Chai French Toast from Orange
Item Purchased: Chai French Toast from Orange
Location Purchased: Orange / 75 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL
Price: $8.95 + tax
Review: I like to fantasize about the genesis of things. Here is my estimation of the creation of Chai French Toast:
A 20-something guy wakes up early to cook breakfast for his girlfriend. Because he is of the fast-food generation, the fanciest breakfast food he knows how to make is French Toast. He figures that his girlfriend is always talking about going to Paris anyway, so this is the next best thing. While the thick toast fries on the electric griddle, he makes his girlfriend her favorite drink: Chai Tea. When the toast is done, 20-something guy discovers that no one in the apartment has washed any plates so he piles the toast into a large cereal bowl. Since he is hung over from the previous night’s festivities, he becomes confused. Seeing the milky chai tea and a cereal bowl, he instinctively pours the liquid into the bowl as if he were preparing cornflakes. The French Toast is now soggy, spicy and swimming in a pool of Chai Tea. Needing a morning mimosa, he serves the dish to his girlfriend the way it is. If she doesn’t like it, he can always go out with that busty blonde who has been staring at him in his economics class.
Voila!
Orange’s Chai French Toast isn’t as haphazard as this and not nearly as disgusting as it sounds. The toast is thick, moist and sweet. Only one or two of the 6-8 slices is submerged in the Chai at the bottom of the bowl. Heavy as a brick, this meal is a challenge to finish, so the two soggy slice buffer is perfect. A waste of perfectly good bread, but perfect for your sweet tooth breakfast experience. The difference between Orange’s fare and my fictional scenario is the presence of fresh apple slices draped over the bread.
Not as good as it may initially sound, but worth a try.
Rating: 3 / 5
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