Receta Eggs Benedict, MyBayKitchen-style

I don't know why but every single time I am out of town, staying in a hotel, my first breakfast has to Eggs Benedict. There's something in poached eggs and meat over English muffins that gets me excited in the morning, especially with a hot cup of freshly-brewed coffee. I've tried different variations of this breakfast fare -- different meats, sometimes seafood. I love crab cakes when substituted for the meat. Different hotels make their Hollandaise sauce in their own unique way and that adds to the charm of my Eggs Benedict.Then, there's the variation in vegetables -- ranging from spinach to asparagus.

One day, I was reading some Facebook posts and saw a picture of a can of SPAM, not just the ordinary SPAM but SPAM tocino. Tocino is a popular breakfast fare in the Philippines, consisting of sweet-flavored, cured pork slices. It is usually served with eggs, fresh tomatoes and garlic fried rice. In my search of SPAM tocino, I learned it wasn't available just anywhere like the rest of the SPAM products. It was, as Hormel Foods' website described it, a "limited edition," only available by mail order and shipped only within the U.S. Will it ever be available in the Philippines? (I thought to myself).image

Then I started cooking Eggs Benedict in my mind, one that does not have English muffins or ham or crab cakes or Hollandaise sauce. Rather, one consisting of grilled portobello mushrooms, slices of SPAM tocino and cheese whiz. And when I finally executed the dish in my kitchen, I took the opportunity to try cooking the poached eggs in a way I've never tried before -- using the microwave! So I'm calling this Eggs Benedict, MyBayKitchen- style.