La Note serves an impressive brunch! My friend in Berkeley highly recommended this restaurant and judging by the line of people waiting outside, I'd say that everyone knows how good the food is here. We were crazy enough to arrive 15 minutes before the restaurant even opened but had no regrets on the early wake up call as we witnessed the restaurant filling up quickly.
I was intrigued by the extensive menu and settled on les oeufs lucas: 2 eggs lightly scrambled with goat cheese, chives, served with roasted tomatoes and whole wheat toast. I also ordered a single lemon gingerbread and poached pear pancake to try. I strongly respect restaurants that know how to make soft scrambled eggs and La Note hit the mark. The pancake was very gingerbready and a bit too dense but so addictive, I pretty much ate the entire thing regardless. My friend ordered the cote ouest: three egg omelette with ratatouille, served with homefries and toast. We also shared an order of two spicy merguez sausages which were so good and made me understand why my friend raved about its tastiness.
