Jason's Sports, Food and News Corner: Eat CHOW!

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I stayed in Costa Mesa over the weekend and decided to play the wheel of fortune with Yelp and what to do for breakfast. Lucky for me I ran across a location called Eat Chow. When I initially saw the menu I was gitty about all of the items specially on the breakfast side. Yelp had some pretty high reviews for it, about 650 or so at 4 1/2 stars. On this journey of food and life I was able to have my son and nephew along for the ride.

Upon arriving to the location I was little lost to say the least. The address is 1801 Newport Beach Blvd, but when I walked up to 1801 Newport Beach Blvd. there was a retail clothing store at that location. So I walked up and the down the street a few times to make sure I was at the correct location. After walking up and down the street about three or four times I decided to try and peer around the corner to see maybe if the restaurant was on the side and maybe the address was a misprint. Just my luck I saw the same sign Eat Chow as pictured above on the side of the wall.

As you walk into the restaurant you see that same clothing store I walked pass multiple times, it was just gated off due to the fact that the store is closed, with sleek wooden chairs fitted with red cushions. We were seated and greeted immediately upon walking in the door. So far the rating is living up to hype. I then looked at the menu and decided immediately what I was getting, but the hard part was what to get the boys to eat. I went down the menu starting at the top and only listed the items in which I knew the boys would eat, Steel cut Oatmeal, Fresh Fruit, Fresh Berries, Pancakes, either Plain, Blueberries, or my son’s favorite Chocolate Chip. My nephew Andre yelled out "OATMEAL uncle," while my son said Chocolate Pancakes. Now with the boys settled I then turned to myself and decided to go with a breakfast burrito called “GRINGO.”

All of the food looked, smelled, and tasted delicious. Donovan’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes came first, and normally when I think of chocolate chip pancakes I think of someone folding chocolate chips into the pancake batter and then made on the griddle. Which sometimes causes the chocolate chips to melt or just become chocolate blobs in your pancake. Well at Eat Chow they actually make a plain pancake and slight heat up the chips and spread them across your plate of pancakes. I really appreciated that touch on the pancakes and made them tastier according to my son. The smell of freshly made pancakes and lightly warmed chocolate almost made me steal of bite of my son’s breakfast. Andre had the Steel Cut Oatmeal, now I am unsure what enhancement this has over regular oatmeal, but let me tell you that this oatmeal was HUGE. It came with a side of brown sugar and freshly steamed soy milk, upon my request. When I mixed it all of my nephews ingredients you wasted no time in diving right in and finishing half of the bowl of oatmeal. I decided to have the Gringo, which was filled with eggs, sausage, tomatoes, potatoes, and cheese, as well with a side of salsa. I am a pretty picky eater, specially when it comes to eggs. I normally only eat eggs my fiancé cooks and they must be loaded with cheese in order for me to actually enjoy them to mask the taste, but these eggs were not bad and didn’t need to be masked at all. The all star of the dish was the salsa. There was fresh tomatoes, onions, cilantro packed into the salsa and it was just loaded with flavor that it was set my mouth on fire. I could not believe how tasty every was all together.

My overall experience here was great and would go back with my boys,just with my fiancé, friends or family. If you are looking for a great meal with a laid back environment this is the place to be. I strongly encourage you to go and try. Enjoy and EAT CHOW!