Place: Madhouse Coffee Location: 402 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane, CA; phonicular contact: (415) 467-4003 Hours: open Monday - Friday at 5:30am, Saturday & Sunday at 6:30am Meal: Chile Verde Burrito ~ scrambled eggs, (some kinda) green chilies, and potatoes (there may have been another ingredient or two in it, but I did not remember to write them down); and, to drink, a medium (which really was more of a Large, if you ask me; and if I had ordered their Large, I may not have gotten any sleep the rest of the week) cuppa Madhouse CoffeePeru (Medium-Dark Roast), made in the single cuppa pour-over style https://www.mclaughlincoffee.com/collections/products/products/peru-organic
(Yeah, I know I coulda also used Madness' "Our House", but I always felt that one was a bit too poppish for my liking.) As crazy as it may sound, I used to stop by Madhouse Coffee at least once a week several years ago when I was still working in Brisbane proper (2005-2012), mostly just for a cuppa on my way to work, but every so often also for a quick breakfast before work.
The sleepy little hamlet of Bedlam... er... I mean, Brisbane is located immediately south of San Francisco along the western shore of the San Francisco Bay. It is just a stones-throw (or name-calling distance) from where the old Candlestick Park ballpark was once located. It has boundaries to its south with South San Francisco and to its west (over San Bruno Mountain [hill, really]) with Daly City.
One really cool thing about this small town is that, somewhere along the line, someone started painting some of the fire hydrants in town. There are several working fire hydrants that are now pieces of art. Additionally, there is one little corner park dedicated to several non-working plugs, too.
Madhouse Coffee is just your standard coffeehouse, but it is the main one in Brisbane. Seating-wise, inside there are eight small tables that can seat two to four people each. Now, outside, there is a much more spacious three-tiered garden seating area with another eight tables for two to four people, too. There really are not a lot of items that are offered in the way of breakfast. They do offer a number of sandwiches and the like throughout the day. A few other ideas for breakfast would be bagel breakfast sandwiches. They have a few different items that can be requested, like scrambled (well, nuked, actually) eggs and maybe a "veggie" sausage; plus, they have the requisite cream cheese and also hummus. (However, the bagels and pastries had not been delivered yet this morning when I had arrived a little after 7:30am; otherwise, I might have gone with an egg-"veggie" sausage-bagel sandwich combination. The delivery guys did finally show up just before I had finished eating, though.)
Like many small, family-owned coffeehouses, a lotta the food is already prepared (there were three or four different types of wrapped burritos from which to choose; I did not remember to get the local brand name, though) and displayed in a front counter refrigerated case, and only needs to be reheated. My burrito was tasty enough, even if it was not freshly made for me. The barista/counter-person guy told me that their Coffee is provided to them by McLaughlin Coffee Roasting Company (local guys outta Emeryville... well, for now, until they are either swallowed up by those bastages at St*rbucks or the almost equally greedy folks at JAB Holding Company/Peet's/Keurig Dr Pepper). They do offer two other pour-over options: Italian (Dark Roast) and Island (Medium Roast). I did not ask what they might have to offer in the way of any condimentary supplementation. Once again, I just used some more of my own Old St. Augustine Snake Bite Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Greg & Cindy!) all over the burrito. I left my Coffee unscathed by any hot sauce, though.
(Here is a little Cliff Clavinistic fact: Paul Simon happens to be a HUGE doughnut fan, but Art Garfunkel can not stand them. There would normally be powdered sugar all over the recording studio and Art would occasionally storm out fuming. This was one of the main reasons that they parted ways in the early 70's. You can look it up yerd*mnself if'n you don't believe me!)
