Fabuloscity.

Fitting for the most famous French landmark, I began thinking… where’s the most famous French toast in New York City? I searched my go-to database of all things foodie (NYMag.com) and found an article devoted to this exact search. 

I suppose if you name your establishment after a specific meal, I do hope that said specific item is created well, perfectly. Introducing the aptly titled:

FRENCH TOAST.

75 Ninth Ave., at 16th St.; 646-638-1173

Sadly, the natural beauty of fluffy, subtly sweet French toast is often obscured beneath clouds of whipped cream, snow drifts of powdered sugar, and hard, tasteless Frankenberries. Not at designer Nicole Farhi’s in-store café, where chef Annie Wayte relies on top-notch ingredients and long, languorous soaking to achieve the desired, if often elusive, custardy effect.                   

The secret is the whole vanilla pods she uses to infuse a mixture of heavy cream, a restrained measure of confectioners’ sugar, and free-range eggs from upstate New York, left to sit overnight. Once the brioche wedges have absorbed every last drop, they’re gorgeously browned in clarified butter and crisscrossed with three strips of applewood-smoked bacon for a smart salty contrast.” - NYMag

This sounds oh-so divine, who’s in for a sweet weekend breakfast date? And by breakfast I mean brunch. And by brunch I mean late lunch. What early twenty-somethings are up during actual breakfast hours on Saturdays in New York City anyway?

(via fortheloveofpretty)