By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.

Do others have the same opinion?

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:26:35 PM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
>
> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?
>
>
It depends on the hotel (chain). Some get idea of a hot
breakfast by having a buffet, aka steam tables. Some just
do bagels, Danish pastries, cold cereal, fruit, juices,
and coffee. And then some hotels do have a true restaurant
where you can order a 'sit down' breakfast. If having a
real breakfast served to you it's best to inquire before
booking a room.

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:46:23 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:26:35 PM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
> >
> > By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
> >
> > Do others have the same opinion?
> >
> >
> It depends on the hotel (chain). Some get idea of a hot
> breakfast by having a buffet, aka steam tables. Some just
> do bagels, Danish pastries, cold cereal, fruit, juices,
> and coffee. And then some hotels do have a true restaurant
> where you can order a 'sit down' breakfast. If having a
> real breakfast served to you it's best to inquire before
> booking a room.

I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may be acceptable).

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:26:35 PM UTC-4, Helpful person wrote:
> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?

Sorry, can't help you. I don't stay in "better hotels". We pick
one where we can use the points my husband earns when he travels
for business. Generally the Fairfield Inn, sometimes Hampton Inn.
They have a breakfast buffet, which I ignore. Last time, I brought
my own oatmeal and cooked it in the microwave in the room.
Often, we go out to breakfast at Perkins.

Frankly, I don't care about breakfast. I eat it, so that I
can make it through to lunch without getting a headache and/or
biting someone's head off.

Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.

That said, I make scrambled eggs for dinner two or three
times a month.

Cindy Hamilton

On 6/4/2015 1:26 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
>

Nope, the better resort hotels do a fantastic job, for example:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/santa-ana-cafe-santa-ana-pueblo


http://tamaya.hyatt.com/content/dam/...y%20Tamaya.pdf

On 6/4/2015 1:58 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:46:23 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:26:35 PM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
>>>
>>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
>>>
>>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>>
>>>
>> It depends on the hotel (chain). Some get idea of a hot
>> breakfast by having a buffet, aka steam tables. Some just
>> do bagels, Danish pastries, cold cereal, fruit, juices,
>> and coffee. And then some hotels do have a true restaurant
>> where you can order a 'sit down' breakfast. If having a
>> real breakfast served to you it's best to inquire before
>> booking a room.
>
> I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may be acceptable).
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
http://www.yelp.com/biz/santa-ana-cafe-santa-ana-pueblo

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 1:31:25 PM UTC-7, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
> we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
> Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
> until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
>

Zingerman's is the triumph of hype over experience. They are the
J. Peterman's of food operations. We have eaten breakfast at the
mothership a couple of times because it is a convenient place to
meet.

The Roadhouse is near where Mast Shoes moved to, if I'm not mistaken.

Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
> always does a much better job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?

Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
Pattaya Thailand if I recall.

Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.


--

On 6/4/2015 4:49 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
>> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
>> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
>> always does a much better job.
>>
>> Do others have the same opinion?
>
> Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
> sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
> Pattaya Thailand if I recall.
>
> Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
> side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.
>
>

Most inexpensive hotels.

Business (Residence, Staybridge, etc.) will offer a hot breakfast.

Eggs, sausage patties, taters.

Adequate.

In article >,
Helpful person > wrote:

> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that
> the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good
> diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better
> job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

Has any one in this group had the brunch at the Ahwanee Hotel in
Yosemite National Park. It's pretty impressive for the variety of dishes
and, of course, the magnificent views through the very tall windows.
They also bring out roast prime rib at 11am.

One of my usual gripes about breakfast, at even the diners with the
better reps, is the hash browns are usually underdone i.e. not brown.

D.M.

On 6/4/2015 7:22 PM, Don Martinich wrote:
> In article >,
> Helpful person > wrote:
>
>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that
>> the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good
>> diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better
>> job.
>>
>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
> Has any one in this group had the brunch at the Ahwanee Hotel in
> Yosemite National Park. It's pretty impressive for the variety of dishes
> and, of course, the magnificent views through the very tall windows.
> They also bring out roast prime rib at 11am.
>
> One of my usual gripes about breakfast, at even the diners with the
> better reps, is the hash browns are usually underdone i.e. not brown.
>
> D.M.
>

It's been decades, I do hope they're as good as they were then!

