Scotty's Is Mixing It Right

Scotty's restaurant is a place I like for breakfast, which, as I've mentioned before, is the meal somewhat lacking in variety and quality here in Garlic City. Scotty's breakfast is great, but, hold on, they also offer great lunches too. They ambitiously offer a mix of cuisine, from Mexican, to American diner, to Hawaiian, and somehow do an excellent job with all. What really impresses me is the quality of the food that they offer with the daily lunch specials. Very good prices, and incredible food.

Which brings me to a recent treat I had there when I tried the Thursday lunch special. It was the Hawaiian plate, and it was a uniquely delicious experience for me. The noodle broth was a savory starter, set on the plate along with a bowl of marinated salmon, slow roasted pork, and the main dish. The marinated salmon was similar on my palate to Mexican ceviche, and was a freshly magnificent sparkle on the tongue. The slow roasted pork was appropriately yummy, and maintained a juiciness that often gets lost in this kind of preparation. The main dish was a piece of salmon side by side with a piece of pork both wrapped in a banana leaf, and mysteriously mixing and complementing each other in flavor.

I was stuffed full of delicious food when I was finished, truly more than I could eat, and the heaviness I felt was not from my wallet. I like that kind of lunch. Scotty's...great breakfasts, great lunches...I'll be back for dinner.
Four out of five garlics.

Quickly Gone

If you're ever driving west on 1st street in Gilroy, on the right hand side of the street, hidden between the printing spot and Don Jose Produce, is "Quickly." It's a small cafe like place, that serves some items to eat, but I guess you can call it a drink joint. What types of drink? Think of anything fruit, or anything with milk, or anything with tea, and anything that's sweet, and they probably have a drink for it. The place is nice and cool inside, and if you looking for a change from coffee on hot summer days, its a great place for a drink. Especially because they have free Wi-Fi, so beat that Starbucks. I tried the Jasmine Milk Tea with tapioca pebbles. And I found that they called this juice bar Quickly, is because my drink was quickly gone, kinda like your money after filling up the car. This "drink joint" gets 4 out of five garlics.

Beam Me Up Some Eggs, Scotty!

Breakfast in Gilroy is not the best meal of the day in my experience. That is, of the many good places to eat here, I have had trouble finding a breakfast place that I liked. There's the ubiquitous Denny's, and other such breakfast chains, but it took a while for me to find a good unique breakfast spot. Then someone mentioned the little restaurant that fronts Gilroy Bowl, called "Scotty's." In the price range of between five and ten dollars, it is hard to beat.

I like the Spanish Omelet breakfast, which includes chorizo, onions, and cheese in a large omelet, covered with a spicy enchilada type sauce. It comes with hash browns or country potatoes (the country potatoes are great), and toast. It is very good, and it is such a large breakfast that I never am able to finish it all (though I try!) I also have noticed that they advertise great lunch specials which I haven't tried yet. Considering the breakfast, I would say it must be good. I intend to find out. Get there and try out Scotty's for breakfast, if you have to be up in the morning, it helps to have good food that you can afford. I give their breakfast four out of five garlics.

A Hamburger by Any Other Name is Stuff

It was a strange experience. I was sitting in a place called Pizza N Stuff here in Gilroy (the garlic capitol of the world), a place I knew for outstanding pizza with garlic (another review), and I was ordering a hamburger. Why, you may ask? Why? One word. And you should have guessed. Chuy.

Yes, my fellow Gilroyan and source for good movies and books is also my inside track on good places to eat. So, I told him one day in one of our discussions on the culinary arts, "I don't care much for hamburgers." I do have some exceptions, (more forth coming reviews), but generally I think of fine food in different formats beside the circular shaped beef paddy. He told me to try the burger at Pizza N Stuff. I said, "It's in the title, 'Pizza N Stuff,' it's a pizza joint." He replied, "The burger is the best thing in the 'Stuff' part."

The man does not lie. It was a huge burger served on french bread, and came with chips and a soda. The burger was the best in Gilroy. Its that simple. It was delicious, and is a tie for first place among the best burgers I've ever had, next to another burger in another town (another review for another time)...a burger which was also recommended by Chuy in fact. Now I'm recommending this burger to everyone, and give it four out of five garlics, a burger rated that high is good stuff.