Airport Breakfastary Food - Part IX San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (Saturday, 8/17/2019)
https://www.flysfo.com/content/y*nkee-pier[1] Place: Y*nkee Pier® Location: Terminal 3, Boarding Area F near Gate 72, SFO; phonicular contact: 650-821-8938 Hours: open daily 5:00am (or so they say; I got there around 6:30am and it looked like they had just opened for business for the morning) Meal: GreekScramble~ eggs scrambled with spinach, mushrooms, red onion, Feta & tapenade, served with home fries & choice of toast (I chose sourdough); to drink with the meal, a large glassa orange juice; and, to drink afterward while walking around waiting for my plane, a medium cuppa Peet's Coffee®Yosemite Dos Sierras https://www.peets.com/coffee/dark-roast/yosemite-dos-sierras-organic
(I do not know if either Sir George Ivan or Maurice, the Space Cowboy,[2] like Feta and/or spinach, but they were playing both of these songs on the house-stereo while I was eating breakfast.) I really enjoyed the geographic irony of eating at a place named Y*nkee Pier® when flying out of San Francisco heading towards Boston. Of course, I was half-expecting to find a seafood restaurant in Logan Airport on my return flight called "Dock of the Bay" or such. They actually offered a decent variety of breakfastary items, even for stupid vegetarian-types. Ferinstance: Tofu Scramble ~ egg whites scrambled with tofu, mushrooms, spinach, green onions, served with home fries and choice of toast; NorCal Scramble~ eggs scrambled with tomatoes, avocado, salsa verde, cumin sour cream, served with home fries & choice of toast; or maybe even Cinnamon Raisin French Toast ~ with fruit compote & pure maple syrup.
(The tops of the tables caught my eye as they were cartography-themed. Mine happened to be of the Monterey Bay/Monterey Canyon area.)
All in all, this was surprisingly a very decent breakfast. I was not really expecting to like a dish from an airport restaurant-kitchen as much as I did. It was served more in a frittata-style, which is nice. One of the nicer surprises was that the topping was made of an authentic Kalamata olive tapenade. However, if I had one small quibble (a quibblaki, perhaps?), it would be that they should have used tomatoes instead of mushrooms in it; that would have been a bit more Greek-y to me. Their version of homefries were extremely good, too. For condimentary supplementation, Y*nkee Pier® had Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce), Tapatío®Salsa PicanteHot Sauce, and Cholula®Hot Sauce (Original) (but just one bottle that was semi-hidden in with a bunch of other condiments). I used a good amount of their Tapatío® on the potatoes. (just a bit of a) Strange Coffee Interlude I was hoping on finding a less ubiquitous Coffee purveyor than both St*rbucks and Peet's®, but SFO's Terminal 3 really lacked in choices. So, I just went for the worse of two evils and ordered whatever they were serving as the drip-Coffee choice at one of the Peet's® in the terminal. Me: "What blend do you have this morning?" Clueless Baristette: "Dark Roast!" Me: "Yes, but which specific blend or roast are you offering this morning?" CB: (has to go look at the bag of whatever blend/roast they have brewed... then just shows me the bag) Me: (thinking "Really?!") Glen Bacon Scale Rating: GreekScramble~ 6.5; Peet's Coffee® Yosemite Dos Sierras ~ 6.8 ___________________ 1. Okay, so maybe you will need to replace the "*" in that URL with an "a". I just did not want to be caught using any overtly vulgar language in my personal 'blog-thing. 2. It took me a bit to recognize this song. You know you are getting old when it takes you a minute or so to remember who the original artist of a Classic Rock-and/or-Roll song is.
