Dinner by
candlelight at a white table-cloth restaurant is often the choice
for a special occasion. But in New Orleans, who needs to wait for
sunset? "Breakfast at Brennan's" has been a be-all,
end-all, budget-busting celebration in this city for decades.
Southern Living
True, every morning, Brennan's gets an early start on serving
eye-openers like gin fizzes, daiquiris, frappes and other enticing
concoctions, but it is the solid fare - poached eggs artistically
gussied up with smoked meats, fresh seafood and hand-whisked
sauces - that has brought locals and tourists alike to the table
for 50 years.
Travel
Weekly
First timers to New Orleans absolutely should sample the Bananas
Foster at Brennan's
Life
Breakfast at Brennan's is still unbeatable. The renowned eatery is
located in a 200-year-old building on Royal Street and lives up to
its reputation.
Leisure
World
To join the
local "religion" start your day at historic Brennan's,
where you can ingest a breakfast repast not to be equaled outside
"The Big Easy." In fact, one food writer has suggested
that a morning feed here is to the usual breakfast what Laurence
Olivier is to most actors. Where else would the first meal of the
day include 90-proof "juices," soup, main courses like
poached eggs over fried trout and spinach (with Hollandaise
sauce), and a dessert choice one step short of suicidal?
Destinations
New
Orleans is a city that may be credited with an amazing number of
dishes created within its boundaries. Brennan's concocted Bananas
Foster back in the early Fifties in honor of a regular customer
named Richard Foster. It is still made there as impeccably and
with as much ritual as always. A mixture of butter, brown sugar,
cinnamon, and banana liqueur is heated in a chafing dish, sliced
ripe bananas are added, then some rum is flamed in the pan, and
all the sugars caramelize. It is then served piping hot over
vanilla ice cream.
Southwest
Airlines Spirit
Not since the 19th century had a
three hour, leisurely breakfast revived, and to the surprise of
those who said it didn't match the modern tempo, it was a
phenomenal hit.
Mobile
Bay Monthly
One of the
culinary traditions in the French Quarter is breakfast at
Brennan's and many first-time visitors wouldn't miss it.
Thirty-five dollars may seem like a lot for the first meal of the
day, but it buys a sumptuous four-course repast that will fill you
up for the entire day.
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