Jaunted - Tag: brunch

Singapore: Foreign Grocery Friday: The Kaya Toast of Singapore

JetSetCD — 2012-02-03T17:07:14-05:00

When we travel, one of our favorite things to do is to pop into a local grocery store and check out the food products and candies we'd never find anywhere else. So we're trying out this new feature, Foreign Grocery Friday, where each week we'll feature some of our (and your) favorite overseas treats. Got a recommendation? Let us know!

It can be tempting while traveling, especially for more than a week or two, to revert back to ordering the comfort foods with which you grew up. This maybe means eggs and bacon for breakfast or something similarly boring. Of course we urge you to overcome the temptation and, instead, take even more to the local menus. In Singapore, this means Kaya Toast for breakfast.

Kaya jam, which can be bought in jars in the grocery store, is a mix of eggs, sugar, coconut milk and pandan leaf. It's spread between two thin, toasted piece of bread and cut to neat rectangles. Adding butter is optional, depending on how decadent you feel.

Yes, it's green, but once you get over that and just bite in, you'll immediately forget the color for the flavor.

Palm Springs: Your First and Last Stop in Palm Springs Should Be Pinocchio's

JetSetCD — 2011-12-19T17:29:02-05:00

Tis the season to head for sunnier, warmer climes. For many this means the Caribbean and Mexico while for others, they're keeping it closer to home in Palm Springs, CA. Since we know many who'll head to the desert on Virgin America's new route to Palm Springs, we're thinking it's time to let you in on a few of our own personal favorite PS secrets.

There's nothing quite like driving into Palm Springs, or flying in for that matter. From every which way, the scenery is beyond stunning. This is truly a desert paradise, and a playground all the same. It's not too difficult to understand the way we feel about the city, if you watch the bodacious Ann-Margret do her thing from 0:55-1:45 in this scene from The Who's Tommy.

"Today it rains champagne," indeed, and nowhere more so than at Pinocchio's, a restaurant in "downtown" PS that specializes in monster brunches washed down with $3.95 bottomless champagne.

London: Pop-Up Brunch Club Tops London's Most Talked-About Restaurants

Heidi Atwal — 2011-12-08T16:20:04-05:00

If you've been following our London coverage, you're surely noticed two prominent trends:

1. The prevalence of pop-ups.
2. The decided lack of decent brunch options in the city.

But there is a contingent of culinarians looking to change the latter, among which you can count Bex and Nick, the masterminds and master chefs behind the aptly named Gourmet Lovers Club. The duo is fanatical about good food and adept at serving up a stellar brunch, as we can attest.

Three Airlines That'll Fulfill Your Krispy Kreme Donut Kravings

JetSetCD — 2011-11-09T09:10:01-05:00

It's Wednesday—the middle of the week—and we're traveling. We need something to get through the rest of the week and you know what would do the trick? A sugar rush brought on by some Krispy Kreme donuts. It'd be even better if they were in-flight Krispy Kreme donuts.

Good news for us and everyone! Krispy Kremes aren't just limited to standalone stores and the occasional airport kiosk; some airlines actually do serve up the glazed masterpieces direct to your traytable. For this they get major ~~brownie~~ donut points!

Three airlines serving Krispy Kreme in the skies:

Foreign Grocery Friday: The Chimney Cakes of Hungary

JetSetCD — 2011-10-28T12:05:02-05:00

Hold up your arm and look at your forearm. Imagine a twisted masterpiece of dough that's roughly the length of it, and about as wide. Sure, it's hollow inside, but the magic in a Hungarian Chimney Cake is that doughy diameter. It's like what would result if a pretzel and a cinnamon bun got romantic.

Of course if you're actually over in Hungary or Romania and hungry for this massive sweet—revered as the most historical pastry in Hungary—you should know it's called K�rt�s Kal�cs. Cooked over an open-flame hearth, the sugar-crusted rings of yeast pastry are traditionally coated in sugar, but other topping options are coconut, cinnamon, walnut, almond, chocolate and sprinkles.

Amsterdam: Foreign Grocery Friday: Freaky Deaky Dutch 'Hagelslag' Sprinkles

JetSetCD — 2011-08-12T10:42:41-05:00

Two words: CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES. They aren't just for kids anymore, and in fact, never really were since the Dutch adopted them as an alternative to Nutella. That's right; for breakfast (and sometimes lunch), millions of Dutch are sitting down to a helping of Hagelslag, or chocolate sprinkles covering a buttered piece of toast.

Hagelslag has a long history in Holland, as sprinkles are even used on little toast rounds to celebrate the birth of a baby (so much for chocolate cigars). The most traditional flavors are anise, milk chocolate or dark chocolate, although vanilla and fruit are also popular.

In-Flight Eggs on United Make Us Appreciate Cereal Options

kjb — 2011-07-15T09:30:01-05:00

Alright we’re not really complaining—hey, we’re always pleased when we get bumped to the front of the plane when a free meal is involved—however, in-flight sausage and eggs on a domestic United Airlines flight are a far cry from the breakfast options found on international carriers like Virgin Atlantic.

We were headed into Chicago-O’Hare not too long ago, en route to somewhere in the nifty fifty when we were lucky enough to be served a little in-flight breakfast. It beats our usual choice of whatever granola bar type foodstuff we tossed in with the laptop, and when the flight attendant actually put a white “tray-table-cloth” on our tray table, we began the drooling.