Airport Breakfastary Food - Part VIII Orlando International Airport (MCO)[1], Orlando, FL (Sunday, 12/23/2018) https://zazacubandiner.com/ Place: zaza™ - Cuban Café Location: Airside 3 (Gates 30-59), Orlando International Airport, One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, FL
Hours: open daily at 5:00am Meal: Egg & Cheese Croissant; a Cuban Guava Pastry-thing (puff pastry filled with guava jelly); and to drink, a Colada[2] (Double Espresso) ~ a double shot zaza™ Cuban Espresso, infused with cremita sugar (which I made sure to have them uninfuse)[3]
(I have been told that the Jive Aces originally all hailed from República de Cuba.) Because I had eaten large homemade breakfasts (everything from gingerbread waffles and gingerbread pancakes, to French toast, to Eggs à la Grêg, to Christmas cookies [do not judge me], to etc.) almost every day during the past week while vacationing in "the City Beautiful"[4], I decided to get a simpler and smaller meal for my early morning repast on my return trip back home. So I simply and smally chose to eat at zaza™ - Cuban Café at the airport. This shop is more of a "grab-and-go" kinda place, but there were a few seats and tables at the back along the runway-side windows. The choices of actual good "sit-down" style restaurants were limited in this part of the terminal, anyway. There were really only a few other viable options off their breakfast menu for those of the stupid vegetarian ilk: Veggie (uggh!) Scrambler ~ prepared with onions, peppers, tomatoes and cheese, served with Cuban toast; Oatmeal al Caribe ~ creamy oatmeal prepared with cinnamon sticks; or Egg & Cheese Cuban Sandwich ~ fluffy scrambled eggs prepared with cheese on our toasted Cuban bread (initially I had asked for this, but the lady at the counter [counteress?] misunderstood me and entered the order incorrectly; I suppose it would have been basically the same meal as I ended up with, but with Cuban bread instead of a croissant).
meh! I suppose this was better'n most of the breakfastary cr*p you might be able to order at your local King Wendy in the McDonald's Box fast-food joints, but it really was all still rather sadly torpid in taste. The guava pastry was okay, though. The double-shot of Espresso seemed a tad bit on the short side; I wonder if they gave me a single-shot also accidentally. In the way of condimentary supplementation, all that I saw available were those plastic one-serving packets of Texas Pete®Original Hot Sauce. Unfortunately, I did not see those until after I had already finished my meal; this banal breakfast really coulda used an extra flavour boost. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Egg & Cheese Croissant ~ 5.5; Cuban Guava Pastry-thing ~ 6.2 ___________________
1. The airport code "MCO" stands for the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation, that was closed in 1975 as part of a general military drawdown following the end of the Vietnam War. 2. Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day: The Spanish word "colada" translates as "strained" (or "wash/laundry"). I had always (mis-)assumed that it was just the Spanish word for "coconut" ~ as in "piña colada", because I knew "piña" meant "pineapple". However, it refers to the "straining" process to extract the fresh pineapple juice used in that drink. For what it is worth, the Spanish word for "coconut" is simply "coco" (see, sometimes this cunning linguistics stuff ain't cirugía de cohetes) and another Spanish word for "pineapple" is "ananás". 3. Café Cubano (also known as Cuban Espresso, Cuban Coffee, Cafecito, Cuban pull, and Cuban shot) is a type of Espresso that originated in Cuba. Specifically, it refers to an Espresso shot which is sweetened with demerara sugar which has been whipped with the first and strongest drops of Espresso. (So, technically, I just had a plain ol' Double Espresso.)
4. Yes, this is the actual chosen nickname of Orlando, Florida, USA. I do not want to insult any of the 280,000+ residents of "the City Beautiful", but I have been to downtown Oakland, California and Council Bluffs, Iowa and even they could claim that silly moniker if they really wanted.
