ORIGINAL PANTRY CAFE 1924

The Original Pantry Cafe on South Figueroa st. in Los Angeles has been serving breakfast fare to a multitude of people since 1924.  Fast forward to 2012 and we see this horizontal cafe with rustic decor still serving people that wait in line in the mornings just to have their carbo load.  We arrived at 7am and there was a short queue by the reception area already.  By 7:30am, the line starts building up outside until 12 noon.

Before 7am scene at The Original Pantry Cafe.  Half an hour later, a queue starts forming outside all the way until the end of the block, all the way until 12 o’clock!

It is the voluminous breakfast food that people come for.   A meal in this legendary place can get you going way past lunch time.

Breakfast menu. Customers as early as 7am.

Containers of salsa were served on the side which went well with the potatoes.

The meal was no gustatory experience.  It was basic breakfast fare in huge portions, akin to carbo loading in the morning.  We certainly didn’t mind as this got us going and walking for hours until 2pm.  A sure good way to start the day!

JUST BECAUSE

Presently toying with Picasa 3 and enjoying time immensely. Creating collages is TBW’s  choice of activity at the moment.  And because my posts are inexcusably delayed, a trio of collages of photos taken from a recent trip to China was made to make-up for the absence.  Mind you, these are pretty much very basic.  Nothing spectacular at all.  They were created just because…..

Nanjing breakfast buffet fare. Noodles stir fired & with soup, buns with all sorts of fillings, almond milk, sweet jellies, cut fruits

Stop over at Guangzhou airport...RBT for crème brûlée, tea with aloe vera, prunes & more

A stand alone fresh fruit market at the airport for last-minute fruit shopping.

Still unsure which TBW font to use for the photos.  Please help moi and let me know which looks best…font of photo #1, 2, or 3. Thanks !