Geraldine's Counter - 01/20/2008

Geraldine's Counter
4872 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, Washington

This Sunday morning, I woke up early for a change. I also put on more makeup on my face for a change (a bit off the topic......although the two people i've polled say they can't tell....) I dragged my sister out of bed and off we headed to Columbia City.

We arrived at Geraldine's at a good time. We didn't have to wait for a table. In fact we even had a hard time to decide where we wanted to sit. But as soon as we sat down, the restaurant starting filling up.

Guess what I ordered. Yummy, French toast! Sourdough batard French toast to be exact. This was a new experience for me. I'm not a big fan of sourdough. In fact, I can always not eat sourdough. The toast was really different from the others I've tasted. It was really crispy/crunchy on the outside, but yet had a nice chewy center. Geraldine's fruit topping of the day for French toast was cinnamoned apple. Very subtle. And they served REAL maple syrup. But ultimately, I didn't even really use it. The egg batter and the apples gave it just enough sweetness. I really enjoyed the sweetness of the egg batter and apples against the tartness of the sour batard. I guess opposites really do attract....

I'm also surprised by the fact that I'm not sick of French toast yet. I think I'm more in love with French toast now. Sometimes I find myself thinking about French toast and how I wished more places served it all day. Sometimes I even want it for lunch and dinner. I'm beginning to even think that I need to beef up my French toast skills and make sure I always have a good loaf of bread in the freezer so that I can get my fix. But first I need to work on the skills. There's nothing worse when you're craving a food, decide to make it yourself and have it come out tasting like poop.

It makes me wonder what this latest food phase says about me. It seems lately I'm going thru a lot of phases, I guess there could be worser things. Pretty soon I'm going to have to make myself go thru another phase just to counteract the French toast. That thing called going to the gym. A bigger butt? Now that is a worser thing.

Rating: 4 out of 5 Js

PS. Geraldine's Counter has a sister restaurant. El Greco in Capital Hill. That will be my next destination. I want to compare....