Huevos Rancheros: Dusty’s Bistro

Lately my HR adventures have become more predictable than I predicted, just not that exciting to mention and easily the bulk of my excursions. Its not like its a waste of time, I get breakfast out of it after all. Since I don’t feel compelled to mention all the mediocre places I visit the HR landscape I traverse might read differently than the one I actually travel. Like a map with missing roads. If I claimed to be documenting only the “best” places then maybe that would make sense. But I’ve given you the scoop on some really bad ones too. What I mean to say is that I might just throw up some quick posts about even the unremarkable HR experiences. No, not that kind of throw up, I mean to upload on the website. (I promise to never post any pics of me downloading an HR plate into a ceramic bowl. Hmm…)

So with that new mission statement that only slightly replaces an older non-existing one, welcome to the Mediocre Huevos Rancheros Middle!

First up, a recent visit to some pricey Bistro in Silver Lake. Never mind the details of how or why I ended up here, its complicated. Just know I hadn’t a proper meal all day and this was where I was eating. The baguette with butter and jams is absolutely lovely.

The thing about being vegetarian that some might not realize is that you have fewer options than others. (Assuming yer not at a vegetarian restaurant, then you have all the options. If you’re a vegan, you are pretty much fucked, with maybe one option at best, if that.) In most places the breakfast menu is where its at, what with all the eggs and omelets and hashed papas and toasts and waffles and sugary cakes that are somehow legit morning meals cuz they are made in a pan. Whatever, I’m game.

Dusty’s has a breakfast menu that goes til 3pm and I get there in time to scan some whatever options and decide to go crazy and see how they do their HR’s, even though I can take a very calculated guess.

From their menu:

Huevos Rancheros – fried eggs, black beans, cheese, pico de gallo, corn tortillas (no potatoes) $12
(you may substitute crispy tofu for eggs)

As you can see in the photo above, they ONLY use pico de gallo on the HR’s, no ranchero sauce in sight. I am not surprised. But I was shocked to see old pico de gallo being used, look at all those wilted cilantro leaves. Pico de gallo is easy to make but keeps for only a few hours, despite what some people might think. They need to switch to a proper ranchero sauce or start calling these Huevos Pico de Galloeros. They also go for the puzzling layer of beans and cheese on top of a heated tortilla. I’ve seen it before. Sorta reminded me of the BLD HR’s, but without the fried tortillas.

I ate my breakfast/lunch with gusto as I was hungry. Not bad for a hungry burro like me. But even as I was enjoying my food I knew that this all was so very wrong, as far as HR’s are concerned.

Dusty’s Bistro
3200 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026
323.906.1018
www.dustysbistro.com