HOLY BISCUITS! | Out & About
Monday, August 25, 2014
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On my way to work yesterday out of Seattle, I was relatively hung over and running on four hours of sleep, so I needed food. I needed it badly. And I'd heard about this new (well not entirely new, but a new location) biscuit place up in Ballard. I had two hours to kill because for some ungodly reason my body woke me up at 8:30 instead of 10:30 like I planned. Though it was probably good I woke up early so I didn't hang around my friend's living room all morning while his roommates woke up. I digress.
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I drove out to Ballard to Morsel and Bean, a biscuit and coffee jointed right off 15th Ave NW. It was incredibly unassuming right over the Ballard Bridge, but just charming enough with a little parking lot amongst the gas stations and banks in the neighborhood.
I walked in to the most joyous greeting one could expect at 9:30 in the morning, but it definitely perked me up - if the case full of fresh biscuits hadn't already done that.
It's no secret that I love me a good biscuit sandwich (I did a whole post about Pine State down in Portland because I love it so much) but this place was a little bit spicier in terms of the menu. They had their regular biscuit, a cheddar and chive version, and the day's special - roasted red pepper. Yum!
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I ordered myself a Fast Break - a breakfast "sammie" with scrambled egg, cheese, bacon, and tomato jam.
TOMATO JAM?
I didn't even know that was a thing, let alone so fucking delicious. I want to put tomato jam on all my eggs now. Oof. So good. And on the roasted red pepper biscuit - it had a very pizza-like quality to the flavor, which who doesn't love pizza? I grabbed a iced drip coffee to accompany this monstrous sammie, and while I waited, the guy working the counter made the most genuine and lovely conversation. After I mentioned that I was just headed to work for a short day, he suggested the Lord of the Rings soundtrack to make it go by faster. Who thinks of that? Apparently that guy, and it certainly made my day.
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There was a short line when I got to Morsel, a short line when I left, and a nice mixture of morning joggers, parents and children, and college kids sitting in the tiny little drive-thru. It felt so neighborhood that it made me want to start looking at houses within reasonable walking distance so I would have an excuse to start walking in the morning once I move to Seattle this fall.
Needless to say, that won't be my last biscuit from Morsel.
Also pardon my bad cell phone photos - I was too lazy to bring in my camera and didn't want to be that one weirdo coming into a diner in the morning with a DSLR. They didn't turn out too bad though, right?
For time and locations, visit morselseattle.com
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