bagel with cream cheese
coffee
banana chunks

gorgeous!
but it is a local chain - I think they still have more than 1 location. I still don’t fully comprehend what SBUX actually kept after buying and then selling it for less money. I once saw the founder/seller/owner Pascal at the west portal location (which later became a Lemonade) - he was helping a staffer with the citizenship test. Super sweet to see. I’ve been enjoying this chain for almost 20 years and still have to point out the original Pine Street location to my family.

I was at Trader Joe's this morning, and tempted by the Chile Verde Chicken Enchiladas, but ultimately decided I might eat the whole thing in one sitting, so I got the Spicy Posole Verde and a Southwest Salad instead. Not bad...

pb&j on tartine bread

lol that’s what I bought today, to make (reheat) for tonight’s supper. I intentionally had a tiny luncheon so that I can have this.

I went back to TJs this afternoon, and picked up a couple packs of enchiladas, a couple containers of chili, shredded mexican cheese, chips, guac, salsa, and a 6-pack of the Joseph Brau Pilsner (b/c I think TJ brand Mexican Beer is undrinkable).

Family feast night!

omg super fun! Did you have the chicken enchiladas?? So yummy.

Breakfast this morning (1/8) enough to feed a family:
Top plate: Thai omelette, bacon, potatoes, broccoli, fried garlic, cilantro, chili, and croissant
Bottom plate: grilled chicken, sticky rice, and Chiang Mai style sauce
Salad with blue cheese and vinegar
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gorgeous! I still feel challenged about having rice and chicken for breakfast. Reminds me of seeing a guy with eggs and French fries for breakfast in New York - maybe with a steak? The fries looked weird to me but of course I often had fries (chips) as part of my English breakfast in London in 2003.

My daughter usually have the Western fare of eggs/omelettes, pancakes, waffles, cereal, etc. I figure that I didn't fly half way across the globe and spent 15 days in quarantine to eat stuff I can have at home. Truth to be told, I even veer off the norms when at home ;)

definitely true about adapting to the local culture and cuisine. A big favorite breakfast at home is styled on what I ate in Nuernberg when i went for work and stayed with the same local family for years (they even came to my wedding in Italy). That breakfast included great salamis, which I’m currently not having... but boy that was always so enjoyable. As much as I love dim sum, I’ve not yet cooked it for breakfast for myself. I’m still not one to enjoy Asian dim sum with coffee.

Do you eat home fries or hash browns with breakfast ever? It's just another form of that. I frequently make breakfast burritos that contain normal burrito stuffings but add bacon or sausage as the meat and sub potatoes for rice.

I would love that breakfast. You'd see me dipping the fries into my over-easy eggs!
I do enjoy trying different breakfasts when traveling, especially in Asia. But if I had to pick only one for the rest of my life, health and weight aside, it would probably be a good old "full English breakfast". Second would probably be American Southern-style.

i was about 10 when I saw the guy with the breakfast including fries - but no doubt that I would now enjoy it. I don’t cook much of a fry brunch now and it might be good to reinstate during winter - perhaps hash browns or oven fries instead of fried French fries, and grilled chicken sausage for family and evergood for me.

A banana and orange.

Go banana!

Well , while I only had brioche , iced coconut water & iced latte for a light breakfast along with grapes , persimmon and pineapple , it has been an unusual 10 months or more with no travel & even “ lockdowns “ ..

This translated to normal breakfasts & not the “ full hog “ on cruises or even at AMANs , etc .. which come in courses - waves .. whole fresh coconut , different fresh juices , freshly cut fruits of various climes , salads , possibly dim sum & cjok / porridge , noodles .. , prata , baked eggs & other specialties , etc .
Sometimes the whole works - like English breakfast with cooked cut oats , kippers , breakfast steak , bacon , sausage , mushrooms .. omelette or scrambled eggs ..

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Salted caramel cookies. Great for the teeth!