Hours: open daily at 4:30am Meal: Mediterranean Scramble ~ spinach, tomato, Feta cheese, & Kalamata olives, served with home fries & toast; and to drink, a cuppa (and one refilla) Mr. Espresso®House Roast https://mrespresso.com/coffee/blends/
(I am pretty sure that I have juxtaselectioned this particular song before [and probably more than once], but how often is it that you get two Britishlander Kaniggets chanting about Cholula®?) One should never travel on an empty stomach; it is always much easier and safer to travel on an airplane. So, before heading eastward to the Wonderful World of Disneylandia (Florida-chapter) for a pre-Christmas vacation last week, I made sure to fill up my stomach at Mission Bar & Grill prior to boarding the aircraft. It was even more convenient as the restaurant was located directly across from my boarding gate that morning. Unlike many restaurants at airports now-a-days, this particular establishment is specific to SFO only and does not have a corresponding in-city location from which it was borne. Even though "Good Airport Food" is usually an oxymoron filed just under "French Politesse" and "British Cuisine" (and, as added by several of my English friends, "American Humour"), sometimes you can get lucky and find a decent breakfastary repast at airports. At this particular establishment, I could also have ordered California Scramble (Cheddar cheese, mushrooms, tomato, & avocado). Additionally, while wandering around before my flight, I saw a few good other choices at a different restaurant (Y*nkee Pier) that was located in another boarding area in this same terminal.
I suppose this meal could also easily have been called "Greek Scramble"; it included everything you would normally get from a dish of that nomenclature. Surprisingly, for a meal that was found in an airport restaurant-joint, this turned out to be a very good breakfast. It was made with lots of Feta (chunks and crumbles) and Kalamata olives (sliced, not crumbled), which was good because those two ingredients were my deciding factors in ordering it. It was also made with fresh sautéed baby spinach. I went with sourdough for my toast choice. After the first cuppa, I decided to make my Coffee drink into a pseudo-Caffè Borgia[1] by adding the slice of orange garnish off my plate into the mug (you can just see it peaking its ugly head over the rim in the photo above). I simply considered this my daily dose of Vitamin C(offee?). For condimentary supplementation, Mission Bar & Grill offers both Cholula®Hot Sauce (Original) and Tapatío®Salsa PicanteHot Sauce. I went with a little (well, a lot ~ to those of you that would consider several splashes more than just "a little") Cholula® on the potatoes. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Mediterranean Scramble ~ 6.5 ___________________
1. A "Caffè Borgia" is a Mocha with orange rind or zest and sometimes orange flavouring added. It is often served with whipped cream and topped with cinnamon. Supposably, according to legend, the Borgia family used poisoned orange zest to murder their enemies, thus resulting in everyone nicknaming this the "Caffè Borgia". https://www.thecoffeebump.com/blog/cafe-borgia-recipe.html#.XCFYV1VKiM8
(I could not locate an official web-site thing. This was the best that I could find.) Place: Jerry Remy'sSports Bar & Grill Location: 1 Harborside Drive, Logan International Airport, Terminal C, Boston, MA; phonicular contact: (617) 567-5379 Hours: ??? (your guess is as good as mine; without an official web-site thing, I have no way of knowing; it was open after 8:00am for breakfast when I had arrived there, at least) Meal: Veggie Omelet ~ fresh mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and Vermont Cheddar (or more colloquially [or "co-locally"]: "Ched-dah") cheese, served with home fries and (wheat) toast; and a glassa orange juice with the meal; afterward, for a breakfastary dessert, a Boston Kreme doughnut and a small (12oz) cuppa Original Blend (black-no-sugar, thank you) at Dunkin'Donuts® (which was also located nearby in Terminal C) https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en/food-drinks/donuts/donuts
(I have heard that this James Vernon Taylor-person also likes Boston Kreme doughnuts. I guess they will let just about any street-busker perform from the Dugout in Fenway Park.) I have traveled through Logan International Airport, Terminal C many times before and have been meaning to try eating breakfast at Jerry Remy'sSports Bar & Grill; I finally completed that try. I was not quite sure that I would actually have time to eat a sit-down breakfast, as we had left Wareham at almost exactly 7:00am. However, due to light-to-little Sunday morning traffic (and, thankfully, the torrential rains of Summer were holding off) all the way to the airport, I was dropped off (Thanks, Kerry! Another successful "Pick-up & Drop-off" completed!) with more than ample time for breakfast (and even breakfastary dessert, too). I am not quite sure of the status of this last remaining location of the Jerry Remy'sSports Bar & Grill franchise. I do know that the two other freestanding locations ~ one in Boston (right next to Fenway Park) and one in Jerry's birth-town of Fall River ~ have closed permanently due to financial problems (the one in Boston closed back in 2016 and the one in Fall River just closed earlier this year in May). It happens to the best of them, I suppose. Even Sam "Mayday" Malone could not save the Bull & Finch Pub from going out of business. If this restaurant is still in business the next time that I am heading home through Boston, there were a couple of other ideas that I would possibly like to check out: Brioche French Toast ~ made with thick cut brioche, served with pure maple syrup ('cause that un-pure stuff just ain't worth serving), add seasonal berries for only $1.00 (which is probably the way I would go); or Florentine Benedict ~ poached eggs, tomatoes and spinach on an English muffin topped with Hollandaise sauce, served with home fries. I also noticed on their menu that they "Proudly Serve" Peet's Coffee & Tea[2]House Blend Coffee. I probably mighta went with a cuppa that if I had not already been thinking on getting me the cuppa Dunkin'Donuts®Original Blend.