Great spot, God's own dining room!

Fine memory.

On 6/4/2015 4:13 PM, La Spammyada wrote:

> On 6/4/2015 4:59 PM, Nellie wrote:
>>
>> Better yet, do what we do. When you get tired of walking in
>> SanFrancisco, you can just lean against it. : ): )
>>
>> Nellie
>>
>
> They have these things called cable cars...

The cable cars cover a tiny portion of the City, you festering
pustule.

Typical spammyshitbrain response from a gutless coward WHO NEVER SERVED!

You're a weak little feckless cowardly *******, spammy no-life.
You're still embarrassed at being outed, you yammering VERMIN!

Gonna man up some day, you disgusting cowardly traitor?

Do you ever have anything of interest, or substance, to say?

You are a dickless little bitch who feels like it is his civic duty as
a Usenet troll to place his nose firmly in the sphincters of those he
dislikes every time they post. They all own you, spammy, you useless
piece of SHIT!

'Shit happens'
---Traitorous Spammy's reply to the fact that 34 Americans
died and 170 were injured when Israel attacked the USS
Liberty.
Spammy is a gutless coward who has never served his country in
uniform.

"Helpful person" > wrote in message
...
> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems
> that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good
> diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better
> job.
>
> Do others have the same opinion?
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

Whose traditional breakfast is that? That is not anything that I ever ate
at home. We did have home fries but only ever for dinner.

I am not a breakfast lover so if I am staying at a hotel, I often just eat
whatever I brought with me, unless perhaps they have a free buffet. Then I
might get some bacon and fruit.

"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Helpful person > wrote:
>
>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems
>> that
>> the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good
>> diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better
>> job.
>>
>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
> Has any one in this group had the brunch at the Ahwanee Hotel in
> Yosemite National Park. It's pretty impressive for the variety of dishes
> and, of course, the magnificent views through the very tall windows.
> They also bring out roast prime rib at 11am.
>
> One of my usual gripes about breakfast, at even the diners with the
> better reps, is the hash browns are usually underdone i.e. not brown.
>
> D.M.

That's true. They used to be crisp. Now they never are.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 23:00:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >,
>> Helpful person > wrote:
>>
>>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems
>>> that
>>> the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good
>>> diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better
>>> job.
>>>
>>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>>
>>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>>
>> Has any one in this group had the brunch at the Ahwanee Hotel in
>> Yosemite National Park. It's pretty impressive for the variety of dishes
>> and, of course, the magnificent views through the very tall windows.
>> They also bring out roast prime rib at 11am.
>>
>> One of my usual gripes about breakfast, at even the diners with the
>> better reps, is the hash browns are usually underdone i.e. not brown.
>>
>> D.M.
>
>That's true. They used to be crisp. Now they never are.

Today restaurant hash browns are almost always from frozen, they're
awful... better to order home fries instead.

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 5:54:25 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 1:31:25 PM UTC-7, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
> > we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
> > Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
> > until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
> >
>
> Zingerman's is the triumph of hype over experience. They are the
> J. Peterman's of food operations. We have eaten breakfast at the
> mothership a couple of times because it is a convenient place to
> meet.

Perhaps. I know it's devilishly difficult first to find eggs
Benedict and then for it to have decent Hollandaise.

Sure, sometimes I make my own, but other times I want Benedict
without a thrashed kitchen.

> The Roadhouse is near where Mast Shoes moved to, if I'm not mistaken.

Yep.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2015-06-04 3:58 PM, Helpful person wrote:

>
> I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No
> buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may
> be acceptable).
>

My experience says otherwise. I will agree that the North American
hotels where I have had buffers were not good. I have had wonderful
breakfast buffets in European hotels. The best were in Denmark and
Germany. They had selections of breads, rolls, pastries, cold cuts,
cheeses, fruit, yogurts, bacon, ham, sausage, even fish. Everything
was high quality.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:


>Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
>we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
>Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
>until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
>

My cousin owns Zingerman's.

