Day 2 - Sunday Brunch with "Jane"

Getting out of the apartment took a little while. Although we were up by 9-10am, it took another 1-2 hours to finally get showered and out of the door. Having a "little one" tends to make it a little harder.

Since it was Sunday, it made sense to take advantage of our only opportunity for "Sunday brunch" in NYC. The place we decided on was Jane on Houston st since we passed it last night on our way to Yama and it looked interesting. On our way to Jane though (yes, the reoccurring theme will be eating at every "interesting" place we passed by...) we ran into Aroma Espresso Bar. Angela ordered a cappuccino which she swears had the thickest foam ever. This was evident by the fact that the free piece of "Aroma chocolate" they gave with each cup of coffee, simply floated on top of the foam without sinking!!! I had a Mocha which was kind of sweet, but the coffee was good nevertheless. Suzanne had a regular decaf and upset she was not able to change it in time to an "Aroma coffee". Oddly enough, an "Aroma coffee" is just a mocha, but with cream instead of whisked milk so I didn't see what the big deal was.

After getting our coffee, we headed back to Jane where we encountered a line out the door. The hostess informed me that the wait would be another 45 minutes or so. Soho wasn't too far away so we decided to pass the time by shopping at Dean and Deluca. It's basically the same as Napa's, but since we were in New York we had to go visit the place where it all started. Angela (a fellow "foodie" but unlike me actually cooks) spent the half an hour or so there easily. I spent most of my time just looking for free food samples...8)

We headed back to Jane and was promptly seated within 5 minutes. The ambiance was rather nice inside and was bustling from the noise of conversations of the people around us.

Dishes Ordered: (From what I remember)

Vanilla Bean French Toast (pic) - brioche bread, crème brûlèe batter, Vermont maple syrup
Benedict Jane (pic) - poached eggs, crab and crawfish cakes, spinach, tarragon hollandaise
Lobster Benny - Maine lobster, poached eggs, buttermilk biscuit, spinach, hollandaise
Mushroom Omelette - baby portobello, tomato, fontina, herbs

And each dish came with a free drink!!! Whoo hooo....which we tried:

The Best Bloody Mary
Raspberry Champagne Cocktail
White Peach Belini
Passion Screwdriver

The lobster benny was the most impressive to me as I don't usually eat lobster that much but this one was rather tasty. The French toast was also very good and did not need much sugar at all as the creme brulee batter made it sweet enough. On the flip side, I did not care much for my wife's mushroom omelette however as it seemed rather uninspiring and had a hard time finishing. Overall this was a place I'd definitely visit again for brunch.



To be continued....half way done...need sleep.