Good Food and...

We did something today Blogomaniacs that we haven't done for awhile.. Yep had breakfast with Ken and Val, oh yeh you might know them as Hot T and Smoj. They decided to quit all this globetrotting and hanging out with the rich and famous and have a nice little everymans breakfast with their friends Jim{me} and Msue{Msue} We have been going out ,Msue and I have ,but the places weve been going have been some of our old haunts{noticed how I worked that in, Halloween an all} So today we were going to go Petes Egg nest, Msue wanted bacon!..but since we have been there like a cajillion times ,ol Hot and Smoj thought we should try somthing new, you know, something to blog about{although frankly.. I replied to one of Vals postings on Facebook, and referred to her as Smoj... She didn't know what it was,sure I read your blogs Jim,well she should after all shes a big part , as much fun as I poke her way} Sigh.... Anyhoo we followed their lead and agreed "To Sumner we would go, our quest for our late morning mastication ritual was to be K C's Bakery and Cafe on Main st in quaint lil dtown Sumner, gotta parking place right in front yeh baby! and in we walked,got seated right away at a table upstairs. Right when we sat we heard from another table, Wow look at that bacon!, Msue turned around so fast, she bout fell over, she does like her bacon.We order our bevs o choice, Coffee for me, ol Hot T and Smoj were up to their old habits yep, Tea and OJ for them, Msue of course has that Ice T Monkey on her back ,soooo Ice T W/lemon she orders, but wait, she didn't get a lemon in her Ice T, so I, bein the stand up guy that I am, asked the waitress if she might bring her one... waiting, waiting.. no lemon, so I asked the Busboy, sure as shootin she got her self a lemon slice, he brought it out with his fingers and handed it to her, the look on her face was really? Fingers? but she held out her glass and plopped it in, whew!, 1 star taken away {we all start with 5}We did order food , Smoj ordered the Swiss and spinach mushroom omlette, as a scramble of course,and Msue says ditto for me.. same ol same for the both of em,one of these times, I'm just gonna order for the both of em.. Ol Hot T had the Ham steak, eggs over med and hashbrowns, I had the Biscuits and Gravy, 2 eggalinas over medium, and browns as well. Of course we had no silver ware, so a small wait for that, refills on my coffee.. absolutely, refills on Ice T not so much..one more star ..Snatched away! The girls food arrived first. for 4 egg affairs they were kinda dinky, and they had just a little slice of swiss cheese on top,a bit of a turn off at first but they managed ok and said that it was good,although they would order differantly next time, the scramble came with hollandaise on the side,which was really good. Hot Ts Ham and Eggs looked really good, the slab o ham was big and thick, eggs done perfect and Ol Hot T said the browns were almost the best ever! My Skits and Gravy were fantasmic! ,the gravy was almost as good as the Chelans,{which is almost as good as Msues homemade} Eggs over perfect, and I gotta agree with Ol Hot T, Damn good browns... MM! The portions not huge but ample enough, Msue needed a box for her leftovers so again we asked and we waited... and she also needed a to go cup for her Ice T and we waited... Wham!" one more star" no longer there. It did arrive, both containers that is and the food box had Muchos Gracias imprinted on it , we just thought it was kinda funny... Sooo Peoples, KC's bakery and cafe, the food was good, really good, mine and Ol Hot T's were anyways , the service was..polite.. but a little slow, I think they meant well. We decided we would rate these places as "Gotta go back" Will go back"We might go back"We'll only go back if they say please"or Never Never Ever go back.. KC's rated a "Will Go Back" Cuz you know the food was good , right? The Service I'm sure will be better next time! Oh Yeh! the Coffee.... not so much.. but I'll keep tryin!