I was a bit disappointed that the serving dishes were not in the shape of Home Plate (or at least Second Base, What?). Tableware notwithstanding, this was a pretty decent omelette (as far as airport food standards go), but nothing quite gather-worthy. I liked that they actually grilled the toast and that the homefries were made with red potatoes with green bell peppers and onions in them. Jerry Remy'sSports Bar & Grill offered for condimentary supplementation both Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce) and Huy Fong Foods Inc.Sriracha HOT Chili Sauce. I just used some (well, about as much as a normal person would use ketchup) Sriracha on the homefries. D'oh! I just thought of this after-the-fact. I shoulda ordered some of their pancakes for breakfast so I coulda shouted: "BATTER'S UP!!!" Glen BaconScale Rating: Veggie Omelet ~ 6.3; Dunkin'Donuts®Original Blend ~ 6.4; Dunkin'Donuts®Boston Kreme ~ 5.9 (surprisingly, as much as I love these doughnuts, and make sure to get at least one during my trips back eastward, Clint [and this trip I actually had them three times], they are just wayyyy too sweet, but they are still iconically Boston to me); Boston Red Sox ~ 73-33 (current record; for which, I fully expect them to finish the Season at 130-33 ~ GO RED SOX!!!) ___________________
1. Gerald Peter Remy (aka "Jerry" aka "Rem Dawg") had a decent-enough 10-year MLB career as a Second Basemen. Playing his first three years with the (then still) California Ångels and his final seven years of his career with his hometown Boston Red Sox. I am not sure what he is doing now-a-days... http://m.mlb.com/player/121064/jerry-remy 2. This is how the coffeehouse chain is printed on the menu; however, they have changed their name corporately to just Peet's Coffee® now. Sadly, they are no longer a locally (as in Berkeley, CA)-owned Coffee roaster, anyway. The company had been purchased in 2012 by the same Coffee robber-barons that now own (wholly or portionally) Caribou Coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, and even those Keurig Green Mountian people. So, they are not really much better now than the bastages at St*rbucks. Peet's Coffee® used to be my go-to local place for Coffee, but I have been cutting back on going-to there lately. Do not get me wrong, I do not have a problem with a company being successful due to free enterprise (ain't that what 'merica was born on on July 4th, 1776?). I just prefer to support as many smaller, local businesses as I can. https://www.jabholco.com/
Airport Breakfastary Food - Part V San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (Saturday, 07/14/2018) https://www.flysfo.com/content/potrero-grill Place: PoTRERO GRiLL Location: International Terminal, Main Hall Food Court (near Boarding Area G), SFO Hours: open daily at 6:00am Meal: Garden Omelet~ zucchini, bell peppers (red, green, & yellow), mushrooms, onions, served with toast & potatoes; and a medium cuppa Jamaica Blue Mountain from Roasting Plant Coffee https://roastingplant.com/ An army may travel best on its stomach, but I much prefer travelling in an airplane. (And what kinda silly army marches along like a worm, anyway?) As such, on my most recent trip back to Massachusetts (and Cape Cod and the like), I had to pass through San Francisco International Airport once again. My initial intent was to eat at Samovar® (see previous 'blog-entry from Sunday, July 1st, 2018). However, I rudely found out after heading all the way over to the International Terminal, Main Hall Food Court (via AirTrain from Terminal 2) that they do not open for breakfast until... well, according to their web-site, they may not even be open for breakfast or lunch or dinner without a reservation. A reservation for an airport food-joint? Really?! Anyway, as long as I was already in the International Terminal, Main Hall Food Court, I decided to make do with whatever else might be open before 7:00am. Luckily, that whatever else was PoTRERO GRiLL and they were open and serving breakfast... without any reservations! I had specifically gone to this food court because the choices are normally better and offer more from which to choose than at the other terminals. I even made sure to get to the airport two hours early to make sure I had enough time to get there and have a decent breakfast before the six hour non-stop plane-ride.
