On the subject of Pancakes

Pancakes

They seem like they should be simple enough to make. Flour, water, baking soda, etc. But no they are one of the most difficult thing for a restaurant to make Good. Most place can make a decent pancake. But there are few truly Good pancakes.

There is (or was) a place outside Jersey City called Grandma's where you have the choice between pancakes of toast with your eggs. These are the best pancakes I have EVER had. We used to come all the way from Manhattan for them. Any people from Manhattan never go to Jersey.

Except to Ikea.

There used to be a place outside of Woodstock called The Black Bear that made good pancakes. But they closed. Turns out the landlord said they made too much traffic - with the people coming to the restaurant and all. Yea it makes my head hurt too. Closed because they were successful.

Well now that the Black Bear is closed my wife, son and I went to the local bakery for breakfast. This place make amazing bagels and great crunchy bread. Same basic ingredients as a pancake. They must be great? Right?

WRONG!

These were the worst things I have ever tasted and I had recently taken phosfo soda to clean my colon and that tasted better than these things. They were so bad we had to keep eating them to try and figure out what was wrong with them.

So if you are ever in Kingston having breakfast in a bakery - skip the pancakes. The eggs and bacon were great.