Favorite Eats

I added some short reviews of a couple restaurants to flesh out VeggieWaugh. I can't resist recycling the content, no matter how brief:

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Monjunis is a funky Italian place that has plenty to offer the vegetarian. They have a wonderfully sweet marinara that they set out with crispy buttered toasts as the free appetizier. Two locations in Baton Rouge. The location near Kenilworth on Highland is less busy, but just as good, so keep that in mind if you have a large group. My wife loves the garlic bread (which to me is not so interesting) but they often run out, so we find that we need to call ahead to make sure they have some.

What to order:

Veggie lasagna: it's made with that tangy sauce. It will fill you up. Fill up on the complimentary bread and you'll have enough lasagna to bring home.

Veggie muffaletta: eggplant and roasted red pepper. I like it with either the pasta salad or the house lettuce and olive salad mix. Great for lunch. I get the quarter muff, the half is still too big for me.

Eggplant parmesan poboy: good for something different if you've burned out on the above two.

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Another Broken Egg is the newest in a long line of brunch places that Baton Rougeans flock to like impatient geese. You would think there would be a saturation point for the brunch market. How can it be that every eggery in the city has 30 minute waits on Sunday morning?

Well unlike most places that depend on their bloody marys and mimosas to keep the masses satiated, Another Broken Egg does it with good food. Here's a concept: they actually can cook eggs--none of them over-cooked smells-like-a-wet-dog omelets here. The menu is huge, so you are sure to find something to your liking, even if it is all a variation on the same theme. Bach did it with Goldberg! Why not with eggs?

What to order:

huevos rancheros: eggs, tortillas, and refried beans with salsa and guacalole. filling and well executed.

hey ricky! omelet: a veggie spanish omelet

veggie benedict: a hollandaise themed variation for us vegetarians. There's also a veggie benedict involving hollandaise, spinach and fried artichoke hearts that was good, but I can't find it on the online menu, which is probably outdated.

blackberry grits: grits that come with a side of blackberries. spoon them on top for a sweet and savory treat

What not to order:

grits and grillades: yeuck!