HIT SINGLES

Where to find the best Belgian waffle? A magnificent mole verde? To-die-for dim sum? Times restaurant reviewers Linda Burum, Michelle Huneven, Jonathan Gold, Max Jacobson and S. Irene Virbila give their favorite platters a spin.

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A cross between a French cre^pe and an American pancake, the flannel cakes at 77-year-old Musso & Frank Grill were the brainchild of the grill’s original (French) chef, Jean Rue. He’s the one who named them because they were “thin as flannel.” Stop in for an order these days, and the friendly breakfast cook will be happy to drizzle a little melted butter over your stack of three plate-sized cakes. Then just add a touch of maple syrup and a side of the perfectly prepared bacon, and you’ve got yourself Hollywood’s best breakfast.

Musso & Frank Grill, 6667 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; (213) 467-5123. Flannel cakes, $4.50.