Just What the Dr. (Seuss) Ordered

I've always loved unique marketing campaigns when they're done well. Take, for example, the US Postal Service R2-D2 mailbox promotion. Or the 7-11 store re-branding for The Simpsons movie. Even the Pepsi Ice Cucumber publicity stunt got me excited. Naturally, when I learned IHOP was offering a special Dr. Seuss breakfast to celebrate the film release of Horton Hears a Who, I was so there!


A tough challenge, but someone has to do it. (04/13/2008)

The Mayor's Breakfast, as it's formally called, consisted of — what else? — green eggs and ham! But unlike the eggs in the book, which literally have green yolks, these are simply your average yellow-yolked eggs that have been scrambled with green spinach. I just happy to have bragging rights that at least I had a vegetable for breakfast. The eggs were accompanied by a slice of ham (normal color) and, for extra measure, some hash browns.


James' Green Eggs, Ham & Hash Browns. (04/13/2008)

The breakfast also comes with a stack of Who-Cakes. These are essentially five pancakes of various sizes, stacked from largest on the bottom to the smallest on top. The Who-Cakes are drizzled with boysenberry and blueberry glaze, sprinkled with rainbow chocolate chips, and pinned together with a pink lollipop that looks very similar to the pink clover in which Horton places the famous speck of dust.


James' Who-Cakes. (04/13/2008)

Yeah, this single breakfast probably has as many calories as I should have in an entire day. But since I've committed this far, I figured why not just go balls deep and also order the Beezlenut Splash to wash it all down. This liquid concoction is made up of lemon-lime soda mixed with cubes of cherry and berry blue Jell-O. It's fun to try and suck everything up with a straw — kind of like a boba drink.


James washes it down with a Beezlenut Splash. (04/13/2008)

As for my review, I thought the main part of the breakfast was simply delightful. My green eggs, ham and hash browns were cooked to perfection. The who-Cakes, however, are another story.


I think James just heard a who! (04/13/2008)

I'm afraid to say I wasn't a fan of the Who-Cakes. The pancakes themselves were fine, but the blueberry and boysenberry glazes (both tasted identical, by the way) didn't really make for a good topping. It didn't saturate like syrup does. The rainbow chocolate chips, too, were overkill. In all honestly, I kind of wished I had got mine with the regular pancakes instead.

Although I didn't finish my plate of Who-Cakes, I was still glad to have had the opportunity to try my own Whoville breakfast.