I was eager to try the small independent places in New York, as well as some of the big names which I had craved since booking.
Kitchenette is a small diner in the Downtown area of New York serving home cooked food all day long, in a quintessentially New York fashion. There's another Uptown, but this gave us an excuse to go exploring on the Subway.
In 1994 two friends set out to create a place which was warm and cheerful, with food like mom used to make. It sounded absolutely perfect on a morning full of snow! It was so cold my nose felt like it may drop off.
Kitchenette is a colourful collection of pastel chalkboards, biscuits in jars, swirly cupcakes and polka dotted walls. The service is friendly and decorations made by children give the place a family feel.
We both ordered a coffee to warm up our frozen fingers, and an orange juice to give us the necessary slap around the chops needed to bring us back into the world of the living.
Peach Pancakes: Four grain batter pancakes made fresh to order with your choice of fruit. Peach seemed an obvious choice as it's not something I've seen in the UK. This was actually much lighter than I had anticipated, but I still only managed about half.
Farmhouse Breakfast: This consisted of two fried eggs, a biscuit (similar to a savoury scone) and spicy breakfast potatoes - perfect fuel for cold weather.
It wasn't the most exciting breakfast I've ever had, but I enjoyed the pretty surroundings and all the food we had was of good quality. The two friends have succeeded in their aim, although my mum never made anything like this in Horwich...
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