Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A Terrible Beauty ?
Yo! Sup? ( tryin to keep up with my younger readers) you know, tryin to put a little gangsta in the Blog... Noimsayin? Who am I tryin to kid, the Blogs named Sunday Breakfast... Gangsta title .. Revoked! So , lets start fresh,Shall we? The Venue this past Sunday was the quaint Irish Pub by the name" A Terrible Beauty" Odd name I thought, but its the last line of a poem by WB Yeats, ok lets name our restaurant that!. Yep Odd name or not , this joint brings it for breakfast (they call it brunch). MSue and I drove this sunday , swung by and picked up Smoj and OL Hot T around 9ish, and headed for the wee little burg o Renton (sounds Irish) not much of wait, maybe 5 minutes so the Harried Hostess sat us in the doorway(sort of) and after asking our waitress, we were moved to more suitable arrangements, obviously they didn't realize who we were, I like to keep it real... Noimsayin? Once moved much happier! the still hungry but a little less snobby FF(famished four) started to peruse the menu. Quite a menu quite frankly, 7 different Irishy type Bennys, Corned beef, bangers, rashers ,there was even some Guiness involved. Ol Hot T had the Corned Beef Benny, he thought it a bit odd for corned beef to be paired with Hollandaise, sided up by Potatoes Obrien (what else) and of course some Hot Tea ( Irish Breakfast?) but alas it arrived tepid, thus the reason for the lengthy steeping time, cant fool ol Ken , no sirree!. My Lovely Irish Lass (MSue) had the "Irish bacon, cheese and tomato Omelette, a bit dissapointed, Irish bacon is apparently is a lot like ham, not bacony enough for MSue, but she did like it overall and along with plenty off Ice Tea to wash it down with she had plenty to eat half and take some lefties home in the bag o shame. Now as for Smoj she ordered, quite frankly Im a little embarresed that I cant remember the name, it was quite long (the name that is) but I do know what it consisted of, it started with a big chunk of homemade Irish Soda bread, two pieces of fried chicken ,a couple of eggrachans (irish eggs) covered with some of the best sausage gravy I've ever tasted (made with guiness) along with the potatoes Obrien and fresh fruit, surean itwas a huge plate o food, the baggie o shamus also accompanied smoj, she did however finish her cranberry juice . ( thought I forgot, huh Val?) Well Bloggrachans? My food? glad you asked, I once again copied Smoj, this dish sounded so much like the meal we got at Charlies in October I knew at once it was for me! Darn tasty it was and what did my wonderous eyes did appear but the best frikkin coffee I've had in a year. I think Ol Hot T and MSue may order differantly next time , but as for me an Smoj it was scrumptastic!. A Terrible Beauty is way more than breakfast, they have over 30 taps in the bar, an Irish Market in house,( guiness stuff ,coffee , deli items) Oh yeh and a Kick ass Bloody Mary, which I apologize, I neglected to mention I had one! So I guess I owe all those Irishy types an apology, its not all boiled taters and mutton no sir we the FF give A Terrible Beauty, two shillelagh's up !, Im goin back for a Reuben!
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Thanks for inserting this place back into my mind; it made us go there for breakfast yesterday. Lori and I discovered this place earlier in the year. I like the atmosphere and the food - my only suggestion to the place is that they try to steer clear of eggs for their bennies that have eensy-weensy egg yolks. An egg should be an egg. This time I had the New York steak and eggs - the steak was awesome - a healthy portion and done perfectly. Good time with excellent live music, too. Keep up on the nice work on the blog, Jim. You're providing a great public service to breakfast out aficionados. Eric H.
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