A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from August 08, 2008
Paris Texas Platter (migas + French toast)

The Kerbey Lane Cafe in Austin (several locations, originally on Kerbey Lane) is a popular place to eat breakfast (available 24 hours). An inventively named favorite on the breakfast menu is the “Paris Texas Platter”— migas (eggs with tortilla crumbles) and French toast. The dish also comes with queso (optional).
     
 
Wikipedia: Migas 
Migas (pronounced [ˈmiɣas]) are a traditional dish in Spanish cuisine and Portuguese cuisine. Originally eaten as a breakfast that made use of leftover bread or tortillas, today migas are a fashionable first course served for lunch and dinner in restaurants in Spain. Some historical sources associate the origins of this dish to North African Couscous.
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Tex-mex
In Texas, migas (also known as migajas) is a traditional breakfast dish in Tex-Mex cuisine. Originally eaten during Lent, the meatless version consists of egg scrambled and sauteed together in butter or oil with torn strips of corn tortillas, diced onions, sliced chile peppers, diced fresh tomatoes, and cheese, plus various spices and condiments (e.g. salsa, pico de gallo). Migas are typically served with refried beans, and corn or flour tortillas are used to enfold all of the ingredients into tacos.
 
A meaty version is also served, using the same ingredients as before, but adding a spicy chorizo to the mix. (The tortilla strips can also be deep-fried until crunchy.)
 
Wikipedia: French toast
French toast (often known as eggy bread in most of the UK - the exception being Scotland and Northern Ireland, pain perdu in French, pain doré in French-speaking parts of Canada) is a popular breakfast food in North America and Europe. It is also popular for breakfast and afternoon tea in Chinese world centred in Hong Kong.
 
French toast is made with bread and eggs; some common additions are milk, water, or orange juice to thin the eggs, sugar, and spices such as allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon. Vanilla may also be added to the egg mixture. In restaurants throughout Canada and the United States, the bread is usually thick white bread made especially for use in French toast; when made at home, regular sliced bread is often used. Although often served as a sweetly spiced dish in the United States, others prefer a savory version, seasoned with salt and pepper instead, or even topped with a melted slice of cheese.
 
Kerbey Lane Cafe (24 Hour Breakfast Menu)
Paris Texas Platter
Migas and French toast served with choice of sauce.
With queso.
     
Neoyeti (Livejournal)
neoyeti wrote,
@ 2005-04-02 19:48:00
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saturday:
jb and i went to kerby lane care (kerby lane location) for breakfast. i had the paris texas platter, complete with french toast and migas. jb had the french toast and we both had large orange juice.
   
15 March 2006, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, “Rise & dine” by Patrick Beach, pg. D1:
Or you can pick from four Kerbey Lane Cafes , where we highly recommend the Paris Texas platter - migas and French toast. Get it? Get it?
 
Dishola - reviews by the dish
Paris Texas Platter
Kerbey Lane Cafe
2700 S Lamar Blvd Austin, TX, 78704
512.445.4451
ATX455 on 01/16/08, Score 9
Migas and French Toast. Getting the migas with queso is a must. The queso is pretty much the reason I get the dish. My only complaint is that they often put way too much cinnamon on the french toast.

Posted by Barry Popik
Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) • Friday, August 08, 2008 • Permalink


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