Absolutely awful. I've had different 'takes' on Bennies before, and I've had them where the sauce was maybe runny, or too buttery... and I've also had them when the egg was grossly over or under-cooked. I would have graciously taken any (or all) of those flubs over what I got.
The egg was cooked fine. The ham was fine. The bread wasn't toasted fully, so it was mush. The sauce - OH MY, THAT SAUCE - was repulsive. It was thicker than most, but that wasn't the biggest issue. It was SOUR. It was not only sour, but had God knows what in it. It arrived doused in the Bearnaise sauce, and even before tasting it I tried to scrape some off to no avail. Then I tasted it and it was disgusting. It was bitter, sour, and just plain nasty. I know some Bearnaise sauces (depending on recipes & taste) can be a little tart, but this was inexcusable. I tried to wipe off the egg & ham and eat them plain, just to get some protein and value out of the dish. I only succeeded at eating maybe one egg and some ham.
Normally, I wouldn't hesitate to tell the waiter this was terrible and request a different dish. But, the waiter never came back until long after everyone else was done. Someone else cleared our plates, and our bill was dropped off.
So after driving a good hour into the area to do brunch, and paying
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