Saturday Special - Diner Scramble

Every once in a while, my Honey and I love to do a diner breakfast. Get in the car, drive to some little diner and order breakfast. It doesn't really matter where we go...the one around the corner - Johnny's, run by a Greek family (we're sort of regulars) I even wrote about them at Foodtv.ca/blog. We even tried a new (well new to us) diner - The Armview Restaurant which still has that 1950's feel to it.

But no matter where we go, our orders remain constant - 2 eggs (scrambled for my Honey and lightly poached for me), bacon, hash browns and toast. After all, we we changed anything, how would we know which was the best diner?

What's a girl to do when we don't actually get to a diner? Well, this weekend I made a fantastic scramble by just frying up some diced potatoes and pancetta - Italian bacon and my new favorite ingredient. I even named it Diner Scramble and I think I'll be making it often and serving it with some homemade rye toast.

Now you know our favorite guilty pleasure....what do you order for your diner delight...and is it breakfast or lunch?

Everyone Has a Favorite Diner - What's Yours?

There is nothing like a great neighborhood diner. I don't know what it is exactly that is so wonderful. Is it the menu right out of the '50's &'60's? Is it the really inexpensive meal-especially in these difficult economic times? Or is it the homey vibes?



When we lived in Toronto we went to Leonard's Family Restaurant, which we called Effie's Place. She was our awesome Greek waitress - not related to the Leonard's, but a fixture, none-the-less. And if she wasn't there, we weren't nearly as happy. We still talk about her and she's our benchmark to measure all wait staff in any diner we go to.

You can read about our Halifax favorite local haunt in my article for foodtv.

The question I want answered is...what makes a diner special for you? Admit it, you might not go daily or even weekly, but you definitely have one somewhere. We even look for them when we do road trips.

Admittedly our road trips have only been in Canada & the US. So as part two to the question....what is the equivalent (local, cheap, friendly) in the rest of the world?