Breakfast at the Sunny Day Café

It’s not surprising that my neighbor decided to make noise (through playing loud music and other high-volume activities), but it surprise me he started so early today.  So I decided to do something that I had never before done — just get in my car and go get breakfast somewhere new.  I have visited a new place to breakfast before, but never on a whim; it has always been planned out in advance.

The new place is one that I had passed by a time or two or three — the Sunny Day Café in downtown Bel Air, Maryland.  I love breakfast, so a new place to catch a bite of breakfast easily makes my list of places to visit.  But this place tots itself as “voted best breakfast in Harford county,” so naturally I had to check out the claim.

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And since I am verifying that sort of claim, I had to make sure that my favorite breakfast item, a.k.a. biscuits and gravy, was a part of my meal.  To this “side dish” I added scrambled eggs, home fries, and turkey sausage.  It took a while to get my order out, which is fine since that probably means that they were fixing it fresh.  But was it worth the wait?

I’m not sure.  Something about the turkey sausage was off.  It didn’t taste right.  I’m not sure if it was the blend of spices wasn’t quite right or if there was something wrong with the meat itself.  Whatever it was, it just tasted off, and given my previous experience requiring a stay in the hospital, I decided not to eat both sausages.  The eggs wee fine, but the home fries were very bland.  Good thing I had the gravy; it was the perfect complement that the home fries really needed.  The biscuit was okay.  It was essentially an old-time powder biscuit.  I don’t mind that so much, since the gravy paired well with it.  But I do prefer biscuits that are flaky and flavorful in their own right.  Again, good I had gravy, gravy, gravy.

The price was about what I would expect for a local joint.  If everything about the meal had been downright fantastic, I would say it would be worth the price.  But if this is what passes for the best breakfast in the county, I should set up my own shop.  It wouldn’t take much effort in my kitchen to snag that prize.  Still, for an impromptu visit, not bad.  I give it 3 stars.

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