This turned out to be a pretty simple ~ but surprisingly good (for airport grub-fare) ~ omelette. All of the "garden" vegetables were grilled before putting them inside the omelette. I went with whole wheat as my toast choice. Once again I was mysteriously served three halves of toast. I do not know why, though. The potatoes were of the homefries variety and were also very good. These were also made with bell peppers (red, green, & yellow) and onions in them. For condimentary supplementation, PoTRERO GRiLLoffered Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce) and two different brands of Sriracha hot sauces: Huy Fong Foods Inc. (in squeeze-bottles) and Shing Kee® (in single use packets). I singularly used three packets of the Shing Kee® on the homefries. (not so) Strange Coffee Interlude The major discovery at the International Terminal, Main Hall Food Court was a new(-ish?) Coffee joint called Roasting Plant Coffee. Not only do they make every cuppa fresh-ground for you, they have some very excellent varieties from which to choose. For only $2.00 more per cuppa, they even offer a Jamaica Blue Mountain (and if you know how much a standard pound of this stuff goes for, $2.00 extra per cuppa is a great bargain). Now this particular blend/roast may not have been as tasty as what Bettys sells, but it was far superior to most other Coffees which you might find at your local coffeehouse (especially if your local coffeehouse starts with an "S" and ends with "ucks"). So this more than made up for not making reservations for tea... Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Garden Omelet~ 6.3 (this is factoring in their very good homefries); Roasting Plant Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain ~ 7.7
http://www.istanbul-lu.com/ Place: Instanbul'lu Location: 237 Holland Street, Somerville, MA Hours: open Saturday and Sunday at 9:00am for "Brunch" (their web-site states 8:00am, but that is incorrect; we arrived a little before 9:00am and they were just setting up for the morning) Meal(s): (me) Menemem... very popular Turkish style omelet with tomatoes, onions, red bell peppers, green peppers, cooked with Beyaz Peynir[1] and spices; (Kerry) Laz Pancakes... very old traditional Black Sea region style... milk and flour based pancakes, topped with Turkish honey, recel[2], and Beyaz Paynir [ sic ], with scrambled eggs; and to drink (both me and Kerry) Turkish tea
(Now it's Istanbul'lu, not Constantinople'lu... that's nobody's business but the Turks.) A nice tradition when heading home from Back-East is to stop for breakfast before being dropped off at General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport. Because Somerville[3] is just down the road from Hahvahd University, my brother Kerry was aware of a good Turkish breakfast/"Brunch" joint in Teele Square[4]. He had never eaten there before and I became his Gine domuz for the morning. Teele Square turned out to be a very cool area for a variety of restaurants; however, not too many breakfast spots. Just to be fair, we decided to pay for each other's meal that morning. As luck would have it, Kerry's meal was $1.25 more than mine... so, I made him leave the tip. There were several other interesting-sounding dishes that we could have ordered, too: Ispanakli ("Spinach") cilbir ("poached eggs")... cilbir served with sautéed onions and fresh spinach, topped with garlic, pull biber (as best as I can figure ~ some kinda peppers); Pelita...this dish is very popular in chef's village which in in Rize, Kalkandere region, tomato sauce mixed with eggs and Beyaz Peynir (I wonder if this is similar in any way to the Arabic/Mediterranean dish Shakshuka); or Firinda ("In the oven") kahvaltilik ("breakfast")... tomatoes, red bell peppers, green peppers, cooked with Turkish bread and Kasar Peynir (probably a cheese similar to Kasseri?), baked in the oven (I have no idea exactly what this might come out to be, but it sounded good to me).
