Brunch with a Dutch accent

Red Eye
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Oct. 9, 2010
By Lisa Arnett
Brunch with a Dutch accent

Vincent a Lakeview Bistro, located at the 1475 w. Balmoral Ave. is a Dutch inspired restaurant. It's like a little restaurant you could walk into in Amsterdam. In the kitchen chef Joncarl Lachman is always cooking dishes from his Dutch heritage. Servers there would suggest to try the Ultsmijter-egg topped brioche and bacon and the matzo brei eggs scrambled with matzo cracker and salmon for just $12.00 or a traditional Dutch dish is a delicious melt mess of brioches slices topped with melted gouda brown sugar -cured bacon and a sunny side up egg. The chief has chosen to cook buttermilk pancakes with brown sugar syrup rather than the Netherlands super thin pancakes. For lunch time they suggest the lone sandwich is a fontina -topped lamb burger $12.00 with fries. Their famous drink is called the Vincent's Bloody Ear-garnished with a fried pigs ear. It's a great place to hang out with friends and family.

I've never had Dutch food. Some of the plates sound like traditional American dishes just with at touch of Dutch. I would try it. The most interesting would have to be the drink , Vincent's bloody Ear, I just can't imagine a drink garnished with a fried pigs ear.