…admittedly, I haven’t blogged about food in a while, which is rather sad. This just means that we’ve been so busy that E and I haven’t had a chance to go check out new places. We finally managed some time one Sunday morning for a brunch after a night of too many sake bombs (on my part, E was working)…and the Rooster Cafe was our pick.
It’s a tiny hole-in-the-wall cafe tucked into a quiet street of Costa Mesa close by the anti-mall, the Lab. Its location being in the vicinity of the anti-mall sort of gives away its vibe of relax, casual, and grunge-y cool kind of way. The cafe only has about 15 tables so finding seats can be quite a problem on a busy Sunday morning, but we managed to find a spot after I made a big deal about moving tables around to accommodate our group. The nice girl that worked there finally helped us get a table.
The menu is what I’d like to call “compact” – just enough selections for you to have options, but not too many too overwhelm you.
E ordered the Portugese Scrambled with portugese sausage, avocado, and brown rice and a steaming cup of cappucino.
I opted for fresh squeezed OJ and a cup of Mexican Hot Cocoa. The cocoa has a bit of spice in it so it was quiet interesting.
That’s me enjoying my hot cocoa…(totally off the topic – check out my new polish color. I got so many cool new colors for the summer. I have to blog about them soon).
What? You don’t actually think that’s all I was gonna have for breakfast do you? Followed the OJ and the hot cocoa, I also ordered the Breakfast Tacos AND bag of Have ‘A Corn Chips (my favorite soy sauce corn chips by the way). The tacos are pretty sizable. I only managed to eat one taco by the end. The tacos came with the Rosemary Roasted Potatoes on the side.
One thing I noticed missing there is fruits. They don’t offer any fruits there, which I find to be rather disappointing because I would love to have fruits or may be fresh tomato as a side instead of the potatoes (I’m really not a rosemary fan).
Our friend also went with us, and she ordered the Texas Toast Combo which comes with Egg White Scrambled and Bacon Strips. I ate most of her Egg White Scrambled. It was totally delish (and probably the reason why I didn’t finish my own food).
Overall, I’d have to say I enjoyed the simplicity of the food at the Rooster Cafe. A perfect brunch place when you don’t feel like going somewhere too fuzzy on a Sunday morning following a night of too much sake.
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