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Global Breakfast Traditions Meet Local Sourcing BY MICHELLE STANSBURY
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round the world, different countries and cultures CC’s Chilaquiles from Adelaide. have varying traditions for breakfast. Broaden your breakfast fantasies beyond boring eggs and bacon to Filipino rice bowls, chilaquiles, and a signature avocado toast with these three global dishes found around San Diego. Phillip Esteban’s Filipino food stall, White Rice, at Liberty Public Market features savory rice bowls known as silog. Try the Longanisa Silog with sweet pork sausage, atchara pickles, a fried Eben-Haezer egg, and garlic rice with sawsaw (a soy sauce and vinegar-based sauce). Longanisa is a favorite meal at home for chef Esteban and his family, who eat it two to three times a week for breakfast. CC’s Chilaquiles is one of Adelaide’s most popular dishes. A San Diego take on the Mexican breakfast dish, Adelaide’s version is prepared with sunny-side-up eggs, salsa ranchera, salsa verde, sweet onion, crema, and avocado, with the option to add housemade chorizo. Java Earth, the family-owned coffee shop in North Pacific Beach, named their signature item “Deb’s Toast” after co-owner Debbie Artenstein. Bread & Cie toast is topped with avocados from Henry Avocado, microgreens from Green Valley Herbs, pickled onions, cucumber, and a drizzle of lemon vinaigrette.
Liquid Assets Rise-and-Shine Morning Drinks
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hether grabbing a quick smoothie on the way to work or indulging in a leisurely brunch cocktail, morning beverages are just as important as your meal.
The Baja-style Michelada at Stone Brewing Liberty Station and Escondido features Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager combined with tomato juice and spices for a refreshing and low-ABV morning cocktail. Stone also offers their bottled Michelada Mix if you want to whip one up at home.
Can you guess what secret ingredient makes the Metl Maria this color?
North Park’s Metlbar Creamery & Cafe is best known for its boozy ice cream selection, but the café also has a great selection of Bloody Marys, including the jet black Metl Maria that gets its striking hue from squid ink. The cocktail is garnished with black salt, breakfast sausage, cheeses, crackers, celery, and shrimp. Farmer & the Seahorse taps into produce grown in their own garden to create the King’s Greens Smoothie. The nutritious breakfast smoothie combines avocado, banana, dates, almond butter, and spinach for a healthy start to your day. 6
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M I C H E L L E STA N S B U RY; C O U RT E S Y O F A D E L A I D E
BY MICHELLE STANSBURY
