6th & B

Raccoon Island Discovery Day ~ Anniversary the 4th

http://www.6thandb.com/


Place: 6th & B

Location:  452 Balboa Street (on the corner of 6th Avenue)

Hours: open Thursday - Monday at 8:00am (closed Tuesday and Wednesday, which they felt the need to specify as such on their web-site for those of us that are calendarly-impaired)

Meal: ​sweet porridge ~ steel cut oats, brown and red rice, slow cooked in milk topped with sweet potato compote and fruit; a side of house potatoes (homefries basically); and to drink, a glassa watermelon man ~ mint+watermelon

(What's with today's EweToobular juxtaselection? Well, it is a little-known Cliff Clavinistic fact that Trey Anastasio is also a big fan of Mariani Nut Company California Almonds ~ Whole Almonds[1].)


In a direct effort to try and keep it "local" this morning (because after returning from my little trip to Raccoon Island after breakfast, I planned on doing nuthin' else all day long), I simply headed back to 6th & B (see previous 'blog-entry from Sunday, January 22nd, 2017).

This was only my second visit breakfastarily, and there are other ideas still that I want to get back again to try:

quinoa bowl ~ gold and red quinoa, potatoes, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, grapes, poached egg (this will probably be my choice next time);

french toast ~ brioche bread, coconut milk batter, seasonal fruit, organic maple syrup;

lemon ricotta pancakes ~ seasonal fruit, organic maple syrup;

b toast ~ fried egg, cheese, avocado, baked on Vienna white bread, mini salad;

or 

egg[ sic ] benedict ~ two poached eggs, baby spinach, chard, baby kale, Hollandaise, French country bread, house potatoes (this is also available in a few meatetarian options, with: bacon, applewood smoked ham, pork pico de gallo, beef tomato salsa, smoked wild salmon, or Dungeness crab).

I figured that a "healthy" breakfast was in order today because I plan on eating a ton of "junk" later in the day before/during the Super Bowl-thing. Now, this weren't yer standard Quaker-man instant-type oatmeal! (Sorry, Greg, but these are only made with "steel-cut oats". They probably do not want to have to import Macroom oatmeal from Ireland by way of Michigan using UPS to mail them to Pennsylvania, then having them forwarded via USPS to an APO in England to then have them shipped to California... ). It was served in a very large bowl (think bibimbap-bowl size) and was very good. I really liked the sweet potato compote addition, too. The fruits that were on top this morning were red grapes (halved), strawberries (quartered, mostly), and blueberries (whole).

I especially like their version of homefries. These are made with halved small potatoes, roasted and/or fried, and smooshed a bit to give them a nice crunch. Plus, there were some fried, crispy strips of kale and carrots throughout. This side dish alone is worth a return trip. "But, Brian, why would you order a side dish with yet more carbohydrates?" What else are ya gonna do with them?! 

As far as condimentary supplementation, 6th & B offers Tabasco® Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce), Tapatío® Salsa Picante Hot Sauce, and Frank's® RedHot (Original). I just used some of my own Sunbelt Plantations Vidalia® Onion Picante Hot Sauce (Thanks, Greg & Cindy!) on the potatoes.

Raccoon Island Discovery Day Anniversary Strange Interlude ~ 2018

As everyone is well-aware, Raccoon Island Discovery Day is actually on January 30th, but, as with many other major national holidays, we usually celebrate it for an entire weekend. Unfortunately for me, it seems that all of the indigenous Procyonids had also taken the entire weekend off, and I did not see neither hide nor bandit-masked hair of any of them. And to make matters worse, there was only one solitary Squirrel (seen in above photo squirreling[2] away two illegally placed [someone has some 'splainin' to do, Lucy] Mariani Nut Company California Almonds ~ Whole Almonds; "But, Brian, unless you were the culprit that had 'illegally place' those almonds, how do you know exactly what kinda nuts they were?!" Trust me. Coming from my family, it is very easy to discern the true nuts out there.) cavorting in the large tree overlooking the shore (there are normally dozens of these furry-tailed rats nearby). However, I did see a few Steller's Jays (not pictured above, though) and many, many LBB's.


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
sweet porridge ~ 6.8;
house potatoes ~ 7.2

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1. http://marianinut.com/

2. Hey! I just got that expression now!