Ingredient
Egg
Thirteen of the kitchens we read put egg on the menu, on 84 plates. The breakfast section holds 62 of them, and it comes as an omelette more often than anything else, on 28.
In the neighbourhood: The breakfast plate
From 40 menus · egg is on 84 plates · How we read them
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Egg, folded or poached
Our reading of the menus lists it folded at six kitchens, poached at four, and both at four: Barn 34, Captain's Table, Layton's Family Restaurant, The General's Kitchen.
On both sides: Barn 34, Captain's Table, Layton's Family Restaurant, The General's Kitchen.
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
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How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of egg
The same 84 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | folded | 28 |
| How it comes | omelette | 28 |
| Where on the menu | breakfast | 26 |
| Other | 42 other steps, added up | 107 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 15 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| folded | — | — | 28 |
| folded | omelette | — | 28 |
| folded | omelette | breakfast | 26 |
| folded | omelette | kids | 2 |
| poached | — | — | 11 |
| poached | benedict | — | 10 |
| poached | benedict | breakfast | 10 |
| poached | not stated | — | 1 |
| poached | not stated | breakfast | 1 |
| fried | — | — | 6 |
| fried | benedict | — | 2 |
| fried | benedict | breakfast | 2 |
| fried | breakfast-plate | — | 2 |
| fried | breakfast-plate | not stated | 2 |
| fried | not stated | — | 1 |
| fried | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| fried | sandwich | — | 1 |
| fried | sandwich | not stated | 1 |
| scrambled | — | — | 6 |
| scrambled | skillet | — | 3 |
| scrambled | skillet | breakfast | 3 |
| scrambled | bowl | — | 1 |
| scrambled | bowl | not stated | 1 |
| scrambled | burrito | — | 1 |
| scrambled | burrito | breakfast | 1 |
| scrambled | not stated | — | 1 |
| scrambled | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| griddled | — | — | 5 |
| griddled | breakfast-plate | — | 4 |
| griddled | breakfast-plate | not stated | 4 |
| griddled | burrito | — | 1 |
| griddled | burrito | breakfast | 1 |
| grilled | — | — | 3 |
| grilled | breakfast-plate | — | 1 |
| grilled | breakfast-plate | not stated | 1 |
| grilled | burger | — | 1 |
| grilled | burger | not stated | 1 |
| grilled | omelette | — | 1 |
| grilled | omelette | breakfast | 1 |
| sauteed | — | — | 3 |
| sauteed | benedict | — | 1 |
| sauteed | benedict | breakfast | 1 |
| sauteed | not stated | — | 1 |
| sauteed | not stated | breakfast | 1 |
| sauteed | omelette | — | 1 |
| sauteed | omelette | breakfast | 1 |
| stuffed | — | — | 2 |
| stuffed | omelette | — | 2 |
| stuffed | omelette | breakfast | 2 |
| other ways | — | — | 6 |
| baked | — | — | 1 |
| country-fried | — | — | 1 |
| creamed | — | — | 1 |
| crispy | — | — | 1 |
| skillet | — | — | 1 |
| wrapped | — | — | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
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- Pepper7read by scriptall Pepper
- Pork7read by scriptall Pork
- Spinach7read by scriptall Spinach
- Shrimp5read by scriptall Shrimp
- Bacon4all Bacondistinctive
- Cheddar4all Cheddar
- Old Bay (The celery-salt-and-paprika spice blend, made in Baltimore since 1939. On crabs, fries, and rims.)4all Old Bay
- Avocado3read by scriptall Avocadodistinctive
- Beef3all Beef
- Cheese3read by scriptall Cheesedistinctive
- Crab3read by scriptall Crab
- Fry3all Frydistinctive
- Ham3read by scriptall Hamdistinctive
- Homemade Hollandaise Sauce3read by scriptall Homemade Hollandaise Sauce
- Lettuce3read by scriptall Lettucedistinctive
- Mozzarella3read by scriptall Mozzarella
- Mushroom3read by scriptall Mushroom
- Omelette3read by scriptall Omelette
- Scallion3read by scriptall Scallion
- Scallop3read by scriptall Scallop
- Toast3all Toastdistinctive
- Tomato3read by scriptall Tomatodistinctive
- Biscuit2read by scriptall Biscuit
- Cake2all Cake
- Chicken2read by scriptall Chicken
- Frittata2read by scriptall Frittata
- Potato2all Potatodistinctive
- Salsa2all Salsa
- Sausage2all Sausagedistinctive
Dishes
Known for: pan-fried, crepe, folded.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, omelette and folded.
Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
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Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
Griddled, chip and egg come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.
The menu leans on egg, ham and sausage.
Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Pepperjack, bison and burger come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: vegetable, brioche, tartar.
Our reading of the menu lists: swiss, pickle, beef fries gravy.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Where on the island
The 13 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 6 | inland |
| Midtown | 2 | inland |
| Uptown | 2 | bayside · inland |
| West Ocean City | 1 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | inland |