(not really such a) Strange Doughnut Interlude The newest and nearest Dunkin'Donuts® in the Bay Area (and, yeah, I am well-aware that their current corporate name is simply "Dunkin'®", but that just sounds rather silly to me) opened up in South San Francisco back in late January 2017. Today was my initial visit and it was totally a premeditated one. Knowing that I was going to be in the area, anyway, I finally was able to use a freebie $5.00 gift-card that I had received back during Christmas vacation while waiting in line for Cirque du Soleil in St. Petersburg (the one in Florida, not the lesser-known village in Russia). Using the entire $5.00-balance, I was able to purchase a small cuppa Original Blend (which is a bit of a [too] Light Roast for me) and three doughnuts: one Boston Kreme (which I ate there with the Coffee ~ I did not really need another cuppa that soon after breakfast, but it was "free", so I was not going to pass it by), one Jelly (good luck trying to determine exactly which fruit flavour is used in this one; is "red" a fruit?), and one Bavarian Kreme (the latter two I will eat later today/tonight). (Do I really need to provide an Intro-Net link to Dunkin'Donuts® web-site?!) Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Chile Verde Burrito ~ 6.5; Madhouse CoffeePeru ~ 6.9; Dunkin'Donuts®Original Blend ~ 5.8 (and I am being very generous with this rating); Boston Kreme doughnut ~ 6.0 (just barely; I grew up on these "fat-pills" and still enjoy 'em whenever I am Back East, but they are really wayyyyy too sweet for me now) ___________________
1. The thriving megalopolis of Brisbane, California was actually named after the much smaller town in Queensland, Aussie-Aussie-Aussie-land. https://brisbaneca.org/ (hahaha! I find it very humourous that they actually call Brisbane "the 'City' of the Stars". How many "Cities" do you know that have a population under 5,000?!)
Because I really could not see myself eating breakfast without a cuppa Coffee and a doughnut afterward...
http://www.toasteatery.com/ (This web-site is more site-specific for their Noe Valley locations, but they offer a lotta the same dishes at their West Portal restaurant.) Place: Toast Eatery Location: 160 West Portal Avenue (between Vicente Street and 14th Avenue); phonicular contact: (415) 566-200 Hours: open at 7:00am every day of the week Meal: Huevos Rancheros ~ 2 eggs any style (mi estilo this morning was sobre medio) on corn tortillas with black beans, sour cream, salsa ranchera and a side of chipotle coleslaw; and, to drink with the meal, a large(-ish) glassa grapefruit juice (which came with an old-timey paper straw even) Whenever it is time for my annual eye exam (hence, the silly "see myself" pun in the 'blog-title today), I usually like to have a nice breakfast aforehand at one of the restaurants along West Portal (which, coincidentally enough, happens to be where my optometrist is also located). So, I headed back once again to Toast Eatery(see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, April 28, 2018 ~ so, yeah, basically-exactly one year ago). Dining Tip o' the Day: If you happen to be right-handed, do not seat yourself on the side of the table that is right up against the wall making your dominant hand mostly inoperable. Luckily, there really was not a lotta junk that needed any knife-action on it (at first, I did attempt cutting up the eggs on top of the tortillas with my knife, but just ended up cutting through them with my fork instead), and I have somewhat mastered the trick of eating Britishlander-style with the fork (as sinister as this may sound) in my left hand. I have eaten at all four of the Toast Eaterylocations several times now over the years, but, even so, there are still some other good ideas yet left to try: California Scrambler ~ egg whites, tomato, fresh basil, avocado and Cheddar, served with hashbrowns and choice of Toast; "Veggie" Omelet ~ mushrooms, spinach, tomato and Provolone, served with hashbrowns and choice of Toast;
or Wet "Veggie" Burrito ~ flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, grilled "veggies", black beans, Cheddar cheese and sour cream; topped with salsa ranchera and avocado, served with hashbrowns (this one was my back-up plan).
(Yes, I am well-aware that there was no actual "Toast" with my meal this morning, but you can not make a "tostada" without corn tortillas.) Now, there really is not much to a standard Huevos Rancheros dish: (in today's case) two over-medium eggs on top of some corn tortillas; so, not much really going on there. What makes a standard Huevos Rancheros dish stand out from restautante to restaurante is how their salsa ranchera is made. This salsa ranchera at Toast Eatery was una muy buena y sabrosa salsa ranchera; it was not very espicy, just very etasty. Of course, the real standout for me this morning was the side of chipotle coleslaw; now that was extremely etasty! I was not planning on messing with the flavour of their salsa ranchera in any way, but I did notice that they offered the Standard San Francisco Triumvirate of Hot Sauces™: Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce), Tapatío®Salsa Picante Hot Sauce, and Cholula®Hot Sauce (Original). Of which, none was needed, nor was none used.
1. Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day, unang bahagi: This particular cultivar of Coffee beans was not named after the 44th President of these here United States. The word "Barako" in Philippine languages is equivalent to the English term "stud" (both literally and figuratively), from Spanish "varraco" (meaning "wild boar"). The word is associated with connotations of masculinity and machismo in Filipino culture. Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day, ikalawang bahagi: The Filipino word for "Coffee" is simply "Kape". I was once told by a native Filipina that the "F" in many Filipino words is usually pronounced like a "P", anyway. How pucking silly is that?!
"Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Lincoln Park Golf Course Champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
https://sfrecpark.org/destination/lincoln-park/lincoln-park-golf-course/ http://www.lincolnparkgolfcourse.com/rates---info.html (Neither of these web-sites really gives much information on the restaurant itself, though.) Place: Lincoln Park (Golf Course) Restaurant Location: 300 34th Avenue (at Clement Street); phonicular contact: (415) 221-9911 Hours: open for breakfast Saturdays & Sundays from 8:00am Meal: (the simply-enough named) Omelette ~ this can be ordered with "any meat + 'veggies'" (where, of course, I skipped any of the the dead, decaying animal flesh choices and opted for the odiously-nomenclatured "veggies") with cheese (possibly Monterey Jack and/or Cheddar), served with homefries and toast; and, to drink, a 16 oz canna Local Brewing Co.® - Duboce IPA, 7.0% ABV https://localbrewingco.com/
(Man, that Jesus-guy can really rock-it on an Easter Sunday! The second video is only because both Steve Perry and Carl Spackler really enjoy them some good omelettes and Beers, too. I have no idea what gophers like to eat on Easter Sunday, though [You would need to check with Fred Grandy for that.].) Last Sunday afternoon, I happened to walk past Lincoln Park (Golf Course) Restaurant and saw a new(-ish enough) sign on the outside of the restaurant/bar & grille/clubhouse building that stated that they now serve breakfasts on the weekend. Intrigued enough (as the place is only two short blocks away from my apartment building, anyway), I went inside and asked how long they had been open for breakfast and was informed that they had only been serving breakfast on Saturday and Sunday for about a month now. I figured I might as well give it a go on a morning where I did not feel like driving anywhere and wanted to eat at a place that opened before 9:00am in my neighborhood. Well, today was that morning. Trust me, as this is a municipal/city-run golf course open to the general public, there is absolutely nuthin' fancy-pantsy about the club house restaurant. It really only has about five or six tables available (and I ended up being the only idiot to be eating there the entire time that I was there), with seating of four-to-six at each table. You order your food and drinks at the bar/cash register, pay for the meal, and then they bring it out to you when it is ready. Simples! I do not know if they ever plan on expanding their menu if more people start going there, but there were a few other items of interest on the menu still: Huevos Rancheros ~ eggs, peppers, onions, chilies, corn chips + queso fresco (I really wanted to order this dish, but I was informed by the guy that took my order ~ who also happened to be the guy that cooked my meal and brought it out to me ~ that they were currently outta corn tortillas, and that someone was out picking some up for later); French Toast ~ w/ choice of meat (?!... What the h*ck kinda crazy-*ss French toast do golfers [or gophers] like to eat?); Breakfast Burrito ~ potatoes, bacon (which can always be ochenta-y-seis-ed), eggs, Cheddar, jalapeños, salsa; Breakfast Sandwich ~ eggs, Cheddar, bacon, sausage or ham (ditto the 86-ation) or Eggs Benedict ~ either Blackstone or Florentine. Additionally, for the not stupid vegetarian-types: Joel's Special ~ peppers, onions, ground beef, eggs, homefries + toast or Loco Moco ~ beef patty, rice, eggs, gravy, green onions.
This ended up being a lot bigger meal than I was expecting, and with a huge portion of homefries, too. And, surprisingly, it really was not a bad omelette at all for a municipal golf course bar & grille type-joint. ("... usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a breakfast of your stature.") The "veggies" turned out to be just red and green bell peppers, mushrooms, and (white) onions; nothing really exciting there, but it all worked together nicely. I did not ask for or look for any condimentary supplementation that Lincoln Park (Golf Course) Restaurant might have had to offer. (Does Titleist® make hot sauces?!) I just used some more of my own Old St. Augustine Snake Bite Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Cindy & Greg!) on top of the omelette and some Dancing Dragon Cayenne Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Mom!) on the potatoes.
