Rob and I started out the morning right with breakfast at our favorite restaurant downtown: Tally's Silver Spoon. My usual order alternates between the mini breakfast with an extra egg, or the eggs Benedict, depending how hungry I am. I'm a huge fan of their eggs Benedict, largely because I'm too lazy to make hollandaise myself. Rob was brave and tried the crepes with scrambled eggs and ham. (His usual is the two egg breakfast with an extra egg.) While they were probably tasty (he didn't share!), it wasn't quite enough food for him. Meanwhile, my eggs Benedict addiction left me stuffed.
Speaking of breakfast, I would like to call attention to Tally's coffee. I don't know what they do to it, or where it comes from, but this stuff is the best cafe coffee I think I have ever consumed. Seriously, it's so good and tasty, you'd think it contained MSG. Hmm... maybe it does? Nah...
One more commercial for Tally's while I'm at it. They've recently undergone a change in ownership, and the new chef is a young stud from Le Cordon Bleu in Portland. I am a terrible person and still haven't gone there for dinner... BUT the weekend brunch designed by the chef is AMAZING. I've had pork cassoulet topped with a runny egg and foie gras. (A meal I wish I could preserve in memory for all time, it was that good.) I've had a savory waffle topped with mussels, salmon and shrimp with a runny egg, roasted red pepper coulee, and some other delicious sauce I can't name but I can guarantee it contained butter.... If you don't make it to Tally's for dinner, at least try their weekend brunch!
For lunch, Rob and I stopped at the Miner's Shack for chili and a salad. I ate veggies and skipped the chili, in anticipation of happy hour beers and food.
I was in the middle of some frustrating work at school when 5:00 happily rolled around. Lori and I went out for happy hour at Minerva's. We ordered a couple of Fat Tires, honey BBQ wings and pizzas. Minerva's makes a thin crust pizza that is quite delicious. Lori tried the chicken cordon bleu pizza and I got one of my favorites, the LaBella. I stole a piece of Lori's pizza and it was quite tasty - chicken, ham, cheese and breadcrumbs with a white sauce. I still prefer pizzas with marinara sauce and dug into the LaBella - pepperoni, portobella mushrooms and sausage. As usual, the conversation was great. (I'm really going to miss her when she gets the job at Sandia.)
My delicious foodie day was concluded with an equally delicious nap on the futon at my place. And, I'm currently hatching a lunch plan of pasta salad and leftover chicken (from the bentos on Monday)....
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