breakfast blogger

Nothing satisfies a morning of shopping quite like a late breakfast. With myself, my mother and little Nabob in tow, we headed for De Dutch Pannekoek House. Of course I am rather biased of this Netherlandish eatery being of freak deaky Dutch decent myself, and favour eating there. It was also voted “Best Breakfast in Kelowna” for several years running and is legendary for it’s pannekoek.
I love the atmosphere there. It’s so clean and bright and comical. There are tacky little euro toys and gifts and everything has a play on the whole “De Dutch” theme. Most of the menu items begin with “De.” For example: De eggs and De bacon. Even the sugar packets were custom.

Even the cutlery was De Dutched.

For those who don’t know what a pannekoek is, it’s a Dutch pancake of sorts, kind of like a crepe, but thicker. It is generally the size of a dinner plate and is served with a variety of toppings both sweet and savoury. I thought I would jump outside the box and do something a bit different. I went with De Windmill pannekoek.
It sounded pretty good when I read it. Fresh pannekoek topped with BC smoked salmon and imported edam cheese served with hollandaise sauce. MMmmMm yummy.
This is what I got…..

Perhaps my expectations were a little high. I was expecting more of a presentation I think. Maybe something with nice little bits of salmon, sprinkled in shredded cheese and melted all over. Or perhaps with the hollandaise sauce underneath all the fishy and cheesy goodness.
It really hurts me to say it, but I was disappointed. I couldn’t have it all in one bite. It was either salmon, or cheese. All I really wanted was to have both, mingling together in harmony on the end of my fork. Rejoicing as their flavours blended together with perfect balance. *sigh*.
But no.. it was just fish…cheese…fish…cheese. I didn’t feel that the hollandaise worked very well either. It was too rich and hid the flavours of the smoked salmon too much. I opted to leave it off. I did my best to eat what I could, but the disappointment got the better of me and I just couldn’t get to that infamous money shot.

Nabob, on the other hand, totally scored! He got the apple cinnamon kids pannekoek. Hot damn it looked yummers!!
Nice big chunks of apples, cinnamon all over and a big pile of real whipped cream. MMmmMMmm…

Somehow he managed to make it all disappear too! I don’t really know how a 10 month old could eat that much food when I wasn’t looking. It is just a mystery. I guess we will never know.
BURP.
hehehe

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