We met in her neck of the woods...
at Dolci Cafe Italiano, a restaurant she's been to before but not for breakfast. So it was win win for both of us since I had a birthday discount ($5 off $25). Although MFH absolutely hates eggs with a passion, she got the Belgian waffle with berries. I ordered the American breakfast (yes, I'm so predictable, but it has EVERYTHING I like!). For coffee, I ordered a double espresso while MFH got a latte.
My double espresso after I added cream and sugar. It was pretty potent, like gasoline fuel potent but I liked it. No sparkling water chaser here though, ha ha.
Our breakfast entrees:
Looks good eh! Maybe I should get this in the future. Both of our breakfast came with a side of fruit.
Country potatoes, two thick slices of bacon, Italian sausage and scrambled egg. The food here is really excellent. Notice the portion. It wasn't a gluttonous overflowing plate; neither was it a tiny unfulling portion. No, this was just right. I ate everything except for the fruit.
For dessert we made the short drive (less than a minute away) to Pistachios. The assorted wrapped nougats were MFH's. We divided the rest of the pieces in the container. The seven cylinders (they came as a "set") had pistachios inside. The piece on the lower left was a folded triangle and filled with pistachios and cream. The powdered piece was like a chewy nut studded fruit gel. Lastly, the round piece had pistachios as well. The women working here are always so nice whenever I visit.
I was curious about these because I hadn't seen them before. I'm not sure why there was a red gel on top. These were long cylinders cut into pieces. They look pretty and like the baklava assorted here, were very crisp, fresh, and laced with honey and nuts.
I can never get tired of this place!
Who else went to Dolci Cafe Italiano?
Cathy visited earlier this year and also enjoyed different items for breakfast...
Dolci Cafe Italiano
2650 Jamacha Road
El Cajon, CA 92109
(619) 660-2011
www.dolcicafeitaliano.com
Previous visit to Pistachios:
February 2015 after having lunch at Denny's with MFH and a former co-worker and his wife...
April is halfway over but I still have a few more freebies or discounts to use thanks to ibirthdayclubcom.
8 comments:
Dolce is just wonderful, as is Pistachios. Nice breakfast selections.
Must sign up to that iBirthday site...it has some interesting deals. On a side note, I received a half birthday coupon from Rubios..buy one get one burrito, and the more expensive one was free.
Thanks for letting me know about this place. I really like pistachios. They have a great selection of baklava and other sweets. Yes, check out the ibirthday site. It has a lot of great deals!
I'm always fascinated why people don't like eggs (kinda like how Guy Fieri hates them too). Does your friend not like eggs for a specific reason (food poisoning, taste, etc). I signed up for ibirthday too - hopefully it'll pay off!
She hates eggs because she ate a lot of them at one time then got sick. This is when she was younger. Since then, she can't stand whole eggs in any form
She can have eggs if it's mixed with stuff like ingredients for cookies or pancakes but not by itself. Yay ibirthday is pretty neat, with some good deals out there. Take advantage!
The chewy nut filled gels are "Turkish Delights". I used to get Aplets and Cotlets in Detroit at Christmas...I think those are the same but maybe without nuts.
Thanks Cathy. That's what I thought it was, but they weren't labeled.
That waffle looks awesome! I don't even understand my own sometimes aversion to eggs. Sometimes they just taste really gross to me, and other times I want to eat them. Go figure.
It did...I just don't like eating sweet stuff for breakfast. I won't eat runny or poached eggs. Benedict dishes are not my friend.
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