Showing posts with label beating the common cold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beating the common cold. Show all posts

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Breakfast for two

“We had such tremendous fun and much agony together for some years.” - Charles Bukowski

We had taken turns being under the weather. He recovered more quickly, I'm still malingering and weakening from a cold that was supposed to have run its course with a trouncing from a first round of antibiotics only for it to return with a vengeance. The doctor ordered a blood chem test. That meant I had to fast.

With the test done, I asked to be rewarded with breakfast at our favorite table at Cafe by the Ruins. The night before I had already planned what I'd order: a cup of Rizal's hot chocolate and a warmed ensaymada to dunk into the chocolate-y thickness.
Fresh flowers always on the table

What was left of the cuppa chocolate after chunks of ensaymada were dunked in it

He had something new from the cafe's breakfast selection: Sagada Rice (it has everything in it, except meat). His order came with a bowl of fresh fruits (scoops of mango, pineapple and watermelon slices) with a drizzling of honey and a cup of coffee. Hold the tira-tira candy sweetener, please.

Red Sagada rice with assorted vegetables and scrambled eggs. "Good but a bit oily" was Rolly's verdict.

It was a fine way to begin this weekend with a sky like this to assure Ms. Sniffles (me) that all will be well again.

Photos by Babeth Lolarga