I mentioned the breakfast we had in Santa Rosa at the Omelet Express had to count as one of our favorites, even if we hadn't encountered her friend. CaDiva had the french toast with orange juice (yeah, I know, I don't understand it either, but she swears it tastes fine together) and HRH and I each had omelets. HRH liked the flavored iced tea but I found the coffee a little overbearing. Overall, I would definitely go there again. I'm thinking we should stay at the Hotel La Rose. The little hotel was built right after the 1906 fire and refurbished in 1985. The prices are reasonable and it got great reviews. I'll let you know if we get out there again.
By far, one of our favorite dinners came after the sunset at Goat Rock. We had been traipsing about since breakfast at the Omelet Express, all subsequent meals had been on the run or Al fresco. However, CaDiva's old friend gave us a gift certificate to Latitude, the restaurant owned by an old business acquaintance. None of us were actually hungry but it was a long time before breakfast and we would need to check out of the hotel the next morning. Since Latitude was so close to the hotel, we decided to give it a try.
We choose to eat inside, although the patio did have heaters and I'm certain would have been fine had we not spent the early evening on the bluff by the beach. The server was not quite as attentive as he should have been after delivering our meals but the owner was most gracious. And the food was incredible.
HRH had the Chinese Chicken Salad, after certain assurances that the warm sushi rice had never actually encountered raw fish. I reveled in the roasted half chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed veggies. I don't normally like dark meat chicken but this was uniformly moist and tender. CaDiva had the vegetarian penne and her eyes glazed over from the first taste until about three fourths through the service when she just couldn't eat any more. HRH and I made a much better job of our meal but the servings were definitely generous.
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