PEC Challenge: Pat's Deli

I've been saving this amazing deli for the perfect day.  And today is the day.  St. Patrick's Day this year is still a little weird but much better than the aura of fear surrounding last year.  Still a little not standing in the tent of the Dublin House ripping Guiness like usual but we're almost there.  Today, I will be sitting at a socially responsible table inside the tent of Dublin House which is better than nothing I suppose.  OK, enough about me, let's talk about St. Pat, the patron saint of Ireland.  I am, as you all know, 0.0% Irish so this day isn't really about me, but it really is one of my favorite days of the year and not just because of the amount of drinking it affords me to do (responsibly) during the week without being judged.  It is believed that Saint Patrick was born sometime in the 5th century in Roman Britain and was not an active believer in religion until the age of 16 when he was captured by a group of Irish pirates.  He was enslaved for six years, during which he began his relationship with God through prayer leading him to convert to Christianity when he heard a voice telling him he would soon go home.  He escaped shortly thereafter and convinced a ship captain to return him to Britain where he walked for 28 days in the wilderness until returning to his Roman town. Embracing his new Christian faith, Patrick's next course of action would be to return to his place of captivity to convert the pagan druids of Ireland who enslaved him to Christianity.  Sounds a bit vengeful to me but we won't discuss those portions of Biblical texts here.  The conversion was a success not only for the Catholic Church but for the billions of 19th century Irish-Italian couples in the New York/New Jersey area who were allowed to wed without religious restriction holding back their love. So while this may be a "drinking" holiday, it is also a holiday of love, and that's the lesson I'll leave you guys with before I head to the Dub.  Also, here's a really good pork roll I ate back in December from Pat's Deli in Brielle. 

Bread Rating: 8.4/10 (Excellent roll with nice toast on the tops but soft on the inside. Surely, this came from a quality roll dealer)

Pork Roll Rating: 8.4/10 (The flavors really came out on this griddle, three large cuts of pork roll with just the right amount of char.)

Egg Rating: 8.1/10 (Really good fried egg, again the griddle tells the story here of millions of PECs past)

Cheese Rating: 7.6/10 (Real cheese melted right into the egg.)

Sandwich Composition: 7.8/10 (Thought it would be ketchup heavy but it really wasn't.  Full of flavor and quality ingredients which is really all you want out of a breakfast sandwich.)

Overall: 8.06/10 (This is a very solid Deli and I really loved this PEC.  There's nothing really fancy about it, and sometimes the lesson is to keep it simple, stupid.)

Price: $5 

Pat's Deli is located at 1101 NJ-70, Brielle, NJ 08730