Who's in the mood for nonstandard animal parts hitting their breakfast plates? Anyone?
The Hoof Cafe is the new cafe from the owners of the Blackhoof charcuterie across the street, both on Dundas W.
Don't even bother, Vegetarians, this is not for you (you
could order the french toast. But you should really order the jam and bone marrow donuts). But for you omnivores out there, you really ought to eat here for brunch!
Included on the menu: pig tails and grits. Yes, literally, tails of pigs. But slow cooked, tender, and then formed into a rectangular brick and fried to form a crispy shell. Served atop a creamy, flavourful sea of grits, on which sit poached eggs, braised green onion, and a crispy chip-like flourish.
And baked beans and links. Sounds simple enough. But how often do you find tender
tongue in your baked beans? And actually
like it? The sausage was full of flavour too, and complimented the fried eggs and crispy fried kale.
Have a hankering for something sweet? How bout brioche french toast? How bout instead of a pat of butter, you have that with seared foie gras. What? Topped with fresh berries, mint leaves, creme fresh, and nuts. Bonkers!
For the lover of the unconventional, you will appreciate the Hoof Cafe, especially since they do everything so well. If you are too squeamish to eat tongue, the suckling pig benny was a popular item when we looked around (suckling pig being under a year old, so it's extra tender).
5 pig giblits out of 6.
e
