February 24, 2009
The Whole Enchilada With the abundant Tex-Mex brunch options in Austin, it is surprisingly something else that fills us up on the weekends. That dish is the chicken and potato hash at Z’ Tejas. Though not big fans of Z for any other meal, we love it for brunch, even occasionally traveling up to the Arboretum location when we want the hill country views. At Z, most of the brunch options come with a fruit bowl and choice of muffin. The fruit varies in quality but the muffin (especially the apple bran) is almost always hot and moist. The chicken and potato hash is essentially a crisp potato latke topped with minced spiced chicken, green peppers, corn and more potatoes. Ordered off the menu, it comes swimming in a zingy hollandaise - we ask for it on the side. The dish is topped with your choice of eggs, though we recommend any version that allows you to pop the yolk to bind the other ingredients. The service is generally friendly and attentive and the location (either one) really can’t be beat. He says: I order mine with tortillas and fresh sliced serranos on the side. Even though its not a “Tex-Mex” dish, I find myself making it into one. I just love the taco format, so sue me. She says: I go for it straight up. A fork and knife does the job quite nicely and I certainly don’t need more carbs since I’m already getting potatoes two ways.

The Whole Enchilada

With the abundant Tex-Mex brunch options in Austin, it is surprisingly something else that fills us up on the weekends. That dish is the chicken and potato hash at Z’ Tejas. Though not big fans of Z for any other meal, we love it for brunch, even occasionally traveling up to the Arboretum location when we want the hill country views. At Z, most of the brunch options come with a fruit bowl and choice of muffin. The fruit varies in quality but the muffin (especially the apple bran) is almost always hot and moist. The chicken and potato hash is essentially a crisp potato latke topped with minced spiced chicken, green peppers, corn and more potatoes. Ordered off the menu, it comes swimming in a zingy hollandaise - we ask for it on the side. The dish is topped with your choice of eggs, though we recommend any version that allows you to pop the yolk to bind the other ingredients. The service is generally friendly and attentive and the location (either one) really can’t be beat.

He says: I order mine with tortillas and fresh sliced serranos on the side. Even though its not a “Tex-Mex” dish, I find myself making it into one. I just love the taco format, so sue me.

She says: I go for it straight up. A fork and knife does the job quite nicely and I certainly don’t need more carbs since I’m already getting potatoes two ways.

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