Eggs Benedict

[Saffy]

There are so many variations on the classical eggs benedict. How do you like yours ?

Bacon ? salmon ? ham?

On a bagel, brioche? toast? english muffin?

[awbrig]

I like it in the morning....

[Jinmyo]

Really? I've never heard of eggs benedict as anyrhing other than poached chicken eggs, toasted "english" muffin (no relation), bacon made from pork loin such as Canadian, Wiltshire, or Irish, and hollandaise.

Anything else, no matter how wonderful, is something else isn't it? But a rose by any other name...[still has thorns].

[Jason Perlow]

Theres a breakfast chain called The Original Pancake House which has something called Eggs Michael on their "Benedicts" menu, which is poached eggs on patty sausage with a mushroom wine gravy, served on top of potato pancakes.

While not a Benedict by the strictest sense, its pretty awesome.

[Saffy]

Eggs florentine has spinach with it I think..

A variation you often see offered here is with poached eggs, smoked salmon, on a toasted bagel with hollandaise. I am not sure if this has another name.. but it is very good :)

[Jinmyo]

Saffy, I've seen this called "eggs Neptune" but I don't think that's its official name. I don't know if there is one.

[Adam Balic]

Here is an interesting link on the subject:

http://www.foody.org/eggs/what.html

[CooksQuest]

In Hoboken, at Amanda's, they've got an Egg's Benedict with roast pork. Not bad...

I prefer 'em with salmon (which they also offer).

[Peter B Wolf]

Really? I've never heard of eggs benedict as anyrhing other than poached chicken eggs, toasted "english" muffin (no relation), bacon made from pork loin such as Canadian, Wiltshire, or Irish, and hollandaise.

Anything else, no matter how wonderful, is something else isn't it? But a rose by any other name...[still has thorns].

How right you are !!

.....and the "Thorn" is the single slice of black truffle on top of each egg (after the Holl)

[jaybee]

Two poached eggs with almost runny yolks on top of two nicely toasted english muffin halves each covered with a slice of salty grilled ham about 1/4 inch thick (or canadian bacon) the whole covered with buttery, lemony hollandaise sauce, garnished with a handful of watercress. A sprinkle of ossetra or bekuga on the side wouldn't hurt.

BTW, Avenue Restaurant on 85th and Columbus serves superb EB as does SQC's place on 74th and Columbus.

[DaveFaris]

I've been wary to eat eggs benedict in a restaurant ever since I read KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, where Anthony Bourdain points out that hollandaise sauce is rarely (never) made on a per order basis, and the idea of that stuff just percolating somewhere, a veritable breeding ground for food poisoning -- at least that's his claim, and even if it isn't true, the seed he planted is enough to give me the heebie-jeebies.