Sylvia
There is absolutely no excuse for serving burnt toast. None.
Myong Gourmet is a gourmet caterer that used to have a small cafe in Mount Kisco. Recently, they moved into a new, larger space in Mount Kisco that was previously occupied by Q’s outpost location. (Now there’s just the original Q in Port Chester.) When Myong moved over, they decided to also open a fine dining restaurant in addition to the cafe and catering. I remember taking a look at their website a while back to determine if we should make a visit. At that time (or maybe I just missed it), they only served a variety of health conscience baked goods during breakfast. Not really interested in simply baked goods, so Myong was put on the back burner. However, recently Small Bites ran an article about the up and coming opening of their fine dining establishment, and I perused the cafe menu again, and found they now also serve omeletes. I figured we would try the less expensive cafe first in order to decide whether we should also try the more expensive brunch in the fine dining portion of the place.
According to the website, the cafe opens at 7am on Saturday. Reid and I were there just after 9:30, and when we entered, there was no one there. It felt like it was closed, and getting ready for lunch service, and we had somehow snuck in. We waited, and waited. If we weren’t there with the intention of reviewing this place, we would have left and gone somewhere else. 10 minutes later, someone came out and we ordered.
I had the Jack Sparrow Omelete (Lump crab, goat cheese, asparagus) and a coffee. Technically, I was to get a choice of toast, but the woman behind the counter didn’t ask me what kind of toast. The default was apparently multigrain, which was fine by me.
I seriously considered getting one of the many pastries on display. One thing that struck my fancy were the homemade pop tarts, but more specifically, the nutella pop tart. I ended up holding back. It was all gluten free, and most of the scones and cookies were half dollar sized and very expensive. I was happy when Pat ordered a nutella pop tart, perhaps I would sample his. (See his review for a description of the snafu that ensued.)
Coffee was served in disposable cups, and was pretty good (or maybe it was because of the half and half, which is a treat for me). Half and half was the sole choice as the creamer. Although right behind us was a little coffee prep station we overlooked, which had more choices of milk available. Whether or not it was working, I have no idea, no one used it during our stay.
The omelete itself was pretty good. The lump crab cannot beat the crab in that omelete from the Island Cafe in Anacortes, WA. That was the stuff of legend. But this wasn’t too terrible. The meat was actually nice and sweet with no trace of the fishy smell that comes with packaged crab. The combination of the goat cheese, crab and asparagus was pleasantly light, and the asparagus was thin and crunchy.
But this does not make up for the four slices of burnt toast that were served to me. 
I’m not talking about slightly tinged toast. This was an all out burn that basically rendered the toast inedible to me. I was able to eat an unburned corner of one slice, and it was pretty good. But, as much of a positive mood I was in after the omelete, once I saw that toast, it was over. It was going to be the one thing I remember about this place.
The czar says: It is evident that Myong is a catering company first. The food by itself was very good. The execution was not. That execution is important for a cafe, and cruicial for a fine dining restaurant, especially at the price point they operate at. If they can improve on that execution without sacrificing the quality of the food, then maybe I’d consider stopping in if I was in town. But not right now.
Pat
What I Had: Homemade Strawberry Pop-tart, coffee
What It Cost: $6.71
Worth It: Nope
The Rating: 2/5
The Details: If I learned one thing from the WBC’s visit to Myong Gourmet, a hybrid breakfast bakery/sit-down restaurant that specialized in gluten-free food, it’s this:
I love my gluten.
I arrived 15 minutes late this morning, so while my fellow breakfasters had ordered omelets, in order not to slow things down I perused the baked goods on display at the counter. I settled on the home-made pop-tart, at first ordering nutella, then, upon learning they had no nutella pop-tarts, I settled for a strawberry one.
I’m not much a fan of gluten-free food, but I can tolerate it here and there if the flavors are right. Sadly, these flavors were a long way from being right. While the pastry was dry, the real disappointment was actually the strawberry filling, which verged on an astringent flavor. Perhaps it would have been better had the whole pop-tart been sufficiently toasted, but sadly again, while one corner was pleasantly warm, most of the pop-tart was essentially room temperature. Eating it was a generally unpleasant experience.
Following breakfast, Reid and I headed down to the multiplex to indulge our inner nerds. We saw X-Men First Class which, unlike breakfast at Myong, was a satisfying experience I’m comfortable recommending.
The Bottom Line: Navaeh’s gluten-free offerings are superior. Running from gluten? Go there instead.
Reid
The Case: Myong Cafe v. The Westchester Breakfast Club (Split Squad)
The Venue: Main Street in Mt. Kisco
The Facts: Where to begin… How about with the fact that when we arrived, the shop was as deserted as Ladies Night at the Stonewall Inn (look it up). Sylvia and I stood around debating what would be the best things for us to steal for about ten minutes before a man in an apron (likely a cook or dishwasher or crazy person who likes to pretend to be a cook or dishwasher) came out of the kitchen and made it quite clear that he was actively ignoring us. As my urge to shoplift rose to dangerous levels, a woman ready to serve us finally emerged to stop me from walking off with four boxes of herbal tea.
The food was not worth the wait. I ordered a vegetable omelette with a cutesy-poo name. While the eggs were well-cooked, the vegetables were rubbery and bland. The Godiva hot chocolate was quite good though.
The Verdict: No. Just….no.