I have had Menemen a few times before for breakfast. Menemem, like tiramisù or a good mole sauce, can be different from restaurant to restaurant. I liked this version a lot. I think the "green peppers" in it were a mild Hungarian pepper or something like that. I also like that there was a good amount of dried sumac on top, too. The Laz Pancakes were similar to fried dough (Kerry thought them to be a little on the Greece-y side, but I told him this was a Turkish place and that would have been anathema to Turks). The recel turned out to be a nice chunky black cherry compote on top of the pancakes. I liked the combination of the Beyaz Peynir and cherry compote; it was sort of a salty-sweet topping for the pancakes. I didn't even bother to ask what they might have had to offer in the way of any condimentary supplementation. The food was plenty tasty without any added hot sauces.
Breakfastary Dessert at General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Not that I was really that hungry still, but I had been shut-out all week from having any Dunkin' Donuts® products while on vacation in Wareham (there are only four shops in town). So I made sure to get me one Boston Kreme (without sprinkles, thank you) and a medium cuppa their Original Blend ~ black,no sugar. (I learned the hard way to never ask for a "Regular Coffee" in Massachusetts. That does not mean it comes in a regular or medium-sized cup; it means that it already has added cream and two sugars.) https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en Up next: (World) Famous Cliff House Popovers(!) at the Bistro Restaurant at Cliff House Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Menemem ~ 7.0; Laz Pancakes ~ 6.5; Dunkin' Donuts®Boston Kreme ~ 6.1; Dunkin' Donuts® Original Blend ~ 6.3 ___________________
1. Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day, bir numara: "Beyaz Peynir" is Turkish for Feta cheese. The two words separately translate directly as "white" and "cheese". (Note: They mispelded this as "Paynir" in the Laz Pancakes description.) Subset stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day: The word for "cheese" in Hindi is also "पनीर" ("paneer"). So there may be a linguistic correlation there somewhere. 2. Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day, iki numaralı: "Recel" in Turkish means "jam/preserves". 3. http://www.somervillema.gov/ 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teele_Square
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (Friday, 05/19/2017)
http://www.gordonbiersch.com/ http://www.flysfo.com/content/gordon-biersch Place: Gordon BierschBrewery Restaurant Location: Terminal 3 (near Gate 74), SFO Hours: daily, 5:00am for breakfast (well, that is according to the official information posted on the Fly SFO web-site, but I know for a fact that they were not open until a little after 6:00am [per the sign at the door and per me being the first idiot in there for the morning]) Meal: Veggie Omelet ~ sautéed mushrooms, spinach, goat cheese, breakfast potatoes and sourdough toast; a tall, cold glassa Maibock[1], which was their Seasonal Selection; and beforehand (while wandering around waiting for the place to finally open) a medium-size cuppa Peet's CoffeeSumatra http://www.peets.com/coffee/by-region/coffee-shop-by-category-indo-pacific/sumatra.html
("Beer for Breakfast, Brian? D'ja think ya were livin' back in Germany or sumthin'?!" Hey! It was after Noon... somewhere... in the middle of the Atlantic, probably. Plus, the barkeep assured me that there is more Vitamin C in a glassa Beer than your standard glassa orange juice[2]... or, perhaps, I misheard him, but still... )
(If you need a hint at today's EweToobular juxtaselection, I have it on good authority that Air Traffic Controller are huge fans of die deutschen Frühlingsbiere.) Travelling Back-East last week for a vacation, I had to get up extra early to get to SFO to have breakfast before heading to Boston. The main choices for sit-down sorta joints for (a very early morning) breakfast at Terminal 3 are limited. I was originally thinking about going to Y*nkee Pier® (which was actually open at 5:00am as stated), but as a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan, I really didn't want to patronise a place with that kinda name. (I actually did like the sound of their Greek Scramble [eggs scrambled with spinach, mushrooms, red onion, Feta, & tapenade]. Maybe next time.) http://www.y*nkeepier.com/ (Okay, you may actually have to add the "a" in place of the "*" in the above link to get it to work.) Otherwise, Gordon BierschBrewery Restaurant only had a couple of other entries for stupid vegetarians. I could have ordered either their French Toast (thick sliced brioche French toast, choice of strawberry, banana/coconut, or blueberry topping) or Breakfast Burrito (scrambled eggs, Cheddar cheese, and bacon [of course, it is a forgone conclusion that I would have forewent the dead, decaying porky stuff] wrapped in a flour tortilla; served with a side of salsa and seasoned breakfast potatoes).
