Just For You bakery & cafe

https://www.justforyoucafe.com/


Place: Just For You bakery & cafe

Location: 732 22nd Street 
(between 3rd and Tennessee Streets)

Hours: open Monday-Friday at 7:30am, 
Saturday-Sunday at 8:00am for "Brunch" 

Meal: Greek Scramble ~ 3 eggs with Feta cheese, onions, spinach, tomato, and Kalamata olives, served with choice of bread (a HUGE chunka cornbread was my choice this morning) and choice of sides (the chosen side was homefries); and, to drink, a cuppa (and one refilla ~ they kept offering me more, but I did not want to be awake all day) good N'Arlins-style Community Coffee® with roasted chicory

https://www.communitycoffee.com/products/coffee/32-oz-ground-coffee-and-chicory

(These two old guys do a pretty decent cover of Them's original Garage Rock classic.)

("Hey, Brian, just who the h*ck was that guy that introduced Laura Brannigan?"... Shirley, you must be joking. 

"And, Brian, what is up with the dazzling duo of 'Gloria' songs?"... Well, as far as I know, there are not any EweToobular juxtaselections between Greek Scrambles and anyone named "Gloria". I just happened to be listening to a CD of Blues Traveler live performances [Thanks, Greg!] to and from the restaurant this morning and ol' Pop-man done sang that Them version of "Gloria" hisd*mnself. Of course, there is always the possibility that Sir George Ivan and/or little Johnnie Hooker are fans of Hellenic egg dishes, too.)


I say this every time that I go to Just For You bakery & cafe (see last 'blog-entry from Sunday, April 1st. 2018... no foolin') for breakfast, if it was not all the way cross-town, it would easily be in my Breakfastary Starting Rotation. (And, yes, while the restaurant is still in the same city in which I live, even early on a Saturday morning with no real traffic of which to speak, it still took me about a half-hour to forty minutes drive over there.)

Not that there was really anything that I considered ordering, but on the weekends, they offer several items on a separate printed Today's Specials menu. Off which, Today's offerings were:

Blueberry Lemon Mimosa! (They added the explanation point there!) ~ Our 16oz mimosa with fresh blueberry lemon thyme syrup, blueberries & lemon wedge! Ask your server for other flavors! (See, they kinda like them explanation points!);

Corned Beef Hash! (Again, with the explanation point?! Apparently, they do not have Elaine Marie Benes editing their printings!) ~ Homemade (well, bakery & cafe-made) Corned beef hash with peppers, onions & potatoes served with two eggs any style & choice of bread. (Hmmm?! Someone seems to have missed the explanation point at the end of that sentence!);

Chicken Apple Scramble! (I will not even mention the addition of the explanation point here!) ~ Three egg scramble with chicken apple sausage, cherry tomatoes, arugula, mushrooms & blue cheese. Served with home fries or grits, and choice of homemade (again, bakery & cafe-made) bread.

Clam Linguine! (Maybe the exclamation point is standard in Italiano!) ~ A homemade (you know the drill) wine butter sauce with clams, shallots, fresh basil, and tomato over linguine pasta, topped with parmesan cheese. Served with a small green salad.;

and lastly(!)

Pastrami Benedict! (Whatever!) ~ Hot Pastrami, spinach & tomato topped with poached eggs & hollandaise sauce over choice of bread (They do not specify here if it is "homemade" or not!). Served with home fries or grits.(!)

Having already run the gamut (and, I will have you know, that I did it in under 10-minute miles!) of viable st*pid vegetarian-friendly dishes off their standard weekend All-Day "Brunch" menu (which is really pretty extensive), I simple went with a choice that I knew was very good and that I liked a lot. Of course, once again, this was a great meal and a whole lotta food. The portion of homefries was enough to feed two people and the HUGE hunka cornbread was almost too much for me to finish it all (but I did!). If I had one minor quibble with this morning's meal, it was that the scramble-mess was a bit light on both the amount of Feta and Kalamata olives in it.

