I love french toast. I always have. My mom makes great french toast out of challah bread with raisins. French toast is certainly my favorite breakfast food.
My friend and I tend to do brunch. That's our thing. We usually go to BLD, which is an amazing brunch place on Beverly. http://bldrestaurant.com/ They have incredible blueberry ricotta cheese pancakes. But, because of this blog and for the sake of adventure and french toast, I decided to find some place new for our morning date.
I googled "best french toast la" and Blu Jam was the third on the list. We went there.
Blu Jam is a small breakfast, lunch, dinner place located on Melrose. I was warned by the yelp reviews of the potential long wait, especially since we went on a Saturday morning. We had to wait about 45 minutes...which was pretty brutal. Luckily, they offered cucumber water to all the thirsty lurkers.
The food was almost worth the wait. We split the crunchy french toast which was french toast baked with corn flakes as a coating. It also came with a vanilla bean sauce on the side (which was a bit too sweet for me) and fresh nanners and strawberries. The french toast was really good and was a large portion. We shared it and even had some to go. We also shared a warm mushroom salad, which had sauteed mushrooms, goat cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and balsamic vinaigrette. The salad was good but - more goat cheese please!
Overall, I left feeling very satisfied and full. The service was also great! I would definitely recommend Blu Jam for a one-time breakfast, but because of the wait wouldn't completely recommend it. I'd say - go on a weekday? I do want to go back - not over the weekend - and try some of their other kinds of french toast...they have 3 different variations :)
Learn more about Blu Jam here: http://www.blujamcafe.com/
Also check out this cool "French Toast Stick Maker in Red"! and um...this French Toast T-Shirt! Man, this french toast thing is kind of an obsession. Yeesh.
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