On our way to the downtown area during our
spontaneous trip to New Hampshire last Sunday, we asked the taxi driver to recommend what we should do in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"Well, there isn't much to do around here," he said, "except eat and drink!" Well, that sounded just perfect. He named some restaurants that he liked, one of which was Colby's, which specializes in breakfast/brunch. While walking around the town, we ran into Colby's so we decided to try it out.
Will ordered hot chocolate, which came with generous amount of whipped cream on top.
If I wasn't allergic to chocolate, I would have loved this. It looked very rich.
I had
The Down East Special ($7.99), consisting of two eggs any style, choice of pancakes or French toast, home fries, and choice of bacon, ham, sausage, veggie bacon, or veggie sausage. As you can see from my plate, I got two poached eggs, veggie sausage, and homemade cinnamon swirl French Toast for $1 extra.
The French toast was sprinkled with powdered sugar. I skipped the butter.
The French Toast was sort of hard to cut into. Unlike the ones I had in Korea, it was much harder and not as moist. It almost tasted fried or at least pressed really hardly on the pan. I poured a generous amount of maple syrup to make it more moist.
The taste of the cinnamon was so strong that I couldn't taste the egg on the outside. When I poured the maple syrup over the french toast, the powdered sugar melted and coated right onto the toast to add more sweetness. The French Toast was huge and very heavy because it was lathered with butter before covering it with eggs.
The veggie sausage tasted just like regular sausage...I really hope it was vegetarian!
The sausage was made with soy. It was crispy on the outside. I ate it with the poached eggs because it was too salty by itself.
The very bland-looking poached eggs. The egg yolk was cooked too much because I usually like it slightly watery.
Ash ordered two servings of
blueberry & white chocolate pancakes ($5.99), also sprinkled with powdered sugar and a dollop of butter.
This pancake must have been the special of the day because it was written on a chalkboard rather than on the actual menu.
The little piece of pancake I had was quite delicious! It was fluffy and sweet. Don't tell my aunt, but it tasted better than her pancake at her restaurant in Berkeley ;)
Will ordered the same menu as I did, except with regular French toast, scrambled eggs, and bacon. The regular french toast was much thinner and smaller. I probably should have ordered that (and probably couldn't have finished it either).
In addition to the pancake, Ash had the
Wester Omelets ($7.99) with ham, bell pepper, Spanish onion, and cheddar jack. The omelet came with a side of home fries and a choice of toast.
Tyler ordered the same thing as me and Will (probably the most popular deal!) with pancakes, over easy eggs, and bacon.
Although my mouth was happy while eating the breakfast, my stomach hurt a lot after probably because the restaurant used ton of butter and oil in its food...the French toast was covered in butter even without the added butter on top and the home fries, when I first took a bite of it, all I could taste was the margerine. Too heavy for my stomach to handle! :(
Judging from how packed the restaurant was, Colby's probably well-known in the area. But for me, I don't think I can handle heavy, American breakfast food.
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