As has been documented many times in the past (so I am not gonna do so again in the present), Just For You bakery & cafe offers one of the best selections of condimentary supplementation in the city. Oddly enough, even so, I  used some of my own Old St. Augustine Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Greg & Cindy!) on the potatoes and some H*ll's Kitchen Sriracha Chili Hot Sauce (Thanks, Mom!) on the scrambled stuff. I also grinded several grinds of The Spice & Tea Exchange® Pirate's Bite Spice Blend (Thanks, Cindy!) all over everything.


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
Greek Scramble ~ 6.6 (with the sufficient amount of Feta and Kalamata olives, I think that I normally would rate this as 6.7 or 6.8);
Community Coffee® with roasted chicory ~ 6.8

Dottie's True blue café

I hope that I never become superstitious. Knock on wood.

http://dottiestruebluesf.com/


Place: Dottie's True blue café

Location: 28 6th Street 
(on the corner of Stevenson Street)

Hours: open 7:30am (well, still not quite; at least they opened up earlier this morning than they did yesterday... if only five minutes earlier) Thursday through Tuesday

Meal: Three Egg Omelet - Feta, Kalamata Olives, & Spinach ~ with home fries and toast (where I went with their own fresh-baked buttermilk dill bread); and a glassa orange juice to drink


I figured I would just make it into a Breakfastary Starting Rotation Double-Header and simply headed right on back to Dottie's True blue café (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, September 14th, 2019) this morning.

Once again, I sat at "Seat #1" at the dining-counter overlooking their kitchen area. There was a guy from München[1] sitting at the next stool over from me and we got to talking about Deutschland (von München nach Berlin), Biere, and Frühstück in general.[2] 

There was nothing really special about this omelette; it was just a good omelette with the ingredients of my choosing. I did like that it was made with lots of Feta and even more-so spinach, both of which I like in abundance (just not in any Chocolate desserts, Sharon). As always, their homefries were exemplary and also overloading my plate.

Dottie's True blue café condimentary supplements did not change any since yesterday's visit. I used some of my own (just a few dashes... and dots, Samuel) 
Old St. Augustine Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, 
Greg & Cindy!) on top of the omelette, some (a little more; about your standard ketchup-portion) 
H*ll's Kitchen Chipotle Chocolate Hot Sauce 
(Thanks, Mom!) all over the potatoes, and The Spice 
& Tea Exchange® Earthly Delight Spice Blend (Thanks, Cindy!) (several grinds-worth) all over everything.

(not really such a) Strange Coffee Interlude

I purposely skipped any Coffee at breakfast this morning as I was planning on utilising one of the newest Coffees in my arsenal (well, in my refrigerator), TLC Coffee Roasters - John Wayne (Thanks, Cindy & Greg!). When I got home, I prepared me a single cuppa via the pour-over drip-method. I must say that it was not a bad cuppa at all, Pilgrim! I even enjoyed it outta my "retro" (from their original Jones Street location) Dottie's True blue café mug, too. 

https://www.tlccoffeeroasters.com/product-page/john-wayne


the Wild Parrots of San Francisco Interlude

After breakfast, while heading to catch my bus back home, I heard several Wild Parrots in the Union Square area. However, I only saw a solitary pair ("a solitary pair"?) flying overhead at the corner of Powell and O'Farrell Streets (they were probably waiting to hop on one of them "Fr'isco Trolley Cars" that I have heard so much about).


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
Three Egg Omelet ~ 6.5;
TLC Coffee Roasters - John Wayne ~ 7.2;
the Wild Parrots of San Francisco ~ 8.5

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1. And, no, contrary to popular belief, people from München are not called "Munchkins", Dorothy.

2. I am sure that I impressed die H*lle outta him with both of the useless German phrases that I could remember:

"Ich glaube ihre Ente hat die Tollwut."
and
"Brennt meine Nase?"

(If you would like a stupid, useless cunning linguist translation of either of those phrases. You can blame... er... ask one Lowell Skelton. He was the genius that taught both of them to me over thirty-five years ago in some verd*mmte Kneipe off the Kurfürstendamm.)

Y*nkee Pier®

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: Greek Scramble ~ 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 Picante Hot 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:
Greek Scramble ~ 6.5;
Peet's Coffee® Yosemite Dos Sierras ~ 6.8

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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.

