Friday Food 11-22-19

Tonight I have food yearnings!  Unfortunately they must be unfulfilled as Haven no longer serves the lamb burger. 

But if I could have a perfect dinner tonight......

This is the wonderful lamb burger with my fingerprint in the bun.  I started to cut it and remembered to take a picture. 

The burger is topped with sprouts and their "secret" sauce. 

Fabulous fries which are cut in house without any sulfites added.  The house-made catsup is also fabulous, but I found out it has cinnamon in it, which doesn't bother me, but does bother some close friends.  Diner beware!

For dessert I would have some olallieberry pie which I eat when I go to Pacific Grove, CA.  It is sometimes available at the Red House and also, sometimes, at the local grocery. 

Nice flaky crust and chockful of olallieberries. 

Along with the pie, a nice strong latte.  This one was at Jeannine's in Montecito, CA.  Forget the cookies, they were very tasty, but not with olallieberry pie! 

Instead for dinner I had canned chicken noodle soup (low sodium) from Progresso.  It is okay, but not my dream dinner. 

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Friday Food 02-01-19

Before I do the food I want to tell you that I finished quilting the quilt.  Enough to take a picture as required for today's deadline.  However, no binding, no label, and no sleeve.  Need to do those right away before the 'turning in the quilt' deadline arrives!   This quilt "Winter in the City", along with "Birds in the City" will hang at Visions Art Museum in San Diego as part of an exhibit by the group Art Stream.  The exhibit starts in early April and the sixteen quilts will hang in the Valya Gallery.  

When we ordered the grilled cheese sandwich we didn't realize we would get a complete meal.  There as a cup of delicious tomato/basil soup, the two halves of the grilled cheese, and a chocolate chip cookie.  Just what we needed to strengthen us for the 2+ hours home. 

Jeannine's in Montecito is very small and has outside and inside seating.  There is a double row of tables for two along one side and the other side is a luscious bakery case, the cash register and in the back the kitchen.  Very compact.  

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Traveling home from Los Osos 01-29-19

Liz and I stopped at Jeannine's in Montecito for a late lunch.  I'll try to show pictures on Friday Food, though I did photograph several meals on this trip.  I had a latte with my lunch and the heart shaped cookies were our dessert, although when our plates were served we discovered that a chocolate chip cookie was included with each.  All was very tasty.  I do like Jeannine's and always think I will try the one in Santa Barbara, but this one in Montecito is so comfortable and familiar.  I am a Starbuck's fan, but I think this latte was equal to any I have had at Starbuck's.  And the cup includes a little message inside. 

The drive today was a little longer because we made three lengthy stops.  One at the fabulous Ace hardware store in Los Osos where we could easily have spent hours, one at Creation Station in Buellton which has lovely fabrics, all kinds of clever patterns and doodads, and the best bathroom for miles around and finally the stop at Jeannine's.  

It was mostly cloudy and foggy, but the sun came out for short periods and there was no wind - lovely. 

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Wordless Wednesday 05-24-16

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Latte "painting" for lunch. 09-21-13

I left home yesterday and drove up Hwy 101 along the coast to San Luis Obispo  colloquially known as SLO.   On the way I stopped at a favorite restaurant that I seldom visit  - Jeannine's in Montecito.  There is a sister restaurant in Santa Barbara, but I have never tried it - Montecito comes before Santa Barbara and I am usually starving, just from thinking about the food.  It is a tiny place and very popular with the locals.  There has always been a charming plant nursery next door and I was sad to see that it is gone and construction has started on a building in its place. 

One of the joys of Jeannine's is the fabulous lattes (Peet's coffee) which are also amazing art.  Isn't this bear a delight?  He is the most complicated "latte painting" I have seen.  I still don't understand how the baristas make them.

 
This angle shows the thick top layer which has to be part of the "trick" to make the image last so long.

Notice that the handle of the cup is lined up with the image in such a way that when one drinks they are eye to eye with the bear and also lip to lip. 

 

 My drinking distorted the bear and ultimately turned it into a......
 

 
..... PIG!

Just as eating this huge omelet filled with fresh tomatoes and cheese and topped with a perfect avocado, along with fried white and blue potatoes, turned me into a PIG! 

 

After I waddled back to the car I continued north and spent the night at HIE in SLO.  The residents seem to have a sense of humor about the name - this morning I saw them setting up for the "SLO Turtle and Reptile Club" show at the Veteran's Hall.   How many towns have such an organization - fast or SLO? 

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