Time to EAT!

Curbside Cafe is a very small and quaint little place located on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, Ca. And when I say small I mean small.  A few friends of mine and I got their around 11:30 am for a late breakfast craving some eggs! We sit down and I can see that the other guests have nice tall glasses of what looks like fresh squeezed orange juice, which I do not see often at restaurants. And when it is offered I ALWAYS order a large glass because to me there is nothing better than a great glass of sweet pulpy goodness in the morning. I flag the waiter as soon as I see this tantalizing spectacle, but something unfortunate happens that I did not anticipate: they were OUT! “Out of orange juice??” I asked myself. At 11:30 am on a sunday morning? Come on! So Imoved on and I chose a glass of water, which was actually a great glass of water. I ordered the Huevos Rancheros for my dish, and I would have to say I would give B+/A- if I were to grade it. They give you two eggs any style (I chose poached) on top a quesadilla, which I thought to be quite innovative. Another twist was that instead of just simply putting pico de gallo on the eggs they make a homemade ranchero sauce. The dish is also served with black beans and an insufficient amount of breakfast potatoes, but I might feel that way because I am used to going to Anne’s Kitchen in Berkeley where they are truly generous with the potatoes. The meal was great, but I would not say brilliant. On the other hand my friend ordered the omelette filled with spinach, scallions, and ricotta cheese (the dish I wish I chose). As you can see in the picture, this omelette was beautiful. Perfectly cooked eggs. They were light, fluffy, creamy eggs hugging a delicious center. I would have never thought to put ricotta cheese in an omelette, but it makes so much sense. Ricotta cheese is air and creamy, factors that seem to be such an obvious ingredient to be pared with eggs. My other friend ordered the avocado omelette which was good, but a very small portion. And she was not in the mood for the rich hollandaise sauce so she got it without it. I am not sure how to fully make an evaluation on this dish, because the sauce is such a key component in judging a benedict, for if the sauce is bad the dish is bad. I’m not totally sure if I would return to Curbside Cafe, but I did enjoy my time there.

Live to eat!