Kitchen Story

http://kitchenstorysf.com/


Place: Kitchen Story

Location:  3499 16th Street 
(on the corner of Sanchez Street)

Hours: open daily from 8 a.m.

Meal: Athenian Omelet ~ tomato, mushroom, arugula, Greek olives, mild goat cheese,[1] served with butter croissant and rainbow potato[2] (they actual have this option on their menu: "Add $4.5 for mixed berries instead of potato"; Say wha'....?! ... four-and-a-half bucks for just a buncha chopped up fruit-junk?! No way, especially when their rainbow potato 
are already so good. I can chop up my own d*mn fruit-junk at home myd*mnself!); and a glassa fresh-squeezed orange juice to drink

(I have posted this song by little Davey Alvin before, just not this particular duet-version with the Texas Whippoorwill.)


Ever-continuing-on with the Taylor Street Coffee Shop-family mini-chain tour, I returned once again to Kitchen Story (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, March 30th, 2019). As best as I can figure out, this was their #4 restaurant to open ~ back in November 2012.

Unfortunately, it was way too cold and foggy yet this morning to even think about sitting outside in their spacious sidewalk-patio seating area along Sanchez Street. (This is a very large seating area all on its ownsome. There may be as many, or more, tables/seats outside as there are inside.)


Strange pseudo-Patriotic Interlude

In honour of Independence Day (and to pretend to be a bit patriotic, Mr. George Michael Cohan), I decided to wear an article of clothing from my old 
Air Force uniform. I am very pleased to say that it even still fits like a glove! (And, no, it was not a "pair of gloves", Johnnie Cochran. It may have been foggy and cold this morning, but it was not that cold. [Come to think of it, I do not think that I have even ever worn gloves in all of my Winters in San Francisco.] Well, maybe the article of clothing is just a "belt", but it does still fit... [Okay, to be totally honest, it is one of those stretchy-kinda belts, and I mighta had it stretched to-the-max, but it does still work.]... the buckle is a bit scratched-up, though, and I doubt it would meet 35-10.)


After eating at all of their other restaurants for the past few weeks, I am running outta new ideas for breakfast. However, even at this location there are still a coulpla more other ideas:

Primavera Omelet ~ egg whites, roasted tomato, arugula, mushroom, served with butter croissant and rainbow potato (this same dish is offered at a few of their other locations, too)

or

Grilled "Veggie" Morning Melt ~ mushroom, asparagus, arugula, red onion, avocado, cherry pepper, made with pain de mie bread (and, yes, I am completely aware of the redundant redundancy of "pain" used with "bread" ~ tell it anyone that uses "shiitake mushrooms" in a sentence), cilantro aioli, served with organic salad (I have no idea how exactly this might come as; I am imagining this to be some kinda open faced sandwich perhaps; if I could get a poached egg or two on top of it, it would make it even more breakfastarily-so).

Additionally (and sadly), I did not notice this Eyeopener Cocktail until after I had already ordered my (plain ol' closed-eyes) orange juice: Castro Michelada[3] ~ Thai Lager, Tapatío®, Worcestershire (which would have to be nixed, most likely), salt, lime, tomatoes juices[ sics ], secret spice. I will definitely have to check that drink out on a future visit.

"But... but... but... why would you go and order a Greeky-style omelette at a California-Asian-fusion-kinda-place on the 4th of July, Brian?!" Funny that you should ask that (well, it is only "funny" 'cause I am picturing hearing it said in an Elmer Fudd-ish voice). On this date ~ July 4th, 1979 (that would be forty 
[4-0] years ago today for those of you that are mathematically-impaired) ~ I had first arrived in the land of Greece! (I know! What kinda fool travels on the 4th of  July [or, worse, travels overnight on a plane starting on the 3rd of July to arrive at their destination on Independence Day ]?) So, I thought it more than fitting to order this dish as a bit of historical reminiscence.

