throughout our time in Carmel we stayed in our own cottage(!) at the Lincoln Green Inn. ivy & foliage everywhere, our own backyard, large porch, and tons of privacy. we splurged in order to stay here, but it was well worth it.
our last breakfast at Lincoln Green Inn. it was pretty chilly, but we decided to eat in the backyard. we made croissant sandwiches with left over prosciutto di parma and gruyere cheese. we placed them in the oven for 7 minutes, just until the cheese started to melt. this is my favorite sandwich of all time.
we drove for a little over an hour to Santa Cruz, nick's old stomping ground. we made a plan (months ago when we first started planning this trip) to eat lunch at our favorite nor cal taco spot: Tacos Moreno. nick swears he ate here at least 3x/week as a grad student. delicious and affordable, i'd have done the same. we both ordered the "Burrito Supreme, al pastor" and it did not disappoint. the al pastor, or bbq pork, was super crispy and tasty.
Tacos Moreno supplies its customers with large squeeze bottles of their amazing salsa. since we ate in the car, we were pretty sure we couldn't smuggle one of those out the door (although we thought about it!), so we had to get a few to go. we're still trying to figure out the exact mix of ingredients. this time i swear i tasted roasted garlic. we think they also use a blend of dried chili's. we'll have to experiment.
and even though we were super stuffed from lunch, we had to stop by Marianne's. i like that someone in yelp called it "hella bomb"--fitting bay area slang.
we ordered two junior scoops: red raspberry cheesecake & coffee almond fudge. they make all their ice cream in-house, and create all sorts of exotic flavors, like lavender and licorice.
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