First Awakenings

Address: 570 Munras Avenue, Monterey, CA, 93940

I have noticed in the past that restaurants tend to have just one breakfast burrito that they serve, like a signature item. I feel like they will either have the one burrito, or they will open the menu up for a 'create your own burrito' type deal. This place, however, had two breakfast burritos to choose from, along with omelets, pancakes, and all other types of breakfast items. This tallied points right off the bat, ensuring that I will eventually return to try the other breakfast burrito. They have outside seating, although pigeons will occasionally attack you and your food, hence the water bottles on each outdoor table. Kind of fun, but got old quick. The burrito that I got was called:

BOMBERO BURRITO

Price: $8.99

Table Hot Sauce: Tobasco, Pepper Plant

Ingredients:
  Inside Burrito - Ham, Sausage, Bacon, Eggs, Mushrooms, Onions, Chives
  Outside Burrito - Salsa, Potatoes, Topped with Sour Cream, Diced Tomatos.

Presentation was alright, I mean, this burrito is MASSIVE, which is always a good thing. If you're going to serve a dinky burrito, it had better be insanely delicious. It just has to. Well, after digging in, I found that although the ingredient lineup sounded spectacular, the burrito itself was quite plain tasting. All of the ingredients seemed to be in the wrong spots - it was all combined so that every bite included all of the delicious tastes found on the plate. I can normally finish a breakfast burrito that I've started, however I did not completely finish this one, and not out of a full stomach. Just didn't do the job for me.

As I was forced to mash the ingredients together myself, topping the now-scramble with Pepper Plant a la muchos, there were hints of a great burrito there, if they could just combine it all correctly. This place is a breakfast joint, though I get the feeling that they are known more for their pancakes and/or waffles then their breakfast burritos. An awful shame.

Rating: **** (4 out of 10)

I'll go back for the other burrito, but in definite due time. Hopefully they put a little more effort into it the next time around.

- Breakfast Burrito Critic

What It's All About

One of my very favorite things to do in all the world is as follows;

Waking up after sleeping in late on a Saturday morning,

taking a long hot shower,

throwing some comfortable clothes on,

puting my shades on and jumping in my car,

driving to a random restaurant known to serve breakfast items,

sitting down (preferable outside (preferably on a sunny day),

and ordering the breakfast burrito that they serve along with a hot coffee or espresso item.

This to me is heaven. Not much else can beat that, especially when the breakfast burrito is outstanding. I have tried breakfast burritos all over the place, from my home town of Windsor and Santa Rosa, CA, to my college town of San Luis Obispo, CA, to my current town of Monterey, CA, as well as everywhere else that I have ever traveled.  Since I am sure that there are others out there that enjoy breakfast burritos as much as I do, I have decided to start a blog to record my thoughts on the various breakfast burritos, predominately across California. I use my phone to make note of restaurant name and address, name of burrito and price, ingredients, thoughts on the burrito, picture of plate as served, and a rating out of 10 points. IF anything else, this will be a good reference for me to come back to in the future (as well as gives me the green light to actively search out breakfast burritos = JOY). I know that we all have different tastes and opinions, so know that everything following this can be taken with a grain of salt. But it may at least give you an idea of what is out there, and maybe you try them yourselves and let me know your thoughts (this is assuming that more than just me will ever view this thing - HA).

- Breakfast Burrito Critic