I didn’t ask, “What’s the greatest breakfast?” I asked you to pick between two specific breakfasts. I love french toast, but we could’ve also thrown in bagels, muffins, croissants - where does it end, Brian?!
I served hash browns because, come on, they're awesome. But then, I've never met a potato I didn't like...
My final meal would probably consist of my special cheese fondue or some similar orgy of cheese.
Pancakes vs waffles: I usually take pancakes because waffles get cold instantly. You really have to scarf them before they cool, and that always ends in regret. My first choice would be my dad's french toast, which he only makes around the holidays, so it's a special treat :-)
Haha, definitely! And yeah I might have given the wrong idea with the cheese thing ;-) I think French toast just covers all the bases. It’s like if someone said: what if we took scrambled eggs and shoved them INSIDE the toast, then topped it like a pancake? Breakfast solved!
I served pancakes. Nicely made ones with maybe a side of dark berries should hit the spot for an undecided customer. But what a twist!
Now, if I have a choice between pancakes and French toast (because me and waffles are not even speaking), then pancakes have to pack it up. Not interested. And if there are short ribs in anything, then no other dish will do. If you’re hoping to get me as a customer, please have: brioche, short ribs or braised beef, a summery cocktail (extra points if there’s lavender), and a menu with puns.
I want to try more Indian food. There are so many dynamic flavors and colors. Seems like a whole rainbow I’m missing out on.
I served Death pancakes and was surprised by the ending! (Not disappointed, though.)
I like a good waffle, but man, can you ever go wrong with a stack of buttery pancakes? Throw some chocolate chips in the batter, or some blueberries...so good! I’m with you, Geoffrey. Team Pancakes all the way!
I served Death coffee. I mean, its Death, can he even eat? But I'm sure Death is a busy person and could probably use the caffeine boost to get through the day. But then the twist happened, and I wonder what would have happened if I had served Eggs instead. But at least this way I only have to rinse out the coffee pot and not clean the dishes/pans from cooking eggs.
Re Waffles or Pancakes - waffles are not really a breakfast food around my neck of the woods. Most people have them for desert with ice cream and fruit. So I guess I'm choosing Pancakes. I love them with a bit of lemon juice and a sprinkling of sugar. So good. (But really, for breakfast I'm more of a Vegemite Toast or Porridge kind of person.)
For my Food Bucket List - what I want is Scooby Doo food. The kind Shaggy and Scooby have. Those chicken legs they just inhale off the bone and the really really really tall stacked sandwiches that they eat in one mouthful. Maybe the plate piled high with burgers too. Cartoon food always looks so good!
As the game master, I can tell you the eggs get a... mixed reaction from Death. But yes, the coffee is easier to clean and if The Bear has taught me anything, it's do whatever you can to relieve stress in the kitchen. Well-played.
Interesting about waffles being dessert where you're from. In the US, many of our favorite breakfasts – donuts, marshmallow cereal, certain types of cake even – would probably make more sense as desserts. Waffles with ice cream sounds delish!
Haha, another adventurer goes for pancakes. The pancake supporters are stackin' up!
Yes! Cartoon food! That's a great answer. I'd like to try the immaculate ramen bowl from Ponyo, or pretty much any dish lovingly depicted in a Miyazaki film.
🍳 I served Death flapjacks, because that’s the breakfast of choice in my family. My grandpa, may he Rest In Peace, made the best pancakes ever, and now my daughter looks forward to my making them for her on the weekends! (Also, bone puns: awesome!)
🥓 Wagyu steak was long the top item on my food bucket list, because for the longest time it was apparently illegal to import. But that recently changed, and a few years back, I found some at a local butcher. VERY expensive (over $100 for *at most* 4oz), but one of the best meals I’ve ever had and totally lives up to the hype. Melts in your mouth like butter.
Other than that, I’d love to hit up Jiro’s sushi joint (the one from the Netflix documentary) before he passes on. Actually, just going to Japan to eat Japanese food right at the source is, in and of itself, a bucket list item.
🧇 🥞 No surprise, I’m partial to pancakes. I also won’t knock a good waffle, but pancakes are so tied up with so many wonderful memories (plus, they’re just so delicious) that if given a choice, I’ll almost always go for pancakes.
