The Oasis Diner is True to Its Name....

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….