Bellingham WA
Our original plan this morning was to try the Birch Door again. Our last visit there was excellent. However none of us wanted to wait the hour that was the line up this Saturday morning. We had already waited at the border almost 2 hours. Whose idea was it to cross the line on the long weekend again?
I was quite willing to forego breakfast entirely but the others were not so quick to skip it.
To my abject horror IHOP was the next restaurant we came across.
My initial thought, as I surpressed screams of terror, was noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. My second thought was even a Starbucks breakfast sandwich would be better than IHOP. As the (admittedly self appointed) food expert in the car I knew I should speak up and veto this decision.
I can’t be the jerk everytime though so reluctantly I passed on using my veto powers and joined the others in what I was certain was going to be a disappointing experience.
Here we have the California Omelette. Bacon, sausage and pulled beef (?) The beef in this was just weird. The bacon and sausage were ok. But it was overcooked. Very dry eggs. And under seasoned. Thank God for the salsa. The hash browns were fine. At least they had a nice crunch.
The teenager (who doesn’t like eggs BTW and won’t eat my delicious Huevos Rancheros I made at home) had the benny. WTF? Not surprisingly it wasn’t great. Overcooked eggs but apparently the packaged sauce was ok. I’ll wager that when I make Eggs Bennedict at home with scratch Hollandaise she doesn’t even try it.
Two breakies and one juice came out to be $38 USD. By my calculations that’s about $33 more dollars than a Starbucks sandwich.
I guess I should have been the jerk….
Food 2/10
Ambiance 3/10
Value 2/10
Overall 2/10
How does this place stay in business?