Daily Dining News: Orphan's King Cakes are 'Glorious'
April 27, 2012
I hear mixed things about Orphan at 34th & C in East Sac. On the one hand, Sac Bee's Blair Anthony Robertson said that it "badly needs to adopt the idea of flavor." Sac News & Review's Greg Lucas gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying that all the dishes were very similar. But that was back in 2010. More than 2 years later, Sac Mag's Kira O'Donnell seems to imply the place has turned the corner.
"I was lucky enough to visit recently to try the restaurant’s glorious “King Cakes,” buttermilk pancakes with a generous addition of peanut butter, chocolate chips and bananas. A ridiculously satisfying, sweet mélange of complimentary flavors, I’m sure the indulgent dish packed in enough calories (plus a few hundred) to cover me for the rest of my day. (Note: other not-to-miss breakfast items at Orphan Breakfast House include the hefty roast beef hash and the scrumptious artichoke scramble, served up with crusty rosemary potatoes).
Read the entire story in Sac Mag.
Other close friends have said the place is a great place to grab brunch during the summer. I've never been, but I'm now intrigued enough to give it a try.
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