Oddest breakfast experience ever...

Or, at least in a really long time.

So, I (sadly) woke up about 7 this morning; David and his crew didn't get rolling till later; not really sure when, other than they didn't call me saying they were ready for breakfast till 10 or so.

We'd gotten a recommendation for a place near the hotel that had good pancakes, crepes, etc, so headed there, not even thinking that they might be closed.

But, of course, they were.

Had we been thinking, we'd've gone across the street to the Whole Foods, but sadly, we weren't. We did, though, see and interesting place just a few stores down; the sign said Maria's Cafe and Bakery. But it also had some Chinese characters on the storefront. We immediately christened it "The Chinese Italian Cafe and Bakery"; we went over, and they were indeed open, so we went in.

There was, without a doubt, the most GORGEOUS array of pastries I've ever seen in the display cases. We considered getting an assortment and calling THAT breakfast, but they also had table service, so we sat down.

They had a very, um, eclectic menu; some french toast, some sandwiches, lo mein, omelets, noodle soups...And for some reason, all the omelets had peas in them.

So we ordered; I got a ham, onion, mushroom and pea omelet. It came with fries (I'm not sure I've ever had fries for breakfast, but I suppose it's not THAT much different than home fries). The french toast was deep fried, rather than grilled. The omelet was fine (hard to screw up an omelet, and I kinda liked the peas).

But I'm kinda thinking we should've just gotten the pastries....