Food Cart Review: Fried Egg I'm In Love

Review: When one thinks of an egg breakfast sandwich, the thing that often comes to mind is some half-baked attempt at a meal with a powdered egg patty and some limp bacon and/or a greasy sausage patty, with maybe some Kraft cheese on a day-old ciabatta.  Not here.  What you get here is pure deliciousness.  I had the Huevo Mutilation (a pun based on the song "Wave of Mutilation" by the Pixies).  It is a sandwich made with two fried eggs, ham, caramelized onions, cheddar cheese, and something called "aardvark aioli", all on toasted sliced sourdough.  The owners are very friendly, and seem to really enjoy their work (they were watching a football game while they made the sandwich).


Geography: The name "breakfast sandwich" may have been coined in 1940 in The American Woman's Cookbook by Ruth Berolzheimer.  But Mrs. A. B. Marshall's Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes by Agnes B. Marshall, dating from 1902, has a breakfast sandwich called "Sandwiches with Watercress and Eggs".  This seems to be more of a sandwich that Fried Egg I'm In Love would serve.  Perhaps they could serve it as a special sometime.

In 1972, McDonald's bastardized breakfast sandwiches, and made it into the unimaginative sandwich we think of today.  Whether they know it or not, the folks at Fried Egg I'm In Love are doing a huge service to breakfast fans by reviving the golden days of the breakfast sandwich.

It is uncertain how the breakfast sandwich got its ultimate origin, because it comes in so many forms when done right.  I wish I had more on that, because that would contribute to the geography theme of this blog.  It is safe to say it probably originated in Europe at least, because the 1902 cookbook was made in Great Britain.  Other than that, I really can't figure it out.