Thursday, June 25, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Memorial Day Brunch @ Pondicheri
Who doesn't love holidays and what better way to celebrate than with brunch? Brunch/breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, I really can care less about lunch and dinner. There's just something so fun about waking up and eating and starting the day as if you're on vacation. And that's exactly what I did on my day off.
I finally paid a visit to Pondicheri at West Ave. and this place is lovely. Booming with people and fragrant spices, I think I've found my new favorite breakfast place (sorry Barnaby's). That's my plate there, the Masala Eggs which came with a carrot paratha and a choice of either the saffron yogurt or the amchur potatoes. The obvious choice was the potatoes. I really loved this dish and it was pretty decently priced at $8. That carrot paratha is addictive, I can eat that all day. The potatoes are a nice spin on your regular breakfast potatoes and I'm intrigued by amchur/amchoor now.
This is the breakfast thali ($12) my sister ordered which was recently featured on Food & Wine's Houston in 10 Plates article. I should mention that they participate in meatless Mondays... so today their menu offered only vegetarian options. I don't know all the sides, but I tried some of it and it was delicious.
Bro-in-law ordered the Railway Omelette ($10) which is just a mish mash of everything in an omelette atop a carrot paratha. I didn't try but I hear it was good.
Upstairs they have their bake lab + shop, which is a bakery as well as a spice shop. I was perusing the selections while waiting for my sister and was tempted to get the Parsi eggs. Doesn't that look delicious?
These biscuits are humongous and look pretty scrumptious too. I believe on certain days they offer it in an egg sandwich, although I didn't see it on the menu.
A couple of their other offerings... There were a lot more when I came back after eating breakfast downstairs. As I sat there with a cup of coffee waiting for my sister, it was absolute torture to smell all the wonderful baked goods coming fresh out of the oven.
And so I ended up getting some cookies (3 for $6 or $2.50 each). From front to back are: coconut mint (actual mint leaves in the cookie), chili chocolate chip (so gooey), a gluten free chocolate, hazelnut, basil cookie (love the basil against the dark chocolate). The service up here was phenomenal and I didn't catch his name, but the older gentleman who seemed to be heading the area was extremely knowledgeable. We asked if a certain chocolate brioche had nuts and he checked and said no, BUT warned us that their bake shop utilizes nuts all the time so it wouldn't be safe to eat if there was a nut allergy. And I noticed that he used separate tongs for the gluten-free cookie (for all those suffering from celiac disease). And they have a cookie card! Buy 9 and get the 10th free. I'll be taking advantage of this, maybe a little too much.
Pondicheri (Bake Lab is upstairs, accessible via stairs outside)
2800 Kirby, Ste. B132
Houston, Texas 77098
713.522.2022
Breakfast menu served until 3 pm everyday! Don't forget meatless Mondays.
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