I love that you wanted to treat the Grim Reaper like a member of your family. I'm sure he'll be touched... before touching you with his icy cold finger of death.
Oooh, glad you got to try Wagyu steak! My partner and I had it once on a special occasion and it was deeee-liteful. And Jiro's sushi place is a great pick. If Midnight Diner is based on a real restaurant, I want to eat there.
Team Pancakes is growing in numbers! Are we fast becoming an unstoppable force?!
I served Death pancakes just like my kids love so much. I do spend more on the good syrup too. I’ve never cared for hash browns and I fail at cooking eggs. Enjoyed the ending!
I personally prefer a nice fluffy multigrain Belgian waffle since those were a frequent treat during summer vacations growing up. I have a waffle iron so I can treat myself year round now. I also like egg scrambles packed with veggies and sausage, but have to get them at diners or as frozen meals because I have yet to make them properly.
Thanks for playing! Yeah, me too. I don't always splurge on groceries, but I like to get the top shelf syrup. Otherwise, instead of the plain sugary syrup, I'll use honey.
Belgian waffles, particularly Belgian liege waffles, are just terrific. Hard to find a more luxurious breakfast treat!
🍳 What did you serve Death for breakfast… and why?
I served Death hash browns because who doesn't love a crispy, oily hash brown?
I like my eggs scrambled and am not sure why Death does not!
🥓 Is there a perfect meal or food you want to eat before you die?
A porterhouse steak with a side of bacon and fried chicken, and a biscuit to boot. Then a peanut butter hot fudge sundae with whipped cream.
🧇 🥞 Which is the superior breakfast treat: waffles or pancakes?
I used to go to the local diner when I visited my grandpa every month as a kid and would order chocolate pancakes, a side of crispy bacon, and a chocolate milk. I do enjoy a good waffle, but it doesn't compare to those pancakes.
I tried every option and I'm not sure which is my favorite, maybe flapjacks or coffee for how twisty they are. When it comes to pancakes vs waffles I'm on team pancakes.
I prefer pancakes because I don't understand what the point of a good waffle is supposed to be. I grew up with the frozen Eggo waffles and figured those were standard and didn't really encounter a proper waffle til I was a teen. By that point though it wasn't what I grew up with and it seems like a hassle.
I do prefer french toast to pancakes though because french toast has a better low bar for quality than pancakes. You could get homemade pancakes or you could get mix pancakes. French toast has to involve bread, egg, and spices and it is a lot harder to mess that up!
Yeah, I didn't have a truly excellent waffle until I was an adult. When a waffle is great, it has a crispness to it that's very satisfying. But when I'm making them myself on one of those machines in hotels, I never get the texture right.
French toast is amazing. This is a good point about french toast. I'm going to have to give french toast serious consideration here.
Here’s why I prefer pancakes over waffles. If I have more than one waffle, I feel bloated. “Ohhh, I can’t believe I had TWO whole waffles.” But with pancakes, I can eat a whole stack, no problem. I think because stacks of pancakes have been normalized so much?
Also, I like to put different toppings between the layers, so there’s a jam layer, a honey layer, etc. Waffles have those neat indentations, but using the pancake layers system, I have more surface area for toppings.
I have this argument a lot with people and I can't believe you had the AUDACITY to not even include French Toast. It goes:
1. French Toast
2. Pancakes
3. Waffles.
I didn’t ask, “What’s the greatest breakfast?” I asked you to pick between two specific breakfasts. I love french toast, but we could’ve also thrown in bagels, muffins, croissants - where does it end, Brian?!
Haha ok fair point. I just got so mad that French Toast was left out since those 3 are usually lumped in together. (you're welcome, Waffles!)
I served hash browns because, come on, they're awesome. But then, I've never met a potato I didn't like...
My final meal would probably consist of my special cheese fondue or some similar orgy of cheese.
Pancakes vs waffles: I usually take pancakes because waffles get cold instantly. You really have to scarf them before they cool, and that always ends in regret. My first choice would be my dad's french toast, which he only makes around the holidays, so it's a special treat :-)
Yeah, I love a crispy hash brown, too. They should get more love IMO. They’re the french fries of the morning!
