#ewew makes French Toast with Strawberries & Honey

I have a new found love for Korean strawberries since being introduced to them, making fruit salads with them and including them in other salads.

And recently, I decided to have them with eggy bread.  So, I made French Toast with Strawberries & Honey.  French toast and strawberries, as we all know, is a classic combination...a match made in heaven! ;)

I've made French toasts countless times at home but I usually just use Gardenia white or wholemeal bread since it's the easiest and most convenient bread we can find.  Well, some of us aren't fortunate enough to have brioche, sourdough or a good sandwich loaf at our disposal or live near a conveniently located bakery where we can buy such premium bread (+ they're also known to be expensive).

Let's admit it, using white (Gardenia) bread doesn't come off as successful as those fluffy French toasts that we eat at some breakfast/brunch cafes...and that's a fact! :(  It's not as tasty for two reasons, I realised.

One, the choice of bread, of course.  But I've since found a better alternative to Gardenia's white bread.  Go for one of Gardenia's European Cottage Style Bread like Bonjour with white sesame and sunflower seeds (even the name is so apt for French toast...hihihi!).  I've also used Gardenia's Somerset Cottage Multi Grain loaf (made with 12 wholesome grains and seeds) for a healthier and more textured bread.  It's more expensive than the normal white bread but it's worth it as it tastes a lot better.  However, even these are not commonly available (I'd usually find them once in 5 or 6 trips to Aeon).

And, two, use of utter instead of olive oil to pan-fry the French toasts.  I was using olive oil previously and, let's not kid ourselves, it's just not the same.  It doesn't give the fragrant flavour that butter will.

The best thing about this bread is that one egg is just perfect for two slices of Bonjour (or Somerset Cottage) bread.  I use just eggs only without any milk (you can add a splash of milk if you like) and season it with salt and black pepper (or you can choose to make it sweet if that's what you prefer).  Make sure the bread soaks up all the beaten egg.

Fry the slices of bread, low and slow in butter, to make sure the egg-soaked bread cooks all the way through to a nice golden brown.

Somehow, frying them in butter, gives way to a nice crisp crust around the bread and the seeds in the bread get toasty and become crunchy and fragrant.

I've made French toasts numerous times at home but I don't why I've never thought of having it with strawberries.

Serve the French Toasts with sliced strawberries and a light drizzle of honey (or maple syrup).  Sometimes, I even omit the honey altogether.

The juiciness and sweetness of the strawberries somehow goes extremely well with the contrast of the savoury French toast.

If you're feeling a bit 'naughty', you can add a few slices of bacon! ^_~

Hehe, maybe a bit of greens on top will lessen the guilt just a little? ^.^

Since discovering this bread makes a much better French toast + frying it in butter and pairing it with strawberries, I've been using them whenever I make French toasts at home coz it tastes really good.  It's also a much healthier option for breakfast (minus the bacon, of course) than any nasi lemak or noodles that we'd usually have.