Abhorrent name of the meal aside, this was a decent enough entry for "airport food" (which is not exactly high praise; this is like being called "prettier than any of the Golden Girls"). This had a good amount of sautéed (baby?) spinach in it at least and I liked their version of homefries. I would have liked a bit more goat cheese in it, though. The glassa Beer was a pretty large one for that early in the morning. Sadly, I only drank about 3/4 of it. That is still 75% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of Vitamin C, right?! (Overheard from a stupid patron: "Do you sell Bud Light?" I kid you not. Even if they do sell other Beers [they offer a few national brands in bottles], what kinda idjit orders a Bud Light at a brew-pub?! And who would order one for breakfast, anyway?!) The only thing that I saw available for condimentary supplementation was Tabasco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce). I really didn't feel like using any of that, so I skipped any extra additional flavour for a change. NFL (with a San Francisco 49ers connection, too) Strange Interlude Retired NFL Head Coach Mike Shanahan[3] was sitting two tables over from me at the restaurant. I didn't even notice him until he started talking to another table of customers that he had overheard saying they were going to Cancún (the one in Mexico) for their honeymoon. He also happened to be heading to Cancún on vacation himself that morning. I made sure to tell him to give his son best wishes for the upcoming NFL Season, too. Up next: Breakfasts in Wareham (the one in Massachusetts, not the much larger market town in Dorset, England). Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Veggie Omelet ~ 6.2; Gordon Biersch Maibock ~ 7.2; Peet's CoffeeSumatra ~ 7.3; San Francisco 49ers ~ 5-11 (if they are very lucky this year) ___________________
1. Per our friendly friends at WikipediA (and mainly because I am just too lazy to look it up elsewhere): "The Maibock* style, also known as Helles Bock or Heller Bock, is a Helles Lager brewed to Bock strength; therefore, still as strong as traditional Bock, but lighter in colour and with more hop presence. It is a fairly recent development compared to other styles of Bock beers, frequently associated with springtime and the month of May. Colour can range from deep gold to light amber with a large, creamy, persistent white head, and moderate to moderately high carbonation, while alcohol content ranges from 6.3% to 7.4% by volume. The flavour is typically less malty than a traditional Bock, and may be drier, hoppier, and more bitter, but still with a relatively low hop flavour, with a mild spicy or peppery quality from the hops, increased carbonation and alcohol content." *(Stupid, useless cunning linguist pointer of the day: "Maibock" translates from German as "May Billy Goat".) 2. Here's a little-known Cliff Clavinistic fact: Potatoes are high in Vitamin C. That is not a joke. Potatoes actually possess about a third as much Vitamin C as an orange does. If you don't believe me, just check out the back of a bagga potato chips sometime. However, I really don't think that there is any market in the near future for a glassa potato juice (with or without pulp) with breakfast. 3. If you really need to ask, you probably should stop watching Football altogether, but here is a link, anyway: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShanMi0.htm
