Go to bed in Baltimore, but wake up in China! I’ll be cooking brunch this Sunday at Mill Valley General Store, 2800 Sisson St. in Baltimore, from 9-1. I’m calling it the Double Happiness Brunch because I’ll be serving two of my favorite Chinese breakfasts, and really, you just can’t go wrong with that! Here’s the menu:
Congee
The savory rice porridge known as congee or jook is one of the classic Chinese breakfast comfort foods. Pick your own distinctive combo of mix-ins from the following: scallions, cilantro, fried Virginia peanuts, red-cooked egg or tofu, our own house-made Hunan-style pickled cabbage, and minced pork with garlic. $6.
Jian Bing
Expats have nicknamed this Beijing street favorite the “Egg McMao” — a big, filling, and surprisingly addictive Chinese crepe made right before your eyes, stuffed with egg, a piece of the fried bread called yu tiao, and your choice of bean sprouts, scallions, cilantro, brown bean paste, hoisin, sweet house-made chili-garlic paste, and fermented broad bean and chili paste . $6.
Single yu tiao available while they last for 25 cents each, dunk one in your congee!
Cash only please. No reservations needed, just c’mon over.
Hot tea available by the cup from Zensations by Jen; Zeke’s Coffee by the cup and assorted cold beverages available from Mill Valley.
