Darina Allen: A ’brutal’ breakfast

It’s always fun to see what’s happening on the food scene in New York.

This time, I had a cool breakfast in a hip ice cream parlour called Morgenstern’s down in the East Village. They make a range of pretty delicious ice creams but just for a couple of weeks they teamed up with Brutal magazine to do a Brutal breakfast, (proceeds go to funding the next edition of the magazine), great name but misleading ‘cos the breakfast was totally delicious.

Mine was avocado toast but of course with a twist, a thick slice of Japanese bread, toasted and spread with avocado ice cream, a drizzle of condensed milk, olive oil sea salt and freshly ground pepper. How weird does that sound but it was really tasty and morish. My friend had the egg sandwich, we were sitting up at the counter so we could watch as the sweet little cook meticulously put the sandwich together with as much care as if she herself was about to eat it. The combination of semi soft egg with Aioli, pickled vegetables, sesame oil and fresh coriander on a crusty roll was perky and delicious. Another version had a dribble of sri racha, (Thai hot sauce) added.