The Scotch Egg is a classic dish, dating back to the Middle Ages in Britain, with the first recipe printed in 1806. While the meal usually features a hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, covered with bread crumbs and fried, a new trend on the California food scene is introducing a modern spin with unusual egg variations, decadent updates and clever additions. Want to experience the latest Scotch Egg trend for yourself? Visit one of the restaurants below. (above photo: Crispy Hen Egg. Photo courtesy of Restaurant 1833).
Restaurant 1833
Chef: Chef Levi Mezick
Website: restaurant1833.com
Location: Monterey, California
Description: Chef Levi Mezick takes the traditional Scotch Egg to the next level with his “Hen Egg,” wrapping it in prosciutto with brioche and truffle butter.
Trick Dog
Chef: Chester Watson
Website: trickdogbar.com
Location: San Francisco, California
Description: The team serves a Scotch Egg that is a soft-boiled egg with brandede, beet confit, salmon roe and crème fraiche.
Cured egg yolk with black pudding. Photo courtesy of Bergerac.
Bergerac
Chef: Chef Randy Lewis
Website: bergeracsf.com
Location: San Francisco’s SOMA district
Description: Chef Lewis takes a freezer cured yolk then wraps it in black pudding with a panko crusted outer shell to create his popular Bergerac Egg.
The Cavalier
Chef: Chef Jennifer Puccio
Website: thecavaliersf.com
Location: San Francisco
Description: Chef Puccio switches up the traditional recipe with with a duck egg served with stonefruit chutney and spicy greens.
Ways & Means Scotch Egg
Ways & Means
Chef: Conrad Gallagher
Website: wmoysters.com
Location: Orange, California
Description: Chef Conrad, originally from the United Kingdom, has put his spin on the seafood-centric Ways & Means menu. The restaurant serves a Caesar Salad with baby cos, crab meat scotch egg and sourdough croutons.
Wexlers
Chef: Charlie Kleinman
Website: wexlerssf.com
Location: San Francisco
Description: Their BBQ Scotch Egg features burnt ends, house made hot sauce and sweet tea gastrique.
*Written by Rebecca Pariser with edits by Jessica Festa
Jessica Festa is the editor of the travel sites Jessie on a Journey (http://jessieonajourney.com) and Epicure & Culture (http://epicureandculture.com). Along with blogging at We Blog The World, her byline has appeared in publications like Huffington Post, Gadling, Fodor’s, Travel + Escape, Matador, Viator, The Culture-Ist and many others. After getting her BA/MA in Communication from the State University of New York at Albany, she realized she wasn’t really to stop backpacking and made travel her full time job. Some of her most memorable experiences include studying abroad in Sydney, teaching English in Thailand, doing orphanage work in Ghana, hiking her way through South America and traveling solo through Europe. She has a passion for backpacking, adventure, hiking, wine and getting off the beaten path.