(not really such a) Strange Beer Interlude (Hey, it was after Noon somewhere... [well... somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean, at least].) I did not feel like seeing what they might have had to offer in the way of Coffee and was planning on just ordering some kinda fruit-juice product. However, staring at me in the glass-case refrigerator right behind the cash register was a number of Beer cans. I saw the label that simply said Local Brewing Co.® and figured "What the h*y!" There was even one Beer that was named "Lincoln Light Lager" (apparently brewed specially for Lincoln Park (Golf Course) Restaurant), but it was a "light Beer" and even at 8:00am in the morning, I would still not want to drink that kinda swill. The Beer I ended up choosing was a rather tasty India Pale Ale (West Coast IPA), Duboce IPA, made with five malts and four types of hops. The description on the can read: "On the Nose: Dank Pine Resin, Sage & Cranberry"... well, that sounded breakfast-drink enough for me. At 7.0% ABV (and on an empty stomach before the food arrived), it did kinda kick my b*tt that early in the morning ("follicles of the canine"... yeah, right!) Do not worry, as I stated above, it is only a short two-block walk over there, so I was not really afraid of getting a WWI/WUI ticket... Here's wishin' everyone a Happy Easter in Tibetan: "Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga!" So we got that goin' for us, which is nice... Glen Bacon Scale Rating: "Veggie" Omelette ~ 6.5; Local Brewing Co.® - Duboce IPA ~ 6.8 (I really wanted to rate this as a 7.0 on the Glen Bacon Scale to match its actual ABV %; it was a very good Tipple Taste Test™; however, just not quite that good)
Because it is Palm Sunday, I made sure to cross the palm of the homeless guy out front with a fiver on my way into the restaurant this morning.
https://www.itsjane.com/location/jane-on-fillmore/ Place: Jane ~ on Fillmore Location: 2123 Fillmore (nacherly) Street (between California and Sacramento Streets) Hours: open daily from 7:00am Meal: Warm Quinoa Bowl ~ quinoa (nacherly), roasted brussel[ sic and in minuscule ] sprouts, sweet potatoes, kale, and one added hard-boiled egg (to make the meal a bit more breakfastarily sound); to start, a Fresh Fruit Muffin (where this morning's "Fresh Fruit" showcased was raspberry); and a glassa orange juice (unfortunately, I forgot to ask the counter-lady/cash-taker person [who happened to be the same lady as last weekend] which roast/blend it might have been)
(Apparently, Janie's got quinoa bowls and muffins, too... I do not know if Abilene has a gun or not, or if Davie Alvin likes brussel[ sic and in minuscule ] sprouts as much as I do, but I just felt like adding this song today.) "Hey, Brian, what gives?! Didn't you just eat at Jane ~ on Fillmore (see last 'blog-entry from Sunday, April 7th, 2019) last Sunday?!" Yeah, well... I am trying something new. If I like a place and see that there is more than one decent meal offered for stupid vegetarians, I decided to go back on multiple (however, these may not always turn out to be consecutive) weekends. If you wanna see what other options that they might have to offer for stupid vegetarian-types, you can see what I listed in last week's 'blog-entry yerd*mnselves. (Like I have the time to cut-and-paste that junk here. [Buncha lazy b*stages!])
(Trust me, the photo used of the muffin was the best of the three that I took this morning. Maybe Jane can rename this particular baked-good: "Fresh Fruit Bokeh Muffin"?!) Quinoa ~ good! Sweet potatoes ~ good!! Kale ~ very good!!! brussel[ sic and in minuscule ] sprouts ~ very, very good!!!! And I was very happy to see that there was a ton of each in the bowl, too. The only thing that might have made this dish a little bit better was if the egg that was laid on top had been a soft boiled egg (which is offered on other dishes on the menu) or a poached egg (which I am not sure that they do offer). I did not bother to ask what they might have to offer in the way of any hot sauce condimentary supplements. In a valiant (but, at this point, a seemingly Sisyphean) effort to use up some more of my own hot sauces (yeah, there are still twenty-three d*mn bottles on my refrigerator door shelf) I simply used some of my own Old St. Augustine Snake Bite Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Greg & Cindy!) on top of the hard boiled egg (once I had cut it in half) and generously ('cause that's just the kinda guy I am) all over the rest of the bowl, too.
(not really such a) Strange Coffee Interlude So as not to fall into the same mindless word-trap as last weekend, I made sure to prepare myself a cuppa (well, seeing as this was made in one of them HUGE latte-kinda cup/bowls ~ Thanks, Cindy! ~ it was more like a cuppa-anda-halfa) Kicking Horse® Coffee[1] - 454 Horse Power® (Dark) before heading out this morning. This was another Christmas gift (Thanks, Kerry!) that I had just broken into earlier in the week. They have it labelled as "Velvety, Earthy, Spirited" on the packaging. I do not know about any of that. I just know that it smelled unbelievably good while I was a-grindin' it up and tastes just as good. It is really a very good cuppa... neigh-h-h-h, it is truly a full-bodied Dark roast stud. https://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/coffee/454-horse-power-whole-bean Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Bokehberry Muffin ~ 7.0; Warm Quinoa Bowl ~ 6.8; Kicking Horse® Coffee - 454 Horse Power® ~ 7.3 ___________________
1. Per our informative and friendly friends at WikipediA (we all know they stole the information from somewhere else themselves, anyway): "Lavazza* purchased an 80% stake in Canadian-based Kicking Horse Coffee in May 2017." Which, (really not so) surprisingly, is not notated on Kicking Horse® Coffee's official web-site anywhere. *(This is not an actual "stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer", but I am pretty sure that "Lavazza" translates from Italian into English as "St*rbucks s*cks!")
