Dottie’s True blue café

Breakfastus for the rest of us!

http://dotties.biz/

(There really are no Festivus carols, so this will have to do.)


To conclude my year-end visits to all of the restaurants in my Breakfastary Rotation, I went back to Dottie’s True blue café (see last 'blog-entry from August 5th, 2012). Even though it was raining (not really hard, but still annoyingly so) this morning, there were already several people waiting in line ahead of me before they opened this morning. I got there about ten minutes before they open (at 7:30am) and figured there would really be no one stupid enough to also be waiting in the rain. This is just a testament to how good this place really is (or a testament to absolute stupidity).

I got there early enough to score one of the smaller tables for two, which I prefer over sitting at the counter that overlooks the kitchen area, as there isn't very much knee-room underneath there. My table just had a boring "Route 66" set of salt and pepper shakers, but there was a nice seasonal set on the counter.

One of my favourite breakfasts from 2012, Zucchini cakes (see 'blog-entry from December 21st, 2012), was on the specials board again this morning, but I had them twice this year already and wanted to try something different for a change. The frittata special was Avocado (a berry), tomato (also a berry), scallion, jalapeño (yet still another berry), corn, & Feta frittata; however, it was the same as I had earlier in the year, too. I was thinking about getting the Pumpkin (a real berry) - Cranberry (also a real berry) French Toast (probably made with pumpkin-cranberry bread), but I ordered off the specials board: Sweet potato, caramelized red onion, & Gruyère[1] tart[2] with two eggs any style and fresh fruit. I also got a side of homefries and a cuppa coffee.

The tart was very good. What's not to like? They change the ingredients once in a while, but I like this combination. I simply had my eggs over medium. The side order was a huge pile o' potatoes; I did my best to finish them off, but I think it was just the opposite result. Today's fresh fruit: blueberries (a real berry), watermelon (another real berry), cantaloupe (who knows if this is a berry or not?), and blackberries (which aren't a real berry, sorry).

Dottie's True blue café offers a pretty decent gamut of condimentary supplements. I used some of their Tabasco® Brand  Pepper Sauce Chipotle on the eggs, and on half of the potatoes some Frank's® RedHot® Chile 'n Lime™ and on the other half of the potatoes some of my own HB™ Guinness® (Thanks, Cindy!).


Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Tart/Galette ~ 6.8


1. Stupid, useless cunning linguist/pseudo-culinaristic pointer du jour/des Tages, numéro un/Nummer eins:

"Gruyère" cheese is named after the town of Gruyères, Switzerland. Pretty simple, nu?

2. Dottie's True blue café used to call this a "galette", but it confused the stupid (non-French) touristas so much that Kurt decided to just call it a "tart".

Which brings us to the stupid, useless cunning linguist/pseudo-culinaristic pointer du jour, numéro deux:

A "galette" is a type of French pastry made with a rich, flaky crust; they are generally rounded and flat, looking much like a big cookie more than a pie.