SUNDAY BRUNCH

It’s Sunday, and there are so many crepes and omelets from which to choose. Here’s a sampler of Sunday Brunch destinations in Orange County, culled from recent articles. Other reviews can be accessed at https://www.calendarlive.com/calendarlive/oc/discoveroc.htm

Favori Restaurant

Favori is a French-Vietnamese restaurant in Santa Ana that offers enough variety for the hungriest carnivore or the pickiest vegetarian. Much of the appeal here is the right-from-the-garden smell of fragrant mint, cilantro, parsley and other fresh herbs tossed on nearly everything you order.

Good starters include spring rolls wrapped in lettuce leaves, escargot and the shrimp-and-beef salad. Try the crispy fried BBQ pork, the chicken curry and the fabulous filet mignon with rearnaise sauce. Prices range from $1.50 to $26.99, but most dishes are $8 to $10.

Favori Restaurant 3502 W. 1st St., Santa Ana, (714) 531-6838. Daily, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Gustav’s Jagerhaus

For five generations, Gustav Riker’s family has cooked bratwurst, wiener schnitzel, spaetzle and strudel to families hungry for authentic Old World cuisine. Jagerhaus in Anaheim is also known for its big, hearty breakfasts. The restaurant serves giant plates of German-style fruit pancakes covered in powdered sugar, and meat-stuffed omelets with bratwurst or bacon on the side.

Of the more than 30 choices, select the dishes served with crunchy hash browns, garlicky polish sausage, lightly smoked knockwurst or spaetzle. Omelets come with various combinations of either Polish (mildly spicy) or bratwurst (finely ground, not smoked or spiced) sausage, onions and potatoes, vegetables and cheese.

Don’t pass up the omelets with knockwurst and sauerkraut, the sour in the kraut softened by lengthy cooking with sugar and onions, or the chunky and crisp potato pancakes.

Sunday breakfast price range: $3.75 for French toast to $11.95 for eggs with New York steak.

Gustav’s Jagerhaus, 2525 E. Ball Road, Anaheim, (714) 520-9500. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Corner Bakery

Corner Bakery in Costa Mesa is a cafeteria-style shrine to home-style baking. The restaurant produces 31 specialty loaves daily. It’s the kind of place that appeals to yuppies accustomed to ordering tall lattes, low fat, no foam. Morning choices include homemade granola with slivered almonds, raisins and brown sugar; potato egg pies and stratas; assorted bagels with smoked salmon and various cream cheeses; scrambled eggs with herbs and cheese in a croissant; French toast custard; and other brunch items.

Bakery items include small rustic berry pies, pecan rolls, luscious raisin walnut crisps and a variety of muffins, lemon bars and cookies.

Nearly everything tastes fresh and homemade, and many of the baked goods are exceptional. The muffins taste like they are made with a buttery almond paste, and the rustic fruit tarts feature the real deal: raspberries, blueberries, cherries. Brunch with one hot item, a bakery item and drink costs about $7-$10; egg dishes run $4-$5.

Corner Bakery, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, (714) 546-1555. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Other locations in Irvine and Orange.

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A new Sunday Brunch review will run in Orange County Calendar next Sunday.