The breakfast buddy brought to you by Flamingo Grill is one of the staple meals of any student living on campus with a meal plan. Go into any dining hall, day or night, and you're bound to find someone eating a breakfast buddy. The breakfast buddy is one of the most customizable options available. Literally everything on the sandwich can be customized. Start off with your choice of meat and build from there. You can choose from either a bagel, english muffin, or biscuit, and depending on where you order our buddy you may even be able to pick your choice of bagel, be it plain, whole wheat, blueberry or everyseed (my personal favorite). Next you have your choice of meats, Ham, sausage patty and bacon. I've spent some time with all 3 meats and my allegiance mainly lays with the ham. The ham is prepared thinly sliced and grilled and is a great compliment to either a bagel or English muffin. Once you've choosen your meat and bread things start getting a little tricky...
You can either end at this stage of the ordering process and proceed to wait for your order, only achieving the partial potential of your breakfast buddy, or you can get down to details.
By default the Flamingo Grill will serve your breakfast buddy with American cheese, and a strange "egg" flavored mix of chemicals and modified soy products, but they do have the power to substitute both items. You can ask for any sort of cheese that they make deli sandwiches with such as cheddar, provolone, pepperjack, and mozzerella. Any of these cheeses are an upgrade from the default American. Ordering cheese is relatively easy but the egg requires a touch of finesse.
Most students have no clue that you can substitute real egg for "egg" mixture. Oftentimes dining hall employees don't have a clue either! But if you ask for real egg, more times than not you'll receive it. Granted I've ordered real egg many times and have been dissapointed with the "egg" mix even after specifically requesting real egg. The problem is that there is no option for the person taking your order to mark "real egg" on his order sheet and occasionally a breakdown between the waiter and the cook will occur. This is also somewhat an inconvenience for the person taking your order as they must pencil in real egg for the grill. The egg is served hard over and hot while the "egg" mix is runny, watery and a strange pale yellow color. If you manage to get both real cheese and real egg on your buddy you'll not only leave with a healthier breakfast buddy but a tastier buddy as well.
So remember, REAL egg and REAL cheese make all the difference when it comes to breakfast buddies. Check back next time when we discuss how to get the most of Landes Dining Hall.
~~~FRESH PICK OF THE WEEK~~~
Make sure to stop by Classic Comforts at Wright Food Court on Monday for Ribeye Steak w/ A1, penne pasta in salsa forte, mashed potatoes and gravy, waffle fries, Cozumel vegetable blend and apple pie, I know I sure will.
Happy Dining,
Matt Jackson
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