"Long Time no Blog"

Well I really cant believe it was August 8th since last I blogged,Have We not had the need to feed? indeed not! no we have ... eaten that is. Has no place been blogworthy? no.. we've been to some decent joints. What could it be you ask? Can you say Kitchen Remodel?.... Good! I knew you could, what I didn't know, was that it could be so encompasing, so time consuming, and with no contracter to blame , who was gonna get the hot end of the poker? thats right ,"this guy"! Lucky for me , I had some much needed and much appreciated help from my buddy Jeff , for without his help I would be in a sad state of disrepair,along with the kitchen. The end is within reach now, its looking good, no major setbacks really , things just take longer apparently ... anyhow I digress, restaurants ? yes there have been a few, although some of the details may be a bit scetchy, I should be able to hit a few of the high notes along the way. Hmmmm since I last blogged we have been to "Dixies" in Sumner, "Mary's in Kent, "Sara's Coffee Shop",also in Kent. Oh Yeh, and "BlueberryHill" in Manson and Today We went to the "Bay Cafe" yes deja vu, Been there blogged that , But still noteworthy and not just cuz they have oysters for breakfast,{the're still awsome} no, it was the quality of the company that made this particular trip special. My Aunt Jean was in town from Wisconsin,and if that wasn't cool enough ,she brought one of my favorite people in the world with her ,my Cousin Diane. Now I have known my Aunt all my life, she's my late Dads younger sister, tho how much younger , she wont reveal. But Diane really I've known for just a short time, 10 , 15 years maybe, it's a shame really, it seems I've missed out on someone pretty special, any ways We dont get to see them very often, so it was nice to have breakfast with them this A.M. Our usual partners in crime, Smoj Val and "ol Hot t Ken" are on vacation, no shos this trip. I of course had Oysters {Duh!} along with what I forgot were damn near the best Browns ever sided by 3 eggers over medium, only one thing to say bout that" MM"! My Aunt Jean had a Waffle, side o bacon Cuz Diane had blueberry pancakes, the waitress asked if she would like whipped cream with her cakes? Diane replied, Ive never had that, but bring it on, she must of liked it, when it was all said and done,the whipped cream was gone, although I noticed that maybe her pancakes wern't quite up to snuff.. for there were a few doughy berries left behind, I offered her an Oyster, which she immediatly declined. Never did like those things , she stated, She was a bit surprised when mine arrived cooked, I like em raw , I do, but fried or grilled is better for breakfast. MSue had an Omlette, but ordered as a scramble, It had feta cheese,spinach, tomatoes and shrooms along with crispy browns, side o salsa, and plenty of Ice T w/lemon to wash it all down. Yeppers Good Company, good breakfast. Yeh that was today in a nutshell, the other places I mentioned? Oh yeh Dixies in Sumner, a long time ago it seems , I cant quite remember quite what we all had but we have been there before, quite a few times in fact, the food is good, the place is loud as hell and the wait can sometimes be long, but its worth the wait, big portions, friendly family owned, on Main st in downtown Sumner. A few of the highlights are a pretty good CFS, "Dads" potatoes and all their Omlettes or Scrambles . Now Marys in upper Kent... Eh nothin special, I did have the CFS there , I maybe spoiled by some of the other places we've been to but the CFS was a cfs, yep.. pretty tiny, the rest of the food ordered was ok I guess, but unremarkable. "Sara's Coffeshop" on central in lower Kent I guess you'd say. Sara's was tiny tiny, and probably not remodeled since JJ said DYNOMITE! but I gotta tell ya the food was pretty darn good, now both M sue ordered simple breakfast fare, she had the bacon and eggs,scrambled well done, side o salsa. no salsa! what? oh well no biggy, Ice T of course. My order was the same, cept egglys over med... good browns, lots of thick bacon yep pretty good.. coffee, not so much, but the food was good and we will go back,we went by ourselves, Ken and Val absent once again ,Vacation I guess . Ok now for Blueberry Hill in Manson Wa, I went there While MSue was Vacationing with her clucky hen friends in Palm Desert, I was attending a family wedding, our niece Stacy's it was in Chelan , very nice affair... after all the festivities, on our way home we stopped at his place Myself, Herb and Theresa, {MSue's sister and hubby} their kids Kristen and spousel unit Jake and the coolest kid ever ,their son Colton, gonna be two pretty soon and Katie, their youngest, minus husband Adam {had to work} anyhoo you go in this place and order your food at the counter, they in turn bring you the food when ready, so we find table and wait, and wait and wait just abit more, finally the food arrived, Skits and gravy for me and Herb mmmm good, probably the best I've had. but The Coffee tasted like bad instant... next time I'll have juice, course it is in Manson, next time may be quite a long time. But if your ever in Manson, go early, long lines long wait....