Enjoy your final meal, though I wouldn’t Google “cheese orgy.”
Another one for Team Pancakes, though I get the feeling from the comments that french toast looms large over both of them.
Haha, definitely! And yeah I might have given the wrong idea with the cheese thing ;-) I think French toast just covers all the bases. It’s like if someone said: what if we took scrambled eggs and shoved them INSIDE the toast, then topped it like a pancake? Breakfast solved!
I served pancakes. Nicely made ones with maybe a side of dark berries should hit the spot for an undecided customer. But what a twist!
Now, if I have a choice between pancakes and French toast (because me and waffles are not even speaking), then pancakes have to pack it up. Not interested. And if there are short ribs in anything, then no other dish will do. If you’re hoping to get me as a customer, please have: brioche, short ribs or braised beef, a summery cocktail (extra points if there’s lavender), and a menu with puns.
I want to try more Indian food. There are so many dynamic flavors and colors. Seems like a whole rainbow I’m missing out on.
Appreciate the shoutout!
I’m sure Death appreciated the extra flavor you put into those pancakes!
Thank you for weighing in. I think I can now summarize the adventures’ opinions on this as:
French Toast > Pancakes > Waffles
Yeah, Indian food is terrific! And I just learned there’s a naan emoji: 🫓
The only item on that menu I'd bet my life on was the hash browns. Now I'm hungry for hash browns!
Especially if they’re nice and crispy!
I served Death pancakes and was surprised by the ending! (Not disappointed, though.)
I like a good waffle, but man, can you ever go wrong with a stack of buttery pancakes? Throw some chocolate chips in the batter, or some blueberries...so good! I’m with you, Geoffrey. Team Pancakes all the way!
Glad you enjoyed your quest. Not as surprised as you would’ve been with coffee, I bet!
Welcome to Team Pancakes! Our numbers are higher than the number of berries and/or chocolate chips in a delicious pancake!
I served Death coffee. I mean, its Death, can he even eat? But I'm sure Death is a busy person and could probably use the caffeine boost to get through the day. But then the twist happened, and I wonder what would have happened if I had served Eggs instead. But at least this way I only have to rinse out the coffee pot and not clean the dishes/pans from cooking eggs.
Re Waffles or Pancakes - waffles are not really a breakfast food around my neck of the woods. Most people have them for desert with ice cream and fruit. So I guess I'm choosing Pancakes. I love them with a bit of lemon juice and a sprinkling of sugar. So good. (But really, for breakfast I'm more of a Vegemite Toast or Porridge kind of person.)
For my Food Bucket List - what I want is Scooby Doo food. The kind Shaggy and Scooby have. Those chicken legs they just inhale off the bone and the really really really tall stacked sandwiches that they eat in one mouthful. Maybe the plate piled high with burgers too. Cartoon food always looks so good!
As the game master, I can tell you the eggs get a... mixed reaction from Death. But yes, the coffee is easier to clean and if The Bear has taught me anything, it's do whatever you can to relieve stress in the kitchen. Well-played.
Interesting about waffles being dessert where you're from. In the US, many of our favorite breakfasts – donuts, marshmallow cereal, certain types of cake even – would probably make more sense as desserts. Waffles with ice cream sounds delish!
Haha, another adventurer goes for pancakes. The pancake supporters are stackin' up!
Yes! Cartoon food! That's a great answer. I'd like to try the immaculate ramen bowl from Ponyo, or pretty much any dish lovingly depicted in a Miyazaki film.
🍳 I served Death flapjacks, because that’s the breakfast of choice in my family. My grandpa, may he Rest In Peace, made the best pancakes ever, and now my daughter looks forward to my making them for her on the weekends! (Also, bone puns: awesome!)
🥓 Wagyu steak was long the top item on my food bucket list, because for the longest time it was apparently illegal to import. But that recently changed, and a few years back, I found some at a local butcher. VERY expensive (over $100 for *at most* 4oz), but one of the best meals I’ve ever had and totally lives up to the hype. Melts in your mouth like butter.
Other than that, I’d love to hit up Jiro’s sushi joint (the one from the Netflix documentary) before he passes on. Actually, just going to Japan to eat Japanese food right at the source is, in and of itself, a bucket list item.
