Every time my best friends visit me we have a long list of foods and restaurants we want to try out. The last time Roz and Jenn came to visit, last May, we didn’t have enough time or room in our stomachs to eat everything on our list. One item on our agenda that got overlooked was a trip to Willamsburg in Brooklyn. Roz and I had both read that Willamsburg is the new SoHo and we really wanted to check it out.
So we decided that we would go the next time she was on town, which was last week. Since there was a big group coming in from San Diego, we left it up to the individuals to decide if they wanted to go with us. We ended up with a total of 8 people including Roz and I. Now, the best part was getting everyone onto the subway during rush hour at Grand Central going downtown. It was a little bit of a disaster, but we succeeded on our second try. After transferring subways successfully we got to Willamsburg. It was about 9 am and it felt like the town was still sleeping. After walking a few blocks, we found our first destination, Egg, and there seemed to be life in it. Thankfully, we were so early that only a few tables were taken and they were able to accommodate 8 people, albeit on two separate tables.
Roz and I were really excited to finally get our Willamsburg adventure on the way and Roz’ husband, Dudley was just happy because he was at a restaurant called Egg, his favorite food. I ordered the Country Ham Biscuit, which comes on Egg’s famous biscuit with country ham from Col. Bill Newsom’s Hams in Princeton, Kentucky. Served with homemade fig jam, Grafton cheddar, and a side of grits (I opted for the cheese grits). Roz got the Eggs Rothko , easy-cooked egg in a slice of brioche and topped with Grafton cheddar. Served with broiled tomatoes and a side of sausage. The rest of the guys got omelet, the duck hash and biscuits & gravy. Needless to say, we all loved our breakfast, it was so yummy.
After breakfast, we walked around town to see what all the hype is all about, and pretty much everything was still closed. We walked in a big circle and finally got to Beacon’s Closet, which is supposed to be the Goodwill of the rich. It was alright, I’m not one to dig through other people’s old clothes and I don’t think my friends were finding any treasures either. We decided that there has to be more to the area than we were seeing and kept walking but didn’t really find what all the hype is all about. We might have been there at the wrong time or day, but either way the only time I will go back is to go to Egg.
