I know some of you are saying Blog? What Blog? tis true, its been since the beginning of the year since last I've taking fingers to keys to share my opinion (for whatever thats worth) on the Sunday ritual I have lovingly named "SundayBreakfast". So much has happened this year, Cassidy (our youngest) was married on July 25th, after a year of planning by Msue and Cass, a few disagreements along the way, it all came together without a hitch (from my perspective) all I had to do was to put on a tuxedo and take a walk down the aisle with my little princess, I got through it pretty well all be it with a lump in my throat, but non the wiser, She was a beautiful Bride with a smile so big, it never came off her face the whole night!.... I did enjoy the evening, I muddled through my " Father of the Bride" speech and actually kept my composure through most of it. All in all, a very nice affair. So to the Blog.... The Sunday after the Wedding ( on a Friday) We had a very special guest with us for our Sunday Breakfast, Chloe Engley and her boyfriend Jake all the way from Australia attended the Wedding, Chloe was our Aussie Exchange student when Cass was in Highschool, it was so awesome to see her again, and to meet her boyfriend Jake...... Sooooo they went to bfast with Msue and myself. we took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island to "Nolas" a little bistro we've been to a few times with ol Hot T and Smoj, a beautiful morning in July a great ferry ride and a yumtastic breakfast. Chloe and Jake had the Eggs Benedict, Msue had the Chickenfried steak, and I cant go to Nolas and not have French toast, it's so yumbelievably good, thick Challa bread, with a bourbon orange butter and real maple syrup, thick sliced bacon...MM! , Msue and I had blood marys , Chloe, I think a Mimosa, plus we had coffee and ice tea and all the fixins of a Sunday feast, it was amazing ! The Ferry ride back had a little unexpected treat as well, My Friend and ex coworker Rob R. works for them, he's a
captain in waiting ( which I guess means he has to wait till enough retire to become one) I called him , and what luck, it was his boat we got on for the ride back , so we got a tour of the pilot house, and a ride back to Seattle in style.... Thanks Rob! Nolas is someplace everyone should try........some other noteworthy places we've dined?..... Well how about" The Tides"Tavern, on the water in Gig Harbor, Msue and I went there with her sister and brotherinlaw after a morning of crabbing in Commencement Bay, I think Herbie (Msues B i law) had the cornbeef hash, I again had French toast, I dont really recall what Msue and her sister Theresa had,but it was ok nothing really special about the food as I recall, but it was a beautiful day, and the Tides is an awesome venue, great place to people and boat watch, most of my Tides experience consists of Pizza and beer (both excellent),and which I highly recommend. We have been to a few joints down Ptown way, seeing that Cassidy and Brian live in Hillsboro now, one of these places is named "Seasons and Regions" we went there because Brian said they have oysters for breakfast.... frankly I dont know why more places dont offer Oysters and eggs, what a great combo! Yep sir we went there all right and instead of the oysters, I opted for the Razor Clams! Whaaat? holy smoke were they good!, tender and sweet, cooked perfect and along with eggs and browns mmmmm! Brian I believe had the oysters, Cass is so plain Jane at Bfast.... bacon and eggs, Msue had some sort of Scramble.. anyway it was all pretty tasty.... good coffee too, seems all the Cafes down in P town serve Stumptown coffee, take a lesson Seattle area joints land of Starbucks, start serving it in your cafes!. Next on our Portlandian tour was the Reedville Cafe.... in? Yep! Reedville, not to far from Hillsboro, again I had Razor clams! are ya taking notes Seattle? thats right seafood for breakfast ! what a concept also good coffee, (big surprise), Brian had the CB Hash, Cass had ......let me think.... oh yeh a Bloody Mary with Eggs and bacon, Msue followed it up with a Seafood Scramble with hollandaise , Ice T aplenty, now I dont know if the food and beer options in Portland are enough to get me to move to the land of Ducks but they do build a strong argument for it, along with the bookstores ,glass shops and transients its a lot like the Fremont area in Seattle only bigger... Yep Portlanders know how how to eat and drink, there's a Deli there we like named Kenny and Zukes, its in down town P...... one word....Eggsalad! recommended to me by a tatooed pierced waitress there as Amazing! it was and it keeps me coming back, along with mile high Pastrami sandwiches and of course Msues Favo...The After Thanksgiving Sandwich, which consists of as you might guess, Turkey , stuffing , cranberries and Gravy..... The Eidleweiss sausage house.... Im drooling just thinking about that place, every german style meat and sausage you can think of plus they make sandwiches and soup, the place is so busy, if your not ready when they call your number......NEXT! I brought home some fresh bologna and some Braunsweiger ( liverwurst) OMG ,much to Msues dismay.... oh so Tasty! And all that is without our partners in crime Ken and Val, so that being said we have been to a few of the usuals lately , Charlies in Puyallup is always good.... talkin old school eatery here, kinda dark, big salad bar! really a salad bar? yep they got one, but not for breakfast, what they do have is good food, a great prime rib hash , a scramble they call a "square" I guess because it comes on a square plate, great pancakes, and a Yumdiddly Monte Cristo Sandwich which our waitress recommended Hot boysenberry syrup as a dippin sauce... she got a nice tip that sunday it was so good I dont even remember what Hot T and Smoj had or Msue for that matter.. that was last sunday..... today we went to "Draft Choice", I guess its in Auburn.... east Auburn headin towards Black Diamond any way we went there a few years back with Hot T and Smoj and today with Cass and Brian, my new Son in Law wanted something Chicken fried, so thats where we went. Brian, Msue and myself had the CFS so amazingly tastelicious with eggs yer choice and browns today, we ordered the special potatoes, but alas they were out.... Cass had the breakfast Burrito , pretty good as well, along with two bloody marys , Msue had two bloody caesers(with clamato juice) with her bfast,Brian as well.... so with food and breakfast in a tavern,.. there goes....pull tabs! no winners to speak of, a dollar here and there, bfast was close to 150 bucks.... but delicious and fun! good thing I had only Coffee.......... So my many followers, we will meet again next Blog..... yes I will continue......dont hold your breath........ we will keep eating and I' ll keep giving my opinions Ad Nauseum. We are headin down to Napa in a couple of weeks with Ol HotT and Smoj we'll see how Sunday Breakfast Napa Style works.... until then.....May all your breakfasts achieve Yumtasteliciousness!
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