Ho Ho Ho Pancakes, classic comfort breakfast foods

Keep Out the Winter Chill with These Classic Comfort Breakfast Foods

Weekends are meant for relaxing, spending time with the family, and enjoying a good meal. But after a busy week, who wants to add to the growing list of things to do with making pancakes. Going out for pancakes is a great alternative, but where can you find all the classic comfort breakfast foods you crave, without having to search for the new food trends? Our menu is pure classics. We have a great mix of all the comforts of breakfast balanced with a few new flavors to keep it interesting. You won’t want to miss these delicious meals and comfortable atmosphere for the whole family.

Try these classic comfort breakfast foods:

Belgian Waffles

A Saturday morning without Waffles is like wet socks, unfortunate and disappointing. Our waffles are the perfect thing to make your weekend special. We have the classic Belgian Waffle, but we also have extra flavors to cheer it up and make your breakfast sing. Try coconut, blueberry, or bacon waffles.

Pancakes

It wouldn’t be the Pancake House without pancakes. Our diversity of pancakes are just right for what you’re craving, from buttermilk to buckwheat and even chocolate chip. If classic pancakes are what you crave, we have the breakfast for you!

French Toast

No one can forget the all-time favorite French Toast. Our bread and eggs are combined in just the right way to make you think of Grandma’s French Toast. No need to burn any bread or break any shells. We will do the cooking and serve you up some sourdough French toast or maybe you’d prefer a seasonal berry French Toast. We have all the flavors you’d enjoy.


Cinnamon Almond French Toast

The Delicious History of French Toast

At the Original Pancake House, one of our favorite brunch menu items is French toast with a rich French toast history.  In fact, we love it so much, we offer four different types on our breakfast menu including Sourdough French Toast, Seasonal Berry French Toast, Cinnamon Almond French Toast, and the Denver breakfast favorite, Banana Praline French Toast.

French Toast History: Exploring The Fascinating History Of French Toast

 

With French toast on our minds, we were wondering, where did this delightful dish originate?  We were intrigued to find that, though the name implies a French origin, the first mention of this meal appears in Roman times.  In a cookbook attributed to Apicius, from the 4th or 5th century, a recipe simply called “aliter dulcia," or “another sweet dish,” describes soaking.

Bread in a milk and egg mixture, frying in oil, and then serving with honey.   French toast next appears in medieval cookbooks throughout Europe.  In France, it was called “pain perdu” or “lost bread,” which probably referred to the fact the cooks used stale or old bread in this dish with a fascinating French toast history.  German, English, and Scandinavian cookbooks refer to the dish as “poor knights” bread, which is also a nod to the use of old bread.

The first references to this ancient dish as “French toast” appear in the late 18th century in North America.  In New Orleans, the dish maintained its original French name of “pain perdu.” However, in English speaking areas of the North American colonies, the dish became known as French toast as it was popularized by French immigrants.

So, the next time you are out for breakfast in Denver, share the ancient history of French toast with your fellow diners.  It is a fascinating story!