Boron

"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
>>we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
>>Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
>>until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
>>
>
> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
>
> Boron

My cousin owes Zingerman's.

On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:36:23 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-06-04 3:58 PM, Helpful person wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No
>> buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may
>> be acceptable).
>>
>
>My experience says otherwise. I will agree that the North American
>hotels where I have had buffers were not good. I have had wonderful
>breakfast buffets in European hotels. The best were in Denmark and
>Germany. They had selections of breads, rolls, pastries, cold cuts,
>cheeses, fruit, yogurts, bacon, ham, sausage, even fish. Everything
>was high quality.


You can find decent hotel buffets in the US, too. Depends on the
hotel. There is a Sheraton near me that has a weekend buffet that
cannot be beat. I've had great bfast buffets at hotels in New Orleans,
SF, NYC, Vegas and other cities, too. There is no rhyme nor reason why
some are good and some suck. The ultimate crapshoot.

Often the weekday offerings are much less interesting than the weekend
ones, but any place that has a person making omelets or fried eggs can
generally provide enough decency to get the day going. My major
criticism of these buffets is that the breads are usually lousy, but I
am a bread baker and picky.

Boron

On 2015-06-05 10:00 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:36:23 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-06-04 3:58 PM, Helpful person wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No
>>> buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may
>>> be acceptable).
>>>
>>
>> My experience says otherwise. I will agree that the North American
>> hotels where I have had buffers were not good. I have had wonderful
>> breakfast buffets in European hotels. The best were in Denmark and
>> Germany. They had selections of breads, rolls, pastries, cold cuts,
>> cheeses, fruit, yogurts, bacon, ham, sausage, even fish. Everything
>> was high quality.
>
>
> You can find decent hotel buffets in the US, too. Depends on the
> hotel. There is a Sheraton near me that has a weekend buffet that
> cannot be beat. I've had great bfast buffets at hotels in New Orleans,
> SF, NYC, Vegas and other cities, too. There is no rhyme nor reason why
> some are good and some suck. The ultimate crapshoot.

They varied in Europe too, even within cities. One one trip to Paris
the breakfast buffet was disappointing. It had a wide selection but was
very low quality. Baguettes were mediocre, croissants were feeble and
the coffee was awful. On the next trip we stayed at a smaller place.
There was less selection but everything was very good.

A best western in the Netherlands had a wide variety of items but so so
quality. A Romantik hotel where we had stayed the night before had
limited selection of excellent items.


> Often the weekday offerings are much less interesting than the weekend
> ones, but any place that has a person making omelets or fried eggs can
> generally provide enough decency to get the day going. My major
> criticism of these buffets is that the breads are usually lousy, but I
> am a bread baker and picky.

The breads and pastries are usually the basis of my ratings. The first
breakfast buffet I had in Denmark had a wonderful selection of breads,
rolls and pastries. What looked to be commercially made standard white
bread turned out to be really good. It was my first exposure to
Veinbrot, the real Danish pastry, and it set a standard that has yet to
be matched.

On 6/5/2015 10:00 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> You can find decent hotel buffets in the US, too. Depends on the
> hotel. There is a Sheraton near me that has a weekend buffet that
> cannot be beat. I've had great bfast buffets at hotels in New Orleans,
> SF, NYC, Vegas and other cities, too. There is no rhyme nor reason why
> some are good and some suck. The ultimate crapshoot.

It was a long time ago but the hotel I stayed in in Waltham, MA (I was
attending a training class for some new software to be used at work) had
a really nice breakfast buffet. Scrambled eggs (not overcooked!),
bacon, sausage links, biscuits, danish and pastries for those who wanted
sweet stuff, dry cereal, fruit, coffee, milk and a couple of types of
juice. I didn't have a rental car but even if I had I wouldn't have
known where else to go to find something for breakfast.

Jill

On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 9:42:00 AM UTC-4, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
>
> Boron

I don't think so. It's a partnership with more than one original partners.

