Mon Ami Gabi, Breakfast Vegas-Paris Style

My undying love for breakfast restaurants did not dissipate upon entering Las Vegas.  Please.  This is the land of 10,000 breakfast buffets.  It's a shame I'm not a buffet fan. But there are other fantastic breakfast places to adore and my sister set out to introduce me to them.  Her favorite, and now my favorite, is Mon Ami Gabi right on The Strip.  I heart this place with a love that is too strong for words. 

First let's discuss the bowl of coffee.  Yes, a bowl.  Now, I'm normally not a super-size-me kind of girl, heck, I'm not even a Venti kind of girl.  In fact, my official Starbucks drink is a double short latte.  Never heard of the "short?"  That's because it's not even on the menu--it's the child size hot chocolate cup.  It's one of those secret ordering things--every Starbuck's will make it, not sure why they won't put it on the menu.  Add an extra shot into that rather small cup and you have the most perfect, strong, small, delightful coffee ever. 

So while smaller is usually better in my mind when it comes to coffee, I couldn't resist the "bowl of coffee" option on the menu--how can you not just to see what it is right?  They weren't messing around...

A little hard to gauge the size without perspective?  Here, let me help a bit...

Yes, this bowl of coffee is actually half the size of my head.  And it was really a deliciously strong latte.  They had me at the coffee bowl, but then brekkie came.  I'm not going to lie to you, spinach and artichokes in a benedict is as perfect as it sounds. And Mon Ami Gabi fries the english muffin in butter--it is what the french would do.  I was quite possibly the best eggs benedict I'd ever had (sorry Snooze, I still love you).  With the butter that was dripping off of the perfectly crunchy and salty hashbrowns as well, I'm guessing this probably wasn't the healthiest thing on the menu. C'est dommage.   There was also a chocolate and bacon waffle on the menu. Intriguing.

As if the perfect latte and breakfast wasn't enough, there's the ambience of sitting on the strip and people watching and the view.  Just look up...

Or across the street to Caesars...

Or a bit more to the left to the Bellagio water fountains.  Any place with a seated view of the absolute best thing about Vegas is a winner in my book. Bellagio fountain shows = magic.

There's also a few more Mon Ami Gabi's sprinkled across the land.  If you can't make it to Vegas, maybe you can have breakfast D.C.-Paris or Chicago-Paris style.

I feel a bit bad that our other breakfast place sits pretty far in the shadow of Mon Ami Gabi.  We headed to Sunrise Cafe a couple of weekends ago.  It wasn't too bad, but my dear Snooze has nothing to fear. I will however give them kudos for their naming.   I chose the Brooklyn Benedict for the turkey and spinach, but the excellent naming was a bonus. 

The hollandaise was a little excessive.  I've never thought to ask, but staring at this photo makes me wonder if you can order the hollandaise on the side.....hmmm.