Gourmet Peanut Butter and Jelly: Is there such a thing? In a restaurant in Los Angeles? I've never seen it anywhere, but I imagine if it was done well it could be excellent. Anyone have any leads?
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Sep 08, 2006 08:29AM
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Any high-end Hotel that deals with kids is a good bet to have in it their coffee shop. I'll make an educated guess that they have a PB & J, but one that's a "True Gourmet" Version ?, at:
The Beverly Hills Hotel Fountain Coffee Room
http://www.thebeverlyhillshotel.com/restaurants_bars/fountain_coffee.html
On A Menu
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Nate & Al's - Beverly Hills
Peanut Butter & Jelly - $4.50
http://www.natenal.com
Jerry's Deli - several locations
Peanut Butter & Jelly - $5.50
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Yummy (fried or deep fried, not sure) - $6.95
http://www.jerrysfamousdeli.com
Suggestion - A decent spot, like the BHH-FCR, that has one would enjoy tricking one up, especially when they're not too busy, to Gourmet status by adding whatever you or they could think up.
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Dough Boys has the Ultimate PBJ with Chocolate Bars or somesuch in it...
--Dommy!
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Dommy, that one sounds Gourmet to me! From their menu:
"PBC & B - First we make a sandwich with two slices of our pan de mie bread, chunky peanut butter, bittersweet chocolate, and banana; then we dip it in an egg batter and grill the whole thing like french toast. Served with a homemade raspberry and vanilla bean dipping syrup. goopy & messy, but great!" $8.50 ?
http://www.doughboys.net
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Yup! That was the one I was thinking out... it's horrifyingly delicious sounding isn't it... LOL!!
--Dommy!
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Yes, it's fantastic and HUGE and I felt no (immediate) guilt while inhaling the entire messy affair ;-)
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The best PB&J that I've had was at Carnation Cafe in Disneyland. They do it as a painters palette, with a slice of bread pre-spread with peanut butter, and then little cups of toppings - jam, marshmallows, raisins, choco chips, etc.
Mendocino Farms (takeout sandwiches in California Plaza downtown) had a very gourmet peanut butter sandwich when I was there last week - curry peanut butter with cranberry yogurt, carrots and something else, if I recall correctly. I had a sample, but I'm too much of a purist to be able to evaluate it.
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O-bar has a P&J dessert that comes with a vanilla shake.
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Simon LA in the Hotel Sofitel has a peanut butter sundae on the dessert menu that says it comes with PB&J sandwich/cookies.
the waitress recommended it, but I didn't try it
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At home. Toast it to perfection with some organic bread and butter. Then, spread some organic jelly of your choice with freshly made peanut butter.
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surfas cafe has one, with their extra-special ingredients right at hand; but ziva has it right, i think. grind up some just-toasted nuts in the food processor, maybe with some roasted peanut oil. either cook up some fruit with sugar in a 4:1 ratio (concord grapes at the farmer's market now, as well as strawberries, peaches--which would be better with almond butter--and plums) or go out and get something awesome. for bread, if you're not into making your own (but if you are, bread baker's apprentice by reinhart has a great multigrain recipe that i love for pbj), la brea's multigrain and pain de mie are my two favorites--& I don't generally love their stuff.
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What you need to do is come visit NYC and go to Peanut Butter and Co.!
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We had PB&J brick toast at The Guppy House in Cerritos - yumm. Big, thick slice of toasted bread with a generous amount of PB&J on top.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g26...
something like this pic, found it on the web . . .
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