Quadruple Brunch Review

I celebrated the holiday weekend to the fullest extent, by relaxing, spending time with family and friends, and treating myself to an excess delicious food.

Location: The Wine Train in Napa
Drinks Score: 8
Food Score: 7

Food tried at my table: appetizer plate, Pumpkin Crab Bisque, salad, Turkey dinner, Vegetarian plate, cheesecake, pumpkin pie.
Drinks tried: Sparkling water, Domaine Chandon sparkling wine, Red wine (can't remember where from)

We went to the wine train to celebrate my cousin's 21st bday!  It was pretty fun, and luckily it didn't rain too much.  A couple of days before the wine train, I had a dream that I forgot to go.  My Thanksgiving was very eventful, and I was pretty afraid of missing something, but I'm happy to report I celebrated the holiday weekend three times successfully. 

I wish I had saved my menu and map from lunch (brunch for the sake of this blog) or at least taken a picture of something.  I was recovering from a minor knife-meets-fingernail incident, so I was distracted from my usual high attention to detail. 

Location: Broadacre Coffee
Drinks: 10

I've tried: Espresso, French pressed coffee, Lavender latte, Honey latte

Okay, so it's not brunch, but the honey latte was so good!  And I have to talk about the iPad cash register thing.  The iPad is mounted on a little block thing, which is not mounted to the counter, and the iPad has a little tiny card reader attached to it.  It looks pretty funny.  Usually I just drink coffee black, because the milk and/or sugar ruins it, but the honey latte is like a milkshake for cold weather.

Ben and I walked past Occupy Sacramento on the way to Broadacre, and it is still going pretty strong, in case you're wondering.

Location: Kupros
Food: 8
Drinks: 8

We tried: Coffee, Huevos rancheros, Veggie scramble.


Pictures! For once I remembered to bring and use my iPhone to take pictures of my food (Huevos rancheros and coffee, Condiments).

The ketchup seemed homemade, and it tasted a little too much like vinegar, but the potatoes probably couldn't be redeemed with any condiment.  Not even freshly ground pepper from the pepper grinder.  Good thing the Huevos rancheros were really good and had a ton of cheese.

Today was a two-brunch day, because since Halloween, my sweet tooth is never satisfied.  Ben and I stopped at Doughbot Donuts, a gourmet donut place on 10th Street, for a brunch dessert.

Location: Doughbot

Food rating: 10

We tried: The Great Pumpkin, Lemon Lavender donut, Maple donut, The Dude

All the donuts were so good and I wanted to go back and get more, but Ben suggested that it wasn't the best idea.  They weren't too sweet or too greasy, and they featured two donuts with bacon in them, which I did not try, but I will someday soon.  Also they used pink bakery boxes, which are the best!  I'm convinced that if I put all of my food in pink bakery boxes, it will taste better.  I might have to get all my weekend snacks at Doughbot from now on, and reevaluate my eggs-and-bacon-only rule for brunch.  Speaking of which, the blueberry pancakes at the Shady Lady have been calling my name lately.  Who am I?