July 14, 2014 Lunch – Slate Street Cafe Dinner – BLT sandwiches and marinated asparagus

July 14, 2014 Lunch – Slate Street Cafe   Dinner – BLT sandwiches and marinated asparagus

I rode at around 6:00 in the morning and saw the setting full moon and a hot air balloon.

Suzette had to drive to Santa Rosa and return by 3:30 p.m. so we could attend Gruet Winery’s 25^th anniversary celebration for Bastille Day.

Josefo came by and we went by the Candy store, but it was locked up, so we decided to go to lunch.  I picked Slate Street Café for lunch.  When we arrived around 11:30 a.m. it was already fairly crowded and got a bit more crowded by noon.

Josefo decided to get the house burger with Swiss cheese and avocado ($10.50).  I ordered brown bag fish and chops ($12.00).  Josefo does not drink so we drank water.  My fish and chips was very disappointing. I was made with thin strips of salmon (probably less than three ounces of fish) battered heavily probably with six ounces of batter and deep fried served in a brown paper bag on a bed of house made potato chips, which were quite nice.  Josefo liked his burger.

So on balance I would say that the meal was just okay.  Not inspiring.

Suzette called around 3:30 and informed me that she had an emergency at the Santa Rosa facility that would delay her.  She did not arrive until almost 7:00 and was tired from her day on the road, so we decided to have a very simple meal of BLT with the PPI caprese salad and marinated asparagus from last night’s meal.

I went to the garden and picked a basket full of tender lettuce leaves and about seven or eight strawberries.

We fried 4 strips of apple wood smoked bacon from Costco ($14.99 for four pounds) bacon and sliced the sage and sweet potato bread Max and Jane had brought us from Sprouts on Sunday.

We ate a simple meal while watching the Antiques Roadshow and Stage ten of the Tour de France which was the best stage yet as Alberto Contador crashed out and Vicenzo Nibali won the stage and went back into yellow for the Astana team.

Later in the evening still suffering from my fish and chops, I ate a bowl of poached figs and fresh Trader Joe’s European style yogurt and felt tons better.

Bon Appétit