Vanilla Bean Pancakes @ Cliff Cafe
Back to back pancake posts…I know, it’s like pancake week or something. Our last post was about great pancakes, the kind you try and replicate at home. These pancakes, not so much.
I really wanted to love these pancakes at Cliff Cafe in Oak Cliff. So much of them was so right. The warm blueberry and basil compote on top was marvelous. The unusual addition of fresh basil complemented the sweet berries and was a delicious surprise.
Unfortunately, so much of this dish was so very wrong. The vanilla bean pancakes were oddly rubbery and chewy. Cutting them with my fork was difficult, especially as the toughness increased when they started to cool. In a perfect world, I would have had the lovely fruit compote atop fluffy, light, and wonderful pancakes. If only. Instead, the dish was a bit of a disappointment. However, I wouldn’t entirely be against trying it again and giving the dough-frisbee pancakes an opportunity to redeem themselves. Everyone deserves a second chance…right?
901 Fort Worth Ave. | Dallas, TX 75208
214.393.4141
I keep seeing stuff abou the cliff cafe and it looks like its really hit or miss. Next time im down that way I will have to give it a gamble. Now its almost out of morbid curiosity.
If you head down that way there are four things I can recommend with absolute certainty. The mash potatoes, the mac & cheese, the chicken fried steak, and the spicy mango pork shanks. The pork shanks are probably the best thing on the menu.
Deacon-Frost, while the pancakes were a miss, i’ve definitely had some really good hits there too
you should try it out and let us know what you think. i definitely concur with brian’s picks—especially the pork shanks!
I already gave Cliff Cafe a second chance and don’t plan to give them a third.
So what did you have?