Eat This Immediately: Artisan's Bacon, Egg and Cheese

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Eat This Immediately: Artisans Bacon, Egg and Cheese

POSTED: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:59 PM

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Leave it to Andre Chin and wife Amanda Eap, resourceful Cambodian owners of the best little French bakery in town, Artisan Boulanger Patissier (1648 S. 12th St.), to do classic American bacon and eggs better than anyone. If you love Artisans croissantsthe buttery gold delights are so delicate and flaky they crumple in your mouth like delicious origamiimagine a fluffy omelet, two strips of crunchy bacon and a thin veil of cheese tucked inside one. (They also do a sausage version.) Compared to the bakerys other offerings (chocolate croissants, pyramid-like croque monsieurs, viscous Vietnamese iced coffee), the bacon, egg and cheese croissant seems positively healthful. We had it for breakfast this morning and seriously contemplated going back for seconds. Eat your heart out, Dunkin Donuts.

Dan Obley

Posted 2010-10-23 16:42:25

What are their hours for business?

Allitia

Posted 2010-10-22 18:31:37

I was just there this morning for the first time--having dropped off my black lab puppy at Doggie Style's daycare--and I must say I remarked on how damn fine the madeleines were!

danya

Posted 2010-10-22 16:15:33

Thank god I don't live close enough to visit Artisan everyday. 

Although it does mean I still haven't snagged their elusive pistchio croissant.

danya

Posted 2010-10-22 16:16:36

*ash. achio. Or ahhhchio, if that's your style.

Rock Colors

Posted 2010-10-26 09:12:26

Thanks MT for the breakfast tip. That was one awesome way to start today.

danya

Posted 2010-10-23 16:09:47

Yes! I had the madeleines for the first time last week, excellent. (Okay, I do get there pretty often.)

And thanks again to Adam, who alerted me on twitter that the pistachio were available this morning and obtained one for me! At last. The green color was slightly odd, but the flavor was excellent, not too sweet and very nutty. And the flaky, ethereal texture was not at all dampened by the filling.

I did swing by Artisan anyway, and picked up another croissant special of the day, which I have yet to try: An OREO COOKIE FILLED CROISSANT. Oh my.

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