🧇 🥞 No surprise, I’m partial to pancakes. I also won’t knock a good waffle, but pancakes are so tied up with so many wonderful memories (plus, they’re just so delicious) that if given a choice, I’ll almost always go for pancakes.
I love that you wanted to treat the Grim Reaper like a member of your family. I'm sure he'll be touched... before touching you with his icy cold finger of death.
Oooh, glad you got to try Wagyu steak! My partner and I had it once on a special occasion and it was deeee-liteful. And Jiro's sushi place is a great pick. If Midnight Diner is based on a real restaurant, I want to eat there.
Team Pancakes is growing in numbers! Are we fast becoming an unstoppable force?!
Oh! Can't believe I didn't mention this one: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe!
And Team Pancakes was always destined to win. This is the way it was always meant to be 😋
I served Death pancakes just like my kids love so much. I do spend more on the good syrup too. I’ve never cared for hash browns and I fail at cooking eggs. Enjoyed the ending!
I personally prefer a nice fluffy multigrain Belgian waffle since those were a frequent treat during summer vacations growing up. I have a waffle iron so I can treat myself year round now. I also like egg scrambles packed with veggies and sausage, but have to get them at diners or as frozen meals because I have yet to make them properly.
Thanks for playing! Yeah, me too. I don't always splurge on groceries, but I like to get the top shelf syrup. Otherwise, instead of the plain sugary syrup, I'll use honey.
Belgian waffles, particularly Belgian liege waffles, are just terrific. Hard to find a more luxurious breakfast treat!
🍳 What did you serve Death for breakfast… and why?
I served Death hash browns because who doesn't love a crispy, oily hash brown?
I like my eggs scrambled and am not sure why Death does not!
🥓 Is there a perfect meal or food you want to eat before you die?
A porterhouse steak with a side of bacon and fried chicken, and a biscuit to boot. Then a peanut butter hot fudge sundae with whipped cream.
🧇 🥞 Which is the superior breakfast treat: waffles or pancakes?
I used to go to the local diner when I visited my grandpa every month as a kid and would order chocolate pancakes, a side of crispy bacon, and a chocolate milk. I do enjoy a good waffle, but it doesn't compare to those pancakes.
I prefer scrambled eggs, too. But everyone has their weird food thing. I guess for Death, it's having eggs in a perfectly normal way.
Your porterhouse steak, fried chicken, bacon, peanut butter sundae meal sounds so delicious, it would be the death of me!
I also grew up going to a local diner with my dad and grandpa. For me, it was potato pancakes, but yeah. Same.
Haha thanks! I eat a version of that meal once a year when I go to Peter Luger's (no fried chicken or biscuit there unfortunately).
I tried every option and I'm not sure which is my favorite, maybe flapjacks or coffee for how twisty they are. When it comes to pancakes vs waffles I'm on team pancakes.
Thanks for playing! Coffee is quite the ride, isn't it? I perked up reading it. ☕
Ayyy, Team Pancakes! We might have to get shirts made.
I prefer pancakes because I don't understand what the point of a good waffle is supposed to be. I grew up with the frozen Eggo waffles and figured those were standard and didn't really encounter a proper waffle til I was a teen. By that point though it wasn't what I grew up with and it seems like a hassle.
I do prefer french toast to pancakes though because french toast has a better low bar for quality than pancakes. You could get homemade pancakes or you could get mix pancakes. French toast has to involve bread, egg, and spices and it is a lot harder to mess that up!
Yeah, I didn't have a truly excellent waffle until I was an adult. When a waffle is great, it has a crispness to it that's very satisfying. But when I'm making them myself on one of those machines in hotels, I never get the texture right.
French toast is amazing. This is a good point about french toast. I'm going to have to give french toast serious consideration here.
Here’s why I prefer pancakes over waffles. If I have more than one waffle, I feel bloated. “Ohhh, I can’t believe I had TWO whole waffles.” But with pancakes, I can eat a whole stack, no problem. I think because stacks of pancakes have been normalized so much?
Also, I like to put different toppings between the layers, so there’s a jam layer, a honey layer, etc. Waffles have those neat indentations, but using the pancake layers system, I have more surface area for toppings.