Over years of travel and culinary collecting, Ken and I have compiled an ongoing list of the 100 Most Memorable Meals. A new meal had found its way into the Top 10 Breakfast category -- this is the story of that meal.
Since I have had a taste for delicious, crisp, malty waffles since my birthday in June (a food tradition that began several years ago when we were camping in the Soo on my birthday) we decided to have breakfast at the Lockview Restaurant, located directly across from the Soo Locks Visitor Center before heading back downstate. I, of course, ordered the light and delicious waffle which comes topped with strawberries and whipped cream (Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me...) and the kids each had French Toast -- another Lockview hit. Ken looked over the menu and mulled his decision. Something new appeared in the "Breakfast Features" box: Whitefish and eggs. Move over steak 'n eggs!
What an incredible breakfast. The plate came to order with a moist, golden flakey pan fried filet of the freshest whitefish we had eaten in 3 days, perhaps ever, 2 perfectly prepared eggs overeasy speckled with ground pepper, and 2 slices of lightly golden swirled ryebread toasted on the flat grill. If only I had brought along my camera (sigh*). The visual richness of the plate alone was worth the 1850 mile journey for breakfast, but the taste... upon the first bite, Ken's lips pressed together savoring the sweetness of the fish, his eyes closed and he smiled. This new protein combination, fish & eggs, became an instant hit.
We have a new winner -- whitefish and eggs for breakfast!
