Annual Ritual

I have been coming to Estero Island at Fort Myers Beach every March for almost 30 years and every year I go to the Gulf Shore Grill down the beach about a half mile from our condo for a breakfast of Eggs Alaskan, which is a dish similar to Eggs Benedict except it has crab meat or smoked salmon instead of Canadian Bacon, and Choron Sauce instead of Hollandaise Sauce. Their Eggs Alaskan have been so good it has become an "Annual Ritual" with me.

This morning, my brother, Ron, who is visiting from California, and his friend, Dick Keyes, from Ohio, came by our condo. Ron has been staying at Dick's winter home in Fort Myers Beach, just across the bridge on the Mainland. Ron is pictured on the left below, Dick is on the right.



Carole, Greg, and I, along with Ron and Dick then made the trip to the Gulf Shore Grill for my "Annual Ritual" of Eggs Alaskan.

All of us have had the Eggs Alaskan there before, and all of us ordered it today, but it just wasn't the same. We were all disappointed! They've changed it . . . even though our waitress claimed it is the same as it always has been. The eggs were fried, not poached, they were skimpy with the crab meat, and the Choron Sauce was different. Their Eggs Alaskan wwas good, but just not what it used to be . . . and not nearly as good as it used to be.

I have decided 2010 was the last year for this "Annual Ritual".