Day Two's nourishment

Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and what better way to begin the day by eating the Holiday Inn Express continental breakfast. My breakfast consisted of two banana strawberry Trix yogurts, scrambled eggs, two English muffins, and a milk box. The lumpy serving of scrambled eggs contained minimal taste and were a little chilled. The English muffins tasted the way they should and the blackberry jelly and butter gave them the extra kick needed. The processed and overly sugared yogurt was far from healthy. It’s artificial flavor must be what attracts kids because I don’t remember yogurt ever being that sweet but I must say I found it quite scrumptious.

Next came the Marin Farmer’s Market where we purchased our lunch for our long and pain enduring hike. At the farmers market I purchased an authentic Belgian waffle and it was amazing. It had to be the food highlight of the day. I should have just bought a handful of those for my lunch. The lightly powdered sugar waffle melted in my mouth as soon as I bit into it. Eggo waffles can’t compare to this delicious treat, its on it’s own level. There is definitely no substitute for that type of waffle. For my lunch, Marcus and I fused our money together and invested in some Italian sourdough bread, handmade cow cheese, a few oranges, smoked sausage and pork salami. The combination of the meats, the cheese and the bread was fantastic. It was probably better than anyone else’s lunch besides Marcus. The meat was rough, chewy and flavorful. Each animal is grass fed causing the meat to maintain such nice marbling and such flavor. The cheese was ever so creamy and sticky that it felt as though peanut butter were stuck to the roof of my mouth. The cheese came was obtained from Bellwether Farms and is handmade from New Jersey cow milk. The bread wasn’t arm at the time but it was crunchy, soft in the middle and delish. Combined, all three items were flat out spectacular. The orange was full of juice so much that there was a mist of juice while I peeled the delicate item.

Once our long hike came to an end we went back to our hotel to shower and clean up. Our final meal of the day was consumed at a restaurant called Park Chow. For a starter we had a family style salad that included some mushrooms, tomatoes, other vegetables, and organic greens. All topped with a lemon-shallot vinaigrette. The main course consisted of a cheeseburger on a French baguette complemented with some crispy golden French fries. In addition to the cheese the burger also contained onion, tomato, lettuce, and ketchup. To sum dinner all up, we were served ginger cake with some pumpkin ice cream. The dessert was amazing. The cake was lip-smacking and adding the ice cream to a bite of the cake made it even more superb. The meals of the day were outstanding and the Marin Farmer’s market was the best aspect of the day.