As with every other meal I have already had at all of their other locations, this was another very good breakfast. However, just to pick a nit or two... pluses: they use authentic Kalamata olives (and lots of 'em) and some other kinda green olives (not sure of their Greek city of origin, though) abundantly throughout the omelette; minuses: 1) as much as I like me some good ol' "rocket", Bullwinkle, I think that spinach would have been a better Greek-match, and 2) (and this is the biggest of the minuses) they use (I "kid" you not) goat cheese instead of Feta... I... just... have... no... words... sure, the creamy goat cheese does tend to melt better inside an omelette, but it... just... ain't... Feta... How many times must I point this out: "Everything's mo' betta' with Feta!"? (Idunno, perhaps something is lost in the translation from Greek-to-English-to-Korean, or "goat cheese" and "arugula" are synonymous with "Feta" and "spinach" in Korean.) Now, this was neither a "plus" nor a "minus" with me, but it also had lotsa sliced mushrooms (I have no idea if'n they were actual Greek mushrooms or local ones, though) in it ~ so, this would not be a very good dish for the fungi-faint of heart.

For condimentary supplementation, Kitchen Story offered both Tabasco® Brand Pepper Sauce 
(Original Red Sauce and Green Jalapeño Sauce) and Tapatío® Salsa Picante Hot Sauce. I went with some of my own H*ll's Kitchen® Chipotle Chocolate Hot Sauce (Thanks, Mom!) thoroughly all over the rainbow potato and a few splashes (maybe seven or eight) of Old St. Augustine Snake Bite Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Greg & Cindy!) on top of the omelette.

One very interesting thing that I saw on the tables was that they have Coffee beans in their salt shakers(?!?). (At first I thought that they were raisins [Hey! The lighting was poor!] and that really had me wondering why a California-Asian fusion restaurant would be pickling/preserving raisins on their tables.) I had never seen that before. I can only assume that rice must be an extremely valued commodity in Asia and they do not want to waste any to absorb excess moisture in salt shakers...

In keeping with their whole "Story"-theme, the check is presented clipped to a paperback book. My check-book today happened to be Danielle Steel's "Courage"[4] and, better still, it was printed en français!


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
Athenian Omelet ~ 6.6 (now, if this had been made with spinach and Feta, it would easily have been a 
6.8 or 6.9)

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1. Stupid, useless cunning linguists pointer(s) of the day:

Greek-speak for the above ingredients:

tomato = ντομάτα (pronounced just like it looks!)
mushroom = μανιτάρι (pronounced "manitARi")
arugula = ρόκα (pronounced "ROEka")*
Greek olives = Ελληνικές ελιές (pronounced "ElliniKESS eliES")
goat cheese = Αυτό δεν είναι Φέτα! (pronounced "This is not Feta!")

*(This same Greek word "ρόκα" can also be used in the sense of a rocket/missile/cylindrical projectile-thing.

Stupid, useless cunning linguist/pseudo-horticultural pointer of the day sub-set [and this is borrowed directly outta the funny pages of WikipediA]:

The English common name rocket derives from the French roquette, a diminutive of the Latin word eruca, which once designated a particular plant in the family Brassicaceae (probably a type of cabbage). Arugula (/əˈruːɡələ/), the common name now widespread in the United States and Canada, entered American English from a non-standard dialect of Italian. The standard Italian word is rucola, a diminutive of the Latin "eruca". The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first appearance of "arugula" in American English to a 1960 article in The New York Times by food editor and prolific cookbook writer Craig Claiborne.)

2. rainbow potato consists of Chilean purple, Yukon gold, Gemstone red, Russet, and Sweet yam.

3. ¿Qué?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada

4. Personally, I have never felt the urge to read any of Ms. Steel's novels, but, then again, both McDonald's and Budweiser seem to appeal aux grandes masses non lavées, aussi.

"Courage" is the Frenchy-working title for the original 'merican-titled "Leap of Faith". 

https://books.google.com/books/about/Leap_of_Faith.html?id=g06NDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false

Taylor Street Coffee Shop

http://taylor-street-coffee-shop.cafes-city.com/

(Sorry. This is the best that they have to offer in the way of an "official"-type web-site. The "Menu" link is not even operable... yet?)


