Breakfast at Frontera Grill

This next post is still part of our Food Tour 2012. It might sound crazy that we both have 2 meals in the same restaurants in less than 14 hours, but was it really? Breakfast is really our favorite meal of the day. We both love eggs and we can have eggs for any meal, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Since we tried to beat the brunch rush, we woke up a little bit early and we arrived at the restaurant around 10.40. I had to admit that we both were only half awake at that time. We needed our caffeine fix, so we both ordered chocolate cappuccino. It was very delicious. It should not be surprising that adding some chocolate into a cup of fresh coffee elevates the drink.

Since I had been missing Pozole for years (since Chipotle stopped offering it for 2 years now), I ordered Pozole Rojo, a classic pork and hominy soup infused with chile and a poached egg. It was served with crunchy taco shells and some lettuce. It was homey and comforting, just what I was looking for.

My husband ordered Huevos Estilo El Bajio, the dish he had been craving and talking about for days leading to our Chicago trip. This dish consists of two poached eggs in crispy masa boats, black beans, creamy chile poblano sauce, Mexican greens and homemade chorizo. The eggs were poached perfectly and they were soft, sitting on the crispy masa boats. The contrasting textures and the flavor combination created a memorable dish. We came here for brunch three times and my husband always came back for the El Bajio.

As usual, we were full and satisfied. However, I saw a combination of Mexican pastry, but I was too full to have them there. So I ordered it to go to snack on at the hotel. Here is the beautiful pastry basket. The one at the right corner is like a crispy cinnamon twist. The bun on the left of it is like a brioche, but with a crispy top. That is my personal favorite. The brown one next to it is like a doughnut with sugar sprinkled on top. The last but not least, the big pastry at the bottom. It has cream cheese filling and some colorful sprinkles on top. This one is my husband's favorite of the bunch.

Needless to say, we really enjoyed our brunch here and very thrilled with our experienced. We will definitely come back for more!