The Oasis Diner, on the Western edge of downtown
Plainfield, IN is a traditional diner, styled like a train car on the outside,
with shiny chrome walls and a row of rectangular plate-glass windows across the
front. It sat derelict for years on US40
just west of the Marion County line, until the current owner had it moved to
its current very nice location where it was extensively renovated. It was still too early in the year to eat
outside, but whenever the weather warms up it would be cool to eat out on the
patio and watch the World go by. The
menu begins with diner food, but also features many other interesting
dishes. The Special of the day when we
went was some kind of bourbon shrimp, I think, but it was Sunday and we wanted
breakfast even though it was after noon, and they were happy to oblige.
I had the humongous Loaded Biscuits and Gravy, which had home
fries underneath and three eggs on top of a thick layer of home-style white
sausage gravy, which had big chunks of sausage the size of small meatballs. The Little Woman had the Breakfast Sandwich
with ham, cheddar cheese (you have your choice of meats and cheeses), two eggs
and jalapenos on a large English Muffin (you have your choice of breads, too),
and she added a short stack of pancakes that came with bacon maple syrup (oh
yeah!). The short stack was only two
cakes, but they were HUGE, covering an entire dinner plate. Everything was HUGE—we both could have split
either dish and been perfectly satisfied, but of course I had to eat all of
mine and then try to vanquish half of her pancakes, but I was (sniff*)
unsuccessful. Everything was freakin’
AWESOME! As soon as they rolled me down
to the Juicing Room to relieve some of the internal pressure inside me I was fine,
although I didn’t eat anything else the rest of the day, and that’s saying
something….
