Episode III: Revenge of the Pancakes

Tue May 24 2005

Non-Chicagoans or Chicagoans who eat traditional breakfasts may not be aware of Orange or their amazing “pancake flights.” Ever heard of a wine flight? Or a vodka flight? Where you get several small portions of the stuff in question, all from a certain region or organized around a certain theme? The pancake flight works the same way. It’s four small stacks of silver-dollar pancakes, each done in a different way according to that week’s theme.

This week’s theme is Star Wars.

Mentioned previously the Star Wars-themed pancake flight at Orange, I have. I sense many questions in you. Great hunger also I sense. You seek the pancakes! Want my backwards Yoda-talking ass to shut up and get on with the pancakes, do you?

Well, fine. But you have until Friday at 3 PM (Orange changes the pancake flight on Saturday mornings) to go to either branch of Orange (Clark & Belmont or Dearborn & Harrison) to enjoy the Sith-y goodness.

Darth Vader Dark Chocolate Cakes
Cakes topped with a Rich Chocolate Ganache, Garnished with Chocolate Covered Raisins
Wookiee Cookie
Peanut Butter Sauce, Brown Sugar & Sugar Coated Berries
Yoda Soda
Green River Soda Reduction Garnished with Green Apple Puree & Candied Apple Peel
Jedi Juice
Luke is a Fruit! Apple, Strawberry, Grape, Pineapple & Pear Juice Syrup topped with a Sweet Fruit Salad

Eat them, you will. And then you will cackle like that cackling maniac Emperor as he battles Yoda in the Imperial Senate chamb— oh, I’m sorry, am I giving too much away?