Because this is a scientific report, I knew I would have to visit for myself and taste. So, which is better – bitter spinach or crispy bacon? You choose. I wouldn’t say the Waffle House offers a seven-course meal, but you can certainly consider it to be seven courses if you add up the All-Star special, which features 1) eggs, 2) toast, 3) grits, 4) your choice of breakfast meats, 5) waffles, 6) coffee, and 7) juice. There are a few more varieties, but you get the idea. You can get ’em smothered (with sautéed onions), chunked (with hickory ham), diced (with grilled tomatoes), capped (with grilled mushrooms), or country style (with sausage gravy). Now, while the French Laundry has a variety of eggplant dishes, the Waffle House offers a beautiful variety of hashbrown options. Not the items on the menu, the taste of the actual menu. That could easily describe the menu at Waffle House. Please, I beg you, don’t ever try serving me a dish that’s both bitter and laminated. Under the “Bread & Butter” course, they’re serving up bitter cocoa laminated brioche. Here’s one of the seven courses from the same recent menu – charred eggplant, bechamel, crispy garden eggplant, cauliflower sprouts, and eggplant consommé. Now, if I’m shelling out more than three hundred dollars, I’d be very disappointed if the spinach was wilted. But see if this sampling from a recent French Laundry menu gets you excited. You’ll have to draw your own conclusions. But, honestly, I’m basing this on my own personal, well-trained tastebuds. Looking at both menus, I’d say the Waffle House has the French Laundry beaten hands down when it comes to pleasing the old palate. Up till now, I’ve been dealing in hard, cold numbers. I’m guessing you could probably get about one of each item from the Waffle House menu and still spend no more than the $350. For instance, if you want the steak and eggs, that’s gonna run you almost 10 bucks. Okay, now you can gasp.Ī meal at Waffle House could run you three fifty as well. Unlike Ruth’s Chris, they don’t charge you another arm and a leg for the baked potato (if they had a baked potato, that is).
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Before you gasp, let me tell you that that’s the full price. The cost of a meal at the French Laundry runs about $350 for their tasting menu. From what I read, it can be a rather complicated process.Īt the Waffle House, on the other hand, just walk on in, grab yourself a seat, and one of the friendly servers will pour you a hot cup of coffee while you take a minute to look at all the pretty pictures on the menu. You may have to start in the summertime to get a reservation for fall. Reservations at The French Laundry can be quite difficult to obtain. As any good journalist and researcher would do, I’ve organized my report into several important categories. If you’re into comparisons, I’m guessing you’ll be excited to review the results of my exhaustive research designed to see just how the Waffle House stacks up. So, I was a little astounded to think that that someone in the know seems to know that Waffle House is better. The French Laundry, as you no doubt know, is one of the most famous restaurants on earth. I recently read that that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain had proclaimed the Waffle House restaurants to be better than The French Laundry. Richmond food and travel writer Steve Cook presents a side-by-side comparison of two well-known restaurants, Waffle House and The French Laundry.
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