Breakfasts in Baltimore
Finally, part 3 of this serie. You can find the other two parts below:
I spent four nights in Baltimore, which translates into four breakfasts. I would have counted the one I had in YVR but it was just a scone from Starbucks. Not really worth talking about it… Anyway, since I was in a constant rush, I could only stop in places nearby and something that would have been prepared in a couple of minutes. At the same time, I wanted to avoid MickeyD’s… So, I ended up going to these places:
- Big Apple Tree Cafe
- Au Bon Pain
- Rosina Gourment
- Fomaggio, a small cafe/bar in Baltimore Washington International Airport
Day one, Big Apple Tree Cafe.
Can somebody tell me if there is a reason why Korean owned diners have “apple” or “tree” as part of the name? Back in my old workplace in Richmond (No 6 Road), there was Apple Tree Cafe and Sandwich Tree…
The interesting part of this place is how you could get your food, either by weight or from the menu. By weight, it would have been $4.99/pound. The hot items (for lunch, I assume), was $5.99/pound.
I ended up ordering from the menu: two eggs, slices of ham, potato hash and toast.
I had orange juice to go along. The whole meal was around $6.
Day two was Au Bon Pain.
The name might be funny but “pain” is bread in French…
I had something more simple that day, a bowl of oatmeal. Toppings (from brown sugar, cranberries, raisins, almonds, etc.) were free - I had cranberries. It was a bit more plain that what I was expecting.
To go along, I had two hard eggs.
This place might not look busy (it was just 8:00 a.m.) but, the previous day, when I had lunch there, it was quite hectic. Their sandwiches were quite good, as they were made to order, and some interesting ingredients. For example, for lunch on the previous day, I had a goat cheese sandwich and it was excellent.
Day three was Rosina Gourmet.
Again, it was around 8:00 a.m. so it was somewhat empty.
I had a canadian bacon, cheese and egg sandwich in a muffin ($4). In a way, it was similar to an Egg McMuffin.
To go along, orange juice.
This was written inside the bottle cap. Not sure what to make about it…
Just as with Au Bon Pain, the breakfast I had there was not representative of their menu. When I had lunch there the previous day, I had a really good sandwich. In fact, eat them in, during lunch, your sandwiches are served with some pasta with pesto.
Finally, in my last day, I had breakfast in the airport, as I wanted to be sure I would be there on time (My flight’s depature time was 9:30 a.m., but I was not sure of how busy traffic would have been not to mention security measures). My opinion about eateries in airports are not that good. With the exception of chains, to me they are expensive and serving dubious food. In a way, I think we are lucky to have Tim Horton’s in our airports… Anyway, this is the place I had my breakfast:
Nice looking? Yes, but make your judgement after taking a look at what they have available for breakfast…
According to the menu, it was sausage and bacon sandwich in ciabatta. It is pretty obvious that is not a ciabatta but I was not in mood of arguing. It costs $4.
Just to let you know, I am OK with juice but given milk vs. juice in an unknown place, I will go for juice.
Overall, all the breakfasts I had in Baltimore were decent. Now, I must admit I did not do that must research about places to have an early meal because, again, I was expected to be on time to start work. Also, did not want to have breakfast at the hotel itself (too expensive and not worth it). Finally, for the next couple of days, I will be blogging on my dinners in Baltimore. No lunch, though, as I was having that meal with some of the people I was working with and did not want to explain why I was taking pictures of the food… Enjoy!