Place: Taylor Street Coffee Shop

Location: 375 Taylor Street 
(between Ellis and O'Farrell Streets)

Hours: open daily at 7:00am(-ish)

Meal: Morning Salad Combo ~ spring mix (aka "rabbit-food"... I wonder if they will change it to "summer mix" in a few days), (2) poached eggs, 
bacon (Yeah, no! Sorry, Glen.), tomato, (red) grapes, strawberry, Feta cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, served with English muffin, fresh fruit mix, small fresh squeezed OJ and a Coffee or hot tea

(The first EweToobular song is mainly because James was always one of my favourite of the Taylor Brothers [right after Billy D., of course]... and...

Go RED SOX!!!

The second video is just because while I was eating my breakfast this morning the origin of the word [and fabric] "Denim" popped into my head.[1] 
[Ya know, this Derek guy sounds an awful lot like the guy that did those lesser-known covers of J.J. Cale's songs "Cocaine" and "After Midnight" back in the 70's.])


Poifect timing! 

I arrived at Taylor Street Coffee Shop (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, April 21st, 2018) this morning juuuuust a little after 7:00am (let's say 7:02am or 7:03am) mistakingly thinking that the place did not open up until 7:30am and was planning on waiting outside for an half-hour or so until they did open up. However, there were probably nine or ten people already waiting in line ahead of me. With barely time to get my camera out to take the prerequisite 'blog-entry opening photo-shot of the restaurant-of-the-day, they were opening their doors for business for the morning.

Luckily I had arrived when I did, because it filled up very quickly ~ even on a foggy San Francisco kinda late-Spring morn ~ by 7:10am. By the time I was done eating, there was a small line (ten to fifteen people?) of diners waiting to be seated whenever a table became empty.

Having eaten there already several many times, I think that there is just one more item on their menu now that I need to check out ("... out which I need to check"... ?):

Primavera (which they will probably be changing to Estate in a few more days, too) Omelet Combo ~ spinach, roasted tomato and mushroom egg white omelet. Fresh housemade (well... Coffee Shop-made) salsa. Served with English muffin, fresh fruit mix, small fresh squeezed OJ and a Coffee or hot tea.

I was not sure exactly (or even inexactly) what to expect from this dish, but the balsamic vinaigrette seemed to really tie it all together breakfastarily for me... plus, everything's just mo' betta with Feta! At first impression, I was thinking it looked like a lotta d*mn rabbit-food... well, if rabbits ate unhatched poultry ovi, too. All in all (and all for one! [well, all for me!]), this was a very simple, but nice and filling, meal for silly rabbit-types.

I was initially thinking of also ordering a side of their hashbrowns upgraded with habanero infused onions, but I am glad that I did not. I would not have been able to finish everything if I had.

I had opted for a large fresh-squeezed orange juice to drink and skipped the Coffee or tea (however, they did feel the need to charge me extra for the difference between the "small" to "large" orange juice, but did not feel the need to comp me for the no-Coffee/tea).

Today's fresh fruit mix included: kiwi (botanically a berry, of course); cantaloupe (also botanically a berry); honeydew melon (ditto on the "also botanically a berry"); strawberries (however, not-a-botanical berry); (red) grapes (another botanical berry); blackberries (sorry, but if you thought this one was also a "botanical berry"... you lose!); blueberries (okay, this one is a botanical berry); orange slices (guess what?! this is also a botanical berry); banana slices (ha! another botanical berry); and apple slices (neither a berry botanically, nor even an aggregate fruit or an accessory fruit).

As far as condimentary supplementation goes, 
Taylor Street Coffee Shop had Tabasco® Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce and Green Pepper Sauce) and  Tapatío® Salsa Picante Hot Sauce. 
I went with some of my own H*ll's Kitchen Smoky Bourbon Hot Sauce (Thanks, Mom!) on top of both poached eggs ~ it actually complemented nicely both the egg yolks and the balsamic vinaigrette.


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
Morning Salad Combo ~ 6.5

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1. Many years ago (and by "many", I mean over thirty years ago now) I dated a woman that had once lived in Nîmes, France. (Man, she must be old now!) She told me that the local men had nicknamed her "Balcon" ~ a reference to her rather nicely protruding pectoral area. (Now, this was not the reason I dated her... well... not the only reason I dated her.) Anyway, she told me where the word "denim" had originated. It comes from the French phrase "serge de Nîmes", simply meaning "serge of Nîmes". (See, sometimes this cunning linguistic stuff ain't always chirurgie de roquette.)

