Bacon, Egg, Cheese on an English Muffin
by Celia Sin-Tien Cheng
April 19, 2006
DEB’S CATERING
200 Varick St
(Houston & King Sts)
New York, NY 10014
212-675-4550
There’s no doubt that Deb’s makes good food. The general gripe is that it’s overpriced, but then again it’s really an issue of supply and demand. If they’ve got what you want to eat and they make it well and there’s no other place nearby that does, then you end up paying the price.
I was on my way to work and looking for breakfast. I skipped past a couple of usual suspects because I wasn’t feeling it from those places. Then I passed by McDonald’s. I recently watched Supersize Me, but — funny enough — the only effect it really had on me was that it made me crave the breakfast at Micky D’s. But I knew I would feel really disgusted afterwards if I had a McDonald’s breakfast, so I tried my hardest to keep walking and convince myself that I have some semblance of will power. (I was staring inside, watching other people eat the whole time I was walking by. :( )
A block away, I spied Deb’s. Having never had breakfast there, I decided to try it out. And what did I do? I recreated my McDonald’s breakfast craving at Deb’s. I asked for bacon, egg and cheese on a roll —- a typical New York deli breakfast. But when I saw that they had English muffins, I changed the order so that I could get as close to an Egg McMuffin as possible (without losing the bacon, of course). I ordered coffee with this and it cost a very reasonable $2.95.
When I got to my office, I opened up the tin foil, which revealed a Deb’s egg muffin dripping with grease. I had visions of myself dying of a heart attack immediately after finishing it — my boss has coined the phrase “heart attack sandwich” for this sort of thing — but I dug in anyway. So let me just tell you, it was the best breakfast sandwich I’ve tasted. Sure it was greasy, but the bacon and eggs were cooked just right.
I love the concept of breakfast sandwiches. But, unfortunately, though they sound like they’ll taste amazing, most of the time the corner deli delivers a lame sandwich that makes you feel gross after eating it — kind of like how you feel after eating at McDonald’s. But Deb’s breakfast sandwich tasted great from beginning to end. There was no bad aftertaste or heartburn. While I’m not recommending this as breakfast everyday, it’s a good craving to satiate everyone once in a while.
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