(No official web-site currently available.) Place: {Bernal St*r} Location: 410 Cortland Avenue (between Andover and Bennington Streets); phonicular contact: (415) 695-8777 Hours: open for "Brunch" Monday - Friday at 10:00am, Saturday & Sunday at 9:00am Meal: Chilaquiles ~ two eggs, fried tortillas, guacamole, ranchero sauce, queso fresco, crema; to drink with the meal, a large glassa fresh squeezed orange juice; and, beforehand, for a pre-breakfast snack, a Blueberry-Pecan Tart and a small (12 oz) cuppa four barrel (a Medium Roast; I did not really catch which specific roast/blend it was, though) at Little Bee Baking
Once again, I sat outside in their backyard-patio seating area (which is located between the main restaurant and their "Cottage" seating area). This is really the way to go for breakfast (or "Brunch" even). The weather was comfortable enough and I had a coat on, but barely needed it, anyway. It looks like they have changed their "Brunch" menu somewhat since the last time I ate there. I noticed a few other good ideas if I ever get back that way again (let's see if I can do so before the year 2025): Eggs California ~ poached eggs, tomato, guacamole, Hollandaise, roasted potatoes (I can only figure that this is some version of Eggs Benedict; this dish was going to be my back-up plan if needed); Veggie Scramble~ spinach, portobello mushrooms, caramelized onion, Mozzarella, roasted potatoes; Eggs & Plantains~ guacamole, black beans, crema; or possibly Beignets ~ house-made French style doughnuts served w/ fresh fruit, housemade (not hyphenated here for some reason) jam (if I ordered this, I would probably have to have supplemented it with a side order of roasted potatoes, or maybe some of their fried Artichoke Hearts ~ which are Anchor Beer- battered). Additionally, for any of you meatetarians, they offer {Bernal St*r}Omelet ~ wild boar sausage, mushrooms, caramelized onions, spinach, Mozzarella, roasted potatoes.
They give you the option of how you would like your two eggs prepared. Most chilaquiles dishes that I have had (and I have had it many, many times over the years) usually just have the eggs scrambled in with the tortilla chips and sauce. So, for a change, I went with my eggs over-medium this morning. I liked their ranchero sauce; it was not very spicy, but had a nice flavour. They do not list it on the menu, but this also comes with black beans and some pico de gallo. About half-way through the meal, I just ended up mixing all the side junk in with everything else, anyway. For condimentary supplementation, {Bernal St*r} had both Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce) and Tapatío®Salsa PicanteHot Sauce. It really did not matter. I did not see the need to use any extra hot sauce with the meal. {Glen Bacon Scale Rating}: Blueberry-Pecan Tart ~ 7.0; four barrel - (whichever) Medium Roast ~ 6.9; Chilaquiles ~ 6.5
https://www.itsjane.com/ Place: Jane ~ on Fillmore Location: 2123 Fillmore (nacherly) Street (between California and Sacramento Streets) Hours: open daily from 7:00am Meal: Spicy Baked Eggs ~ two eggs, spicy tomato and black bean stew, Cheddar, cilantro, olive toast; to start (and finish, actually), a Citrus Brioche[1]; and to drink, a cuppa (whatever) their current House Coffee (might have been)
(There really are no EweToobular juxtaselections here. I just heard that Dewey, Dan, Gerry, and Tim Pretty were all big fans of Shakshouka-type dishes. I think it comes from their Arabic/Mohammadist roots.) Because I wanted to hit a place that opened up pretty early for breakfast on a placid Sunday morn, I headed back over to Jane ~ on Fillmore (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, July 22nd, 2017). I especially like that they are open up at 7:00am daily. This is very good for a mostly upscaley-kinda neighborhood; many of the other places along that area of Fillmore will not open until after 9:00am or later.
