Sunday, October 9, 2011

Charlies in Puyallup! MM!

Yep, I know, Been a while, long time no bloggy, etc etc. Quite frankly, we havent been to any place new for quite a while , for a couple a weeks we didn't have Ol Hot T and Smoj with us, they obviously had better things to do, tho I cant quite imagine what , some people just need to set their priorities. We did dine with them last weekend at the Chelan, which you all know is one of the FF's (Famished Four) Fav, and the week before that we took an out of town guest to Voulas Offshore Cafe, (MSues cafe de jour) also stupendarific!. Been there done that! Blogwise. MSue and I also went to Marys Cafe up off the Benson in Kent, which at first I was against only because the first time we went there I didn't care for it at all, well it was pretty good this time ,soooo we will go there again at some point. Today was a time for someplace new to us, we were tired of the same ol same ol, and of course being the thrifty shopper that Val ( Smoj) is, she had coupons for Charlies, so done and done, off we went to Charlies in Puyallup. Ol Hot t and Smoj drove this trip and whisked us away round a bout the crack of 930, that gives me time for a cup of real coffee before I suck down a gallon of roadhouse swill that is the usual for diners around here it seems . I swear they all make it in a giant watertower and have it shipped to various joints who could give a rip about the quality o jo that they pour down our throats, I know , youve detected a theme here but it is a pet peeve of mine, but yet I continue to belllyup to the bar and lap it up with the rest of Klididdlehoppers, so I shouldn't complain... but I digress. So Charlies, pretty darn good right off the bat, parked right in front, got seated right away. They have a nice Menu, lots a things to choose from, even a Monte Cristo san, maybe next time Timmy. They have some signature type items called Squares, which are kinda of a scramble mess of stuff served on top of their Home fries, you know , eggs and various meat choices, served on a square plate. Ol Hot t along with his namesake beverage had the Chorizo Square, it had the Said Chorizo along with Jalapeno bacon, eggys and asst veggies along with cheese, ridin a top of ol homefries. pretty big ol portion of food for the Hot T meister, he did not finish, so the box of shame went home with Hot T for later. My Darling spousal unit ordered the CFS, it came with Hashbrowns instead of the Homeys, eggsscrambledwelldonesideosalsa...... yes its one word! you people should know that by now! yep all smothered and covered with some pretty darn tasty Country gravy. Msue did not however care much for the Steak itself , it appeared to be a cube steak and she thought it was kinda chewy, and stringy, I did taste it, I thought it was pretty good, Im not as picky as she. She did have plenty of Ice T w/lemon to wash it all down with, and lucky me, she did not eat all of hers (lunch tomorrow for me ;) ) Smoj had her signature bev o choice, and she had " Chicken in a Biscuit" mmm interesting! consisting of a chicken fried chicken breast stuffed in a Biscuit, topped with a fried egg annndd Bacon! oh yeh covered with the same Gravy as the CFS, all partnered up with some pretty darn good Homeys, big plate of food for Smoj and as you might guess the box o shame went home with Val as well. I could go on and on about my food, but as weirdness sometimes happens, Ol Smoj and I ordered the very same item, I however did not need the box o shame as I consumed it all, and it all was pretty darn tasty. Judging by the quality of the Gravy and the homemade skits, next time I will go for the Biscuits and gravy, I just dont know why the coffee here or in most other places, is so .....whats a good word for it.... Blahsoomnificant! yeh thats it, not good, not real bad,plenty of it tho which for some reason is important to me . The Service at Charlies was young and cute but capable, for my cup nor MSues ice t was never empty for long, Ol Hot T did at first receive a cup of Hot Chocolate instead of his Hot T, a slight mis comunicay for it was corrected immediately. All in all a darn fine Gnosh I'd say, a must return for the FF, Puyallupaniums are a lucky lot, They have Charlies, as well as Aunt B's( also visited by the FF) The Rose Cafe looked good, we saw that on our way home, and after we stopped at Starbucks, I forgot all about the Blahso Jo!