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 6:42:00 AM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>
> >Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
> >we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
> >Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
> >until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
> >
>
> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
>

There are 13 corporations and LLCs in the Zingerman empire. I'm
guessing your cousin is either Paul or Ari.

On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:17:59 -0700 (PDT), Helpful person
> wrote:

>On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 9:42:00 AM UTC-4, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
>>
>> Boron
>
>I don't think so. It's a partnership with more than one original partners.
>
>http://www.richardfisher.com

Hey, anything that makes you happy.

On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:02:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 6:42:00 AM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
>> >we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
>> >Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
>> >until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
>> >
>>
>> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
>>
>
>There are 13 corporations and LLCs in the Zingerman empire. I'm
>guessing your cousin is either Paul or Ari.

And...?

On 6/4/2015 12:49 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
>> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
>> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
>> always does a much better job.
>>
>> Do others have the same opinion?
>
> Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
> sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
> Pattaya Thailand if I recall.
>
> Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
> side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.
>
>

Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.

On 6/5/2015 2:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/4/2015 12:49 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
>>> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
>>> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
>>> always does a much better job.
>>>
>>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>
>> Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
>> sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
>> Pattaya Thailand if I recall.
>>
>> Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
>> side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.
>>
>>
>
> Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
> depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
> make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
> that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
> time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.


Book a stay where they have the automatic pancake maker:

http://www.hotelfandb.com/biol/sep-o...ke-machine.asp

OK, the cakes are marginal, but it's fun to watch them roll out.

On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 12:52:49 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:02:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 6:42:00 AM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >Once in a great while, DH can talk me into "big breakfast", and
> >> >we make waffles or potato pancakes at home. Or we'll go to
> >> >Zingerman's Roadhouse for eggs Benedict. They don't open
> >> >until 9 am, though, and I'm ready for breakfast at 6 am.
> >> >
> >>
> >> My cousin owns Zingerman's.
> >>
> >
> >There are 13 corporations and LLCs in the Zingerman empire. I'm
> >guessing your cousin is either Paul or Ari.
>
> And...?

There's an "and"? I was expecting a "yes" or a "no." Or nothing.

1. There's a lot to Zingerman's.
2. I guessed that your cousin was one of the founders.

That's it.

Come to think of it, I worked with a guy related to Wolferman's English
Muffins.

On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 1:10:10 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:

> Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
> depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
> make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
> that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
> time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.

We stayed in such a hotel, not too long ago. The waffle process seemed so
tricky, especially before I had my coffee, that I watched how two kids
did it: measuring out the right amount, placing the top down, flipping the
package over, watching the countdown, keeping other lodgers from walking
off with the plastic fork.

They and I forgot to use the mold release compound.

The place we stopped for lunch on one of these days had a fried chicken
and waffles special. I ordered it for the fried chicken, but the waffles
were do delicious they made the hotel's look sick.

On 2015-06-05 6:42 PM, wrote:

> The place we stopped for lunch on one of these days had a fried chicken
> and waffles special. I ordered it for the fried chicken, but the waffles
> were do delicious they made the hotel's look sick.

Waffles are almost always a disappointment. It is amazing how a lace
that does them professionally<?> can screw them up so badly. My wife
and I are among the few who own a waffle iron and use it regularly. A
nice home made waffle right off the griddle can be a beautiful thing.
Any time I have had them in any type of restaurant they have been a
terrible disappointment.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/5/2015 10:00 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> You can find decent hotel buffets in the US, too. Depends on the
>> hotel. There is a Sheraton near me that has a weekend buffet that
>> cannot be beat. I've had great bfast buffets at hotels in New Orleans,
>> SF, NYC, Vegas and other cities, too. There is no rhyme nor reason why
>> some are good and some suck. The ultimate crapshoot.
>
> It was a long time ago but the hotel I stayed in in Waltham, MA (I was
> attending a training class for some new software to be used at work)
> had a really nice breakfast buffet. Scrambled eggs (not overcooked!),
> bacon, sausage links, biscuits, danish and pastries for those who
> wanted sweet stuff, dry cereal, fruit, coffee, milk and a couple of
> types of juice. I didn't have a rental car but even if I had I
> wouldn't have known where else to go to find something for breakfast.
>
> Jill
>

That added NOTHING to the thread. Did that fulfill some sort of need
for you?