(There is really no reason for these two photos. I just liked how one side wall of the restaurant had floral wallpaper and the other was basic black-and-white striped.) I sat upstairs in their lofty space once again. This time I sat at one of the six stools at the front-facing counter overlooking the restaurant (and looking down on Mr. Bison, too). As this only makes the third time that I have eaten at Jane for breakfast (once at this location and one earlier visit at their Tenderloin location on Larkin Street), there are still many other good ideas from which to try and decide on future visits: (the now ubiquitous, but possibly soon to be extincted) Avocado Mash ~ avocado (nacherly), cracked black pepper, soft boiled egg, pickled shallot and jalapeño on house sourdough (I wonder if they would substitute that particular toast for their olive bread instead); Breakfast Frisee Salad ~ frisee, arugula, chive, lardons (which I would, of course, have lard-off), radish, rainbowcarrot(noted in the singularity for some reason, but I assume they actually include more than one colour of carrots), soft boiled egg, shallot vinagrette[ sic ], toasted baguette; Egg Sandwich ~ on your choice of housebaked sourdough, multigrain bread or baguette with homemade (well, Jane-made) tomato chutney and Cheddar cheese; Egg White Sandwich ('cause egg-whites matter, too) ~ egg whites, spinach and avocado with Provolone and a dash of sriracha served on your choice of housebaked sourdough, multigrain bread or baguette; Raw Sprouted Black Rice Porridge ~ almond and coconut milk, chia seeds, coconut crunch, goji berries, fresh kiwi (served warm upon request); Jane's Dragonfruit Smoothie Bowl ~ dragonfruit, pineapple, banana, ginger, coconut water, blueberries, raspberries, hemp seeds, flax seeds, cocoa nibs, goji, mulberries (I have no idea what this would all be, but it sounds kinda interesting); or Warm Quinoa Bowl ~ quinoa, roasted brussel[ sic and in minuscule ] sprouts, sweet potatoes, kale (where I probably would have them add a soft boiled egg in the mix to make it more breakfastarily sound). Additionally, they offer several other items at their Larkin Street location under the moniker Weekend "Brunch".
This Citrus Brioche was very good (just not anywhere as interesting as their Cardamom Lattice Bun that I had once before at their stand-alone bakery along Geary Boulevard). I ended up eating half of the brioche before the main meal was brought up to me and the other half after I had finished the meal to enjoy with the last of my Coffee. This dish was basically your Shakshouka/Shakshuka/Chakchouka/شكشوكة with black beans and Cheddar. I enjoyed it to the last drop... well, as best as I could. The olive bread toast that came with it was pretty d*rn tasty all on its ownsome and I probably mighta coulda used another slice of it with which to sop-up all the rest of the spicy tomato sauce. Of course, if they had given me two slices, I might not even have had to use any utensils to eat the meal (other than a knife maybe to cut up the baked eggs into scoopuppable[2] sized bites). As far as any condimentary supplementation that Jane might have had to offer, none were needed and none were used. Their spicy tomato sauce was good enough for me. (not really such a) Strange Coffee Interlude Me: Which roast of Coffee do you have today? Counter-lady/cash-taker person: I think it is a "medium roast"... (Me thinking: Ohhhh-kay! How the h*ck can you be workin' in a coffeehouse/bakery-type joint and not really know what kinda Coffee you are serving?! If you worked at Mickey-D's RainbowRoom, would you inform me that in your burgers "none of our meats are vegetarian"?! *sigh*) Me (instead): Thanks, that sounds good. I will have a cuppa that... For the record, Jane roasts their own Coffee locally somewhere in the Mission. I really need to check that out one of these days, it would be fun to see how that operation is done. Thankfully, their Coffee is always first-rate (even if it is of unknown origin to the workers there). The last time I ate there, they had a blend/roast called Bread & Butter; however, I am not sure if that is the only Coffee which they offer. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Citrus Brioche ~ 7.1; Spicy Baked Eggs ~ 7.0; Coffee (whichever blend/roast it mighta been) ~ 7.2 ___________________
1. St*pid, useless cunning linguist/pseudo-culinaristic pointer of the day: "Brioche" most likely is derived from the Old French verb "brier", "a Norman dialectical form of broyer ("to grind, pound"), to work the dough with a broye or brie (a sort of wooden roller for kneading); the suffix -oche is a generic deverbal suffix. 2. Hey, it's a real word! Well, as much as "upscaley", "breakfastarily", "ownsome", or "culinaristic" are...
