Blow Toad
Cary Street,
Richmond, VA
I was initially kind of excited to visit the latest creation of local
celebrity chef and James Beard Award nominee, Jimmy Sneed. His reputation being what it is, I had fairly
high expectations, even though the menu offers reasonably-price fare..
My two girlfriends and I (who are collectively known as "The Mimosa Madames") went for Sunday brunch this weekend, arriving
at about 10:30. We were the first there, but the place filled up quite
quickly after that. We were treated to a nice twist on the classic Mimosa;
instead of using “regular” orange juice, they were made with the
juice of blood oranges. (Sounds much grosser than it really was). Added a nice "zing" factor!
The server was pleasant enough, but seemed to initially have a hard time wrapping her head around the fact that there were THREE of us. Customarily, that would require three sets of silverware, three napkins, three...well, you get my drift.
The French press coffee was perfect, if a bit strong for all our
tastes.
We all ordered various types of three-egg omelettes. Here’s my
beef: two them were not completely cooked. As in, there was runny egg white
in the middle that we had to work our way around. In all fairness, we reported
the “rawness” when the server brought our bills at which time
apologies were issued and our bills discounted appropriately.
You don’t have to be a great chef to cook eggs entirely. Tisk,
tisk, tisk.
Girlfriends and I will not be returning, or recommending Blow Toad.
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