Weekday Brunch at Ants Pants Cafe
I get around. Yesterday, I recommended Southern Inspired bourbon house The Twisted Tail, located about as east as you can go off of South Street. Today, I am on the other end of South Street, at Ants Pants Cafe, whose inspiration is also Southern in a sense. This spot has been bringing the Australian cafe experience to Grad Hospital since 2004. Though they recently started dinner service, Ants Pants has been more of a brunch place, serving eggs in various forms 7 days a week.
It was nice to see a cold, non coffee beverage on the menu. The “iced chocolate” ($4.50) is made with ice cream, milk, homemade chocolate sauce, and whipped cream. Delicious but didn’t take long to finish.
My choice was pretty brunchy, “the stack” ($9), an open face sandwich of 2 sunny side up eggs, pecorino romano, bacon, tomato on sourdough (hold the arugula) with a small side salad. It was a fine egg sandwich but not particularly thrilling.
For a few dollars more the sweet potato hash was a bite more exciting, with more sunny side up egg and bacon, plus italian sausage and garlic aioli on top ($12). This pleasant mound ensured a lot of flavors in each bite and was a nice twist off of hash. Perhaps some more fresh herbs, other than the sprinkle of scallions on top could have twisted it up even further.
From the Ants Pants website:
ANTS PANTS (adj.) Australian colloquial term meaning unequivocally ‘the best’ or ‘height of fashion’. As in “mate, this coffee is the ants pants”
Overall, a decent brunch/lunch here, though I would not say anything other than the iced choclate was the ants pants.
THE + (What somebody who likes this place would say)
- Daily brunch and lunch menu
- Outdoor seating on South Street and on the back patio
THE – (What somebody who doesn’t like this place would say)
- Not quite sure what is Australian about eggs
- Some of the simpler things are a little more expensive than they could be
Ants Pants Cafe, 2212 South St Philadelphia, 215 875-8002
Posted by Jamie at 1:04 pm, July 11th, 2013 under bacon, sandwiches, South St.
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Just checked their menu. I see they have an Aussie Burger for dinner.
They had one of those, sans pineapple, at Foster Burger in Portland. I never tried it, however, because when it was burger time back there, I was hooked on Killer Burger and Little Big Burger, which were also both close by.
I’d likely leave off the pineapple, myself, but the slice of beet and egg sounds like an interesting topping combination. I believe the more authentic meat in Australia would be lamb, though. I still have to try one of those one day. Just leave off the pineapple!
That hash might work for me.
Aside from parsnips. which I have finally decided to just cut my losses on and stay away from forever, sweet potatoes are the only other fall / winter vegetable I just can’t stand. I know there’s some promise there, and I’ve tried them any other way I can imagine, but none have ever worked.
This hash, or at least the basic principle of mixing the dastardly root with eggs, bacon, sausage and aioli, actually sounds pretty promising, though. I will definitely try this at home later this year…