Team Breakfast* Champion: Pancake Sandwich

Following our Valentine's Day Cheap Date Pub Crawl (in which aforementioned Snoopy valentine's and Hershey's Kisses were handed out freely), the roomies and I spent that Sunday chillin' at Pulaski Castle.

Pulaski Castle is what we lovingly call our home in Queenspoint.

For those of you not familiar with Queenspoint, the Pulaski Bridge connects Greenpoint with Queens/Long Island City. It offers lovely views of the City, and the Greenpoint Sewage Treatment Plant. It's also across the street from our apartment building.

So, we woke up around noon and decided that, rather than fight the amorous crowds at the various brunch establishments throughout the 'hood, we would make ourselves a breakfast feast: eggs, bacon, and pancakes.

Of course, these are the magic ingredients to the best possible breakfast food ever:

THE PANCAKE SANDWICH!!!

I forgot to add it into the photo, but on top of this, you pour a boatload of syrup. And it's amazing. Granted, many of my teammates disagree with me, but I have it on good authority (my own) that this sh*t is delicious. This is basically all I ever want out of breakfast. Actually -- scratch that -- add some hashbrowns on the side and then it's perfect. Beautiful. Just like heaven.



*Now, a quick note to explain this "Team Breakfast" phenomenon. A long time ago, in a city to the North (Vancouver BC), my then boyfriend and I were invited to join a mysterious group, called "Team Breakfast". We were guest competitors, but were welcomed warmly by all our teammates. We ate well, we bonded, we cleaned our plates, and everyone came away a winner. Because everyone just got to eat breakfast with good -- and new -- friends. I quickly poached this idea and started up a chapter in Seattle, and am now working on developing the New York branch. Soon, soon I will update the Team Breakfast blog (teambreakfast.wordpress.com), where we hope to post restaurant reviews, photos, team cheers, and anything else dedicated to the wide world of competitive brunching. If you have or would like to start a chapter in a different city, let me know! We can start an exchange program. Or at least look at each other's photos.