Monday, June 29, 2015

Blu Jam Cafe on Melrose Avenue: Crunchy French Toast

When I successfully packed my classes into just 2 days a week, I was so excited for my free days on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and the weekends. Although it meant having 4 to 5 classes a day from morning till 6pm, it was worth it.

It gave me the opportunity to indulge in weekday lunch deals and to also avoid the weekend crowds. 

However, Blu Jam is so popular that we even had to wait for about 40mins to get a table for 2 on a weekday. (Also because the branch on Melrose has limited space.) But it wasn't too bad because Melrose Avenue is full of shops that you would love to explore. There is also graffiti very nicely done around the area for picture opportunities. I wasn't bored while waiting. 

Blu Jam Cafe interior

We came because Blu Jam Cafe is ranked one of the best in the area. Their signature dish is the Crunchy French Toast. We both decided to order it even though we could have tried something else. Most of the American diners ordered this as a dessert shared between 2 people, on top of individual orders of brunch items such as eggs florentine. However, I guess we kind of knew that we would never be able to pull that off and so we just stuck with the french toast.

Crunchy French Toast

I must say that growing up visiting Hong Kong so often has raised my expectations of french toasts. I have not been impressed by any in Singapore, while french toasts in Hong Kong cafes are usually very crispy and tasty. Nevertheless, although Blu Jam's crunchy french toast managed to impress me with its light coat of sweet cornflake that enhanced its texture and flavour, I wished the taste did not only coat the toast. Hong Kong cafes somehow always manage to give flavour to the whole piece of bread. The bread was also tougher than I would have liked.


However, I still love the crunchy french toast because it was so unique. There was also a dip that was tasted like sweet milk that went really well with the toast. They were also very generous with the berries. It was very satisfying, and if you're not a fan of sweet stuff you can always skip or go easy with the dip. 

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