Ditch Plains – Plate 88

When this clam chowder was the first thing on the table, I thought to myself, “Come on, Marc. What are you doing?” When I saw it, I asked for some garnishes before our waiter left the table.

Ahh, that’s better. Florie was amused by this and took a picture of me styling my food (pic). I’m getting to be a bit of a snob about the way my food looks, especially in the morning. The light is always the best at breakfast, and to waste it is just a sin. There was no way I was letting them get away with sullying this excellent chowder with that horrible initial picture.

Yes, the chowder was glorious. It had more thick, smoky bacon in it than clams, but I wasn’t complaining about that. We did have a conversation after about how it didn’t mention the bacon in the clam chowder, but I guess if you’re a vegetarian, you’d ask this kind of thing. Which of us gentile omnivores doesn’t like a little surprise bacon in their soup? I can’t name one.

Yeah, dog. Three mimosas for $12. Frexinet is just terrible on its own, but the dryness works very well in a mimosa. I guess they knew this already.

Florie said “carbs, meat, and more carbs or meat, carbs and more meat? I think it’s too early in the day for this.” Not for me, honey. The allure of ordering a sloppy joe dog and mac and cheese dog was too much for me to pass up.

I ended up grabbing some of the sloppy joe sauce and putting it on the ditch dog. For future reference, this is how to order your hot dogs at ditch plains. Two half-ditch/half-sloppy dogs. For proper flavor amalgamation, ask them to combine the mac and cheese and sloppy sauce before they lay the mixture on.

Big, thick bacon, a crispy, buttery bun, gooey gruyere. The home fries here weer pretty wonderful as well. Great caramelization, still crispy at the end of the meal, and a few pieces had a nice char that gave them a homier taste.

These were the standouts for me. They were the perfect size and lighter than any other pancake I’d had on the project. The maple syrup was hot, and the pancakes were just a tad crisp on the outside. I would have eaten a stack of 27 of these bad boys if given the opportunity. I rarely write my notes in all caps, but the notes on the pancakes here start with EXCELLENT!

We wanted dessert (obviously) but just asked our server to surprise us. The s’mores came wrapped in tinfoil (pic). A far cry from the presentation of the clam chowder, these were excellent and harkened that trip east our owner was going for. Any time you get a chance to eat a s’more, you better eat that thing, and why not share an order for your brunchy dessert here? Great execution.

You know those crumbles on the ice cream cakes you get at carvel? The chocolate ones that have kind of a crunchy/chewyness to them? The cookie was made of a million of those little crumbles packed together.