Incident At Breakfast This Morning
 

As some of you already know on Saturday mornings I like to do something special and treat myself to breakfast at the Howard Johnsons down the street. The establishment does not have the signature blue roof but the facility is still top notch. I have been patronizing this place for over one year.

Well, this morning I felt like ordering an omelet but I was in kind of a hurry because I was going to Del Mar to watch the morning workouts and handicap the horses. It was then I touched on a brilliant idea. I wanted to get the omelet in a tortilla kind of like a breakfast burrito. That way if I was running late I could just throw some money down on the table, grab the burrito, and be off.

I told the waitress what I wanted and she said no problem. A couple of minutes later she comes back and says it is a no go. I say "what the fuck?" and she goes on to explain that the chef won't fill my order. He says he can put the omelet in a burrito but he would not add cucumbers. Everybody knows I like cucumbers because they have a great texture and make a really cool snapping sound when you eat them. The chef didn't think the cucumbers would taste good so he refused my order.

Who is this jackass to tell me what to eat? Needless to say I got really upset. I told the waitress that I was outraged and left without paying for my pineapple juice.

I am done with that place.

That will teach those ungrateful cooks... :mad:

Hojo is messing with your Mojo. Sounds like IHOP just got a new customer.

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I recommend the Startford Court Cafe, which opens early mornings, located on 13th just south of Camino Del Mar.

Dave

P.S. Of course, there's always Kono's at Crystal Pier, but they don't open until 7AM and aren't that close to Del Mar.

Lifes too short...

BTW, the Il Fornaio in Del Mar has a most excellent breakfast menu that you can eat outside with a beautiful view of the ocean (costs a bit more than Hojo but totally worth it).

A little up the road in Encinitas there are some terrific morning food eateries as well.

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you want cucumbers in your omelet???????

wtf, if I was the chef I would've beaten you with the cucumber on the head

that does sound gross to me, but he has no right to refuse your order, not if they offer such materials.....Ive been a cook, a damn good one....and i did eveything i could to make the customer happy....i took pride in how it tasted and how it looked on a plate and in general....i cut all my garnishes fancy....alas....the customers liked it...but not the owners.....hrmmmmmmmm

eh fuck it

Who the fuck puts cucumbers in omelets?!?! :eek7

Never thought I'd see all of those words in that order...

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I eat at Pipes in Cardiff all the time. They never give me any trouble.

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le petit calypso is my spot every morning in Leucadia these days-
either I go therte or I go to the Four Seasons in Aviara
JJ I'd love to meet you for breakfast what are you doing tomorrow?

no shit..

No cucumbers for you... now get the fuck out!

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The omelet nazi?

All I have to say is, if you get upset over cucumber... maybe you need a vacation.

I dont know, Ive seen some chicks get really upset when I pull out my cucumber.

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Just make sure you bring your cucumber.

Yeah.. you should have told them before sticking one in.

Yeah, I've been to Pipes many times during trips down that way...

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I wonder what Chef Ramsey would have done in that situation?

I never realized people go to a Howard Johnson Hotel for breakfast. Then again, I really don't like going out for breakfast... I need to eat something within an hour or so of getting up or my stomach gets pissy.