Plus, here is an extra-added little-known Cliff Clavinistic fact: 
The word "blue jeans" came from Levi Strauss' younger brother, who was named "Eugene". Originally, the term was known as "blue Genes". Levi wanted to throw the poor guy a bone after cashing in on the textile and clothing trade himself.*

*(Nah! That second paragraph was just a joke to see if you are paying attention... or are even still reading this far down into the 'blog-thing.

Actually, the contemporary use of the word "jeans" probably comes from the French word for Genoa, Italy: Gênes. Even David Robert Jones and Mr. Peterson [Norm!] would agree with this etymology.)

Dottie's True blue café

http://dottiestruebluesf.com/


Place: Dottie's True blue café

Location: 28 6th Street 
(on the corner of Stevenson Street)

Hours: open 7:30am Thursday through Tuesday

Meal: Avocado, Tomato, Jalapeño, Corn, Scallion & Feta Frittata ~ served with toast (where I upgraded and went with a chunk of their grilled chili-Cheddar cornbread with jalapeño jelly) and potatoes (that would be of the homefried variety); and, to drink, a glassa orange juice

(There is no EweToobular juxtaselection [well, none of which I am aware] for these two songs, I just happen to really enjoy the music of Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE. The first song is not only my favourite song of hers, it is also one of my All-Time Favourite Rock-and/or-Roll[-ish] Songs of All-Time.)


Because I could and because I can, I headed back over to Dottie's True blue café (see previous 'blog-entry from Saturday, January 12th, 2019) again for breakfast this morning.

Even before seeing what was listed this weekend, I pretty much had my mind set on ordering whichever Frittata was offered on their specials chalkboard (the combination of items in today's frittata was the same as I have had a few times before). However, there were a few other items off (on?) the specials chalkboard that I coulda gone with (for?), too, ferinstance:

Caramelized Onion, Gruyère, Sweet Potato Tart ~ with two eggs any style and fruit;

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese 
Stuff[ sic ] French Toast;

or

Peach Blueberry French Toast.

Additionally, I have been known to make a meal outta one of their fresh-baked goods by adding a coupla eggs on the side to ovoid out the meal. The baked goods are truly that large that they can comprise mostly a halfa meal. Today's choices offered some that I have not sampled yet:

Sweet Potato Caramel Muffin (this one intrigued me the most, and I really shoulda taken one of these to go home with me for later in the day!); 

Coconut Choco Chips Muffin;

Lemon Blueberry Custard Cake;

or

Peach Blueberry Cobbler Roll.

What can I really say about this meal? It was simply un stile italiano omelette with a buncha ingredients that I like... plus Feta! So, of course, I liked it.

The cornbread-upgrade was a very wise decision (which I knew it would be). Not only is their cornbread top-notch, but the small ramekin of jalapeño jelly that comes with it is pretty d*rn tasty all on its ownsome. I made sure to use up the entire contents.

Even though I was well-aware that Dottie's True blue café offers a diverse array of their own condimentary supplementation, once again, I just used a little of my own Old St. Augustine Snake Bite Datil Pepper Sauce (Thanks, Cindy & Greg!) on the frittata and some H*ll's Kitchen® Whiskey Habanero Hot Sauce (Thanks, Mom!) on the potatoes. I also made sure to use several grinds/twists of my portable grains of paradise[1] grinder on top of both the frittata and the potatoes.


the Wild Parrots of San Francisco Interlude

While waiting in line before the doors opened, I saw a small pandemonium of seven of the feather-brained chatterboxes flying overhead heading south past Mission Street.


Glen Bacon Scale Rating:
Frittata ~ 6.7;
the Wild Parrots of San Francisco ~ 8.5

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1. http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl/Afra_mel.html

Straight outta the mouths/pages of WikipediA:

Aframomum melegueta is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, and closely related to cardamom. Its seeds are used as a spice (ground or whole), and commonly known as grains of paradise, melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Guinea grains, ossame, or fom wisa; it imparts a pungent, black-pepper-like flavour with hints of citrus.