Pancakes, meet pandan. Asian American restaurants add their own spin to weekend brunch
Add a tom yum scramble, ube pancakes or pho poutine to your weekend routine.
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — With a DJ spinning and patrons lounging in black-and-gold barrel chairs, Breaking Dawn has clubbing vibes. But this isn’t a club. It’s weekend brunch at this restaurant nestled in a Bay Area suburb.
The stars of the show are the entrees served with Asian flair and names playing on popular phrases.
There’s “Resting Brunch Face,” a green pandan waffle with fried chicken and Vietnamese iced coffee syrup. Also popular is “FO Sizzle,” beef with sunnyside-up egg, roasted tomato and a baguette — inspired by the Vietnamese dish known as shaking beef or bò lúc lắc.
The menu unites Asian and American taste buds. Owner Liz Truong designed it based on her daughter’s favorite foods.
An order of "Resting Brunch Face," fried chicken on a pandan waffle with Vietnamese iced coffee syrup, is served at Breaking Dawn restaurant in Los Gatos, Calif.Terry Tang / AP Photo file“I think food creates memories, food creates conversations,” said Truong, keeping watch over the bopping dining room and outdoor patio “So, I created a place where I took the most important foods in different cultures and that’s why it’s called fusion.”
Rating: 5