On 6/5/2015 11:15 AM, La Mirada wrote:
> On 6/5/2015 2:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 6/4/2015 12:49 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
>>>> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
>>>> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
>>>> always does a much better job.
>>>>
>>>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>>
>>> Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
>>> sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
>>> Pattaya Thailand if I recall.
>>>
>>> Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
>>> side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
>> depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
>> make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
>> that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
>> time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.
>
>
> Book a stay where they have the automatic pancake maker:
>
> http://www.hotelfandb.com/biol/sep-o...ke-machine.asp
>
>
> OK, the cakes are marginal, but it's fun to watch them roll out.

I wish I had pancakes right now! Actually I could go for them any time
you could think of. Hopefully, not marginal ones though.

On 6/5/2015 12:42 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 1:10:10 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
>> depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
>> make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
>> that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
>> time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.
>
> We stayed in such a hotel, not too long ago. The waffle process seemed so
> tricky, especially before I had my coffee, that I watched how two kids
> did it: measuring out the right amount, placing the top down, flipping the
> package over, watching the countdown, keeping other lodgers from walking
> off with the plastic fork.
>
> They and I forgot to use the mold release compound.
>
> The place we stopped for lunch on one of these days had a fried chicken
> and waffles special. I ordered it for the fried chicken, but the waffles
> were do delicious they made the hotel's look sick.
>

Sounds like you work with fiberglass. :-)

There's a place here that serves chicken marinated with a rice flour
batter with waffles made of the same stuff. Sounds weird but it's not
that bad.

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Hono...orhood-Bistro/

On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:58:40 PM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:46:23 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:26:35 PM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
> > >
> > > By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly always does a much better job.
> > >
> > > Do others have the same opinion?
> > >
> > >
> > It depends on the hotel (chain). Some get idea of a hot
> > breakfast by having a buffet, aka steam tables. Some just
> > do bagels, Danish pastries, cold cereal, fruit, juices,
> > and coffee. And then some hotels do have a true restaurant
> > where you can order a 'sit down' breakfast. If having a
> > real breakfast served to you it's best to inquire before
> > booking a room.
>
> I'm talking about "better" hotels that have a breakfast service. No buffet breakfast is good (although under many circumstances they may be acceptable).
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

The Hotel IC, Magnificent Mile has a great breakfast buffet.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Illinois.html

--Bryan

On 6/6/2015 2:48 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/5/2015 11:15 AM, La Mirada wrote:
>> On 6/5/2015 2:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 6/4/2015 12:49 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>> Helpful person wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>> By traditional I mean bacon/sausage and eggs and home fries. It
>>>>> seems that the better hotels are incapable of doing a great
>>>>> breakfast. A good diner/cafe with proper short order cooks nearly
>>>>> always does a much better job.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do others have the same opinion?
>>>>
>>>> Smile, you made me remember one of the all time best breakfast bars but
>>>> sorry, it was Not American style though they had elements of it.
>>>> Pattaya Thailand if I recall.
>>>>
>>>> Most hotels have cut costs with breakfast to being a bun and cereal USA
>>>> side. If lucky, you get a little decent fruit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Those places aim to get the traveler started on the day on a most
>>> depressing note! The place we stayed in Seattle had a
>>> make-your-own-waffle bar. Hoo boy! I love making waffles. I just thought
>>> that was wonderful. To bad the waffle turned out tough and pasty. Next
>>> time we'll just go to Denny's. Hee hee.
>>
>>
>> Book a stay where they have the automatic pancake maker:
>>
>> http://www.hotelfandb.com/biol/sep-o...ke-machine.asp
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, the cakes are marginal, but it's fun to watch them roll out.
>
> I wish I had pancakes right now! Actually I could go for them any time
> you could think of. Hopefully, not marginal ones though.


Well, if you've been deprived they might not taste so marginal.

I just know they're Denny's/Village Inn grade, not from scratch.