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!

Lobster Shop !

Shhh!, It's a secret... The Lobster Shop on Dash Point is serving breakfast! Yep,its true, just on the weekends mind you,but a real breakfast non the less. Yeh, ok, I can hear you all now .Jim? how can we afford to have breakfast at such a fancy joint ? or I dont want to get dressed up for sunday mornin ifn I aint goin to church! yep I can hear it loud as can be, but dont be afraid Blogomaniacs cuz The Lobster Shop turned it down a bit for us commoners, it is reasonably priced and they have quite a nice menu with lots of breakfasty choices. You can still go Pinky out if you wish for they do offer champagne, Bellinis, Bloody Marys yada yada. We found out about the breakfast from our partners on sunday am, Good ol Hot T and Smoj (Ken and Val) they went there for their anniversary and noticed the Menu for B Fast. Then in turn I escorted my lovely Wife ( MSue) for our Anniversary dinner there as well and we noticed how reasonably priced it was, considering the venue an all. A quick blurb about our dinner seems appropriate, kinda funny really, I guess MSue and I are getting up there on the age scale, we went for the "Sunset Dinner", you know... Entree, soup or salad, desert all for one price if you arrive before 6 pm, and then they give you some up choices like shrimp cocktails for a buck, and martinis or manhattens for 5.95 ... Yeppers we opted for the Shrimpys and sucked down a couple of drinks apiece so our cheap "Sunset Dinner" still ran us about 90 smackers, but still worth it! I had the oysters Timmy, and they were awsome, MSue had the Calamari steak, equally awsome. For some of you who might not know, Timmy (Tim) is a friend of mine from work, oysters timmy is not the name of the Entree, him and I share a love of oysters and anything oystery, we eat em just for the burps!!! (true) Tim is also the owner of "Tims to go Catering" he is quite the good cook in his own right ,who knows maybe someday I shall Blogg him... yep my first advert.. tims2gocatering.com Check him out! Hes the real deal! What? Oh for cryin out loud ! your right ! What about the damn breakfast, I almost forgot, Ol Hot T and Smoj picked us up and we arrived at the Lobster Shop a little before 10 am, and not to worry about parking, cuz there really isnt any, but the staff takes care o biz for that , they reserve some spots right out front, so its quite easy on their customers, they have a young Lad with orange traffic cones holding each spot as people leave, and also chases away the people who come down to fish, well he doesnt' really chase em, more he just sez these spots are taken! but you know he works hard and we tipped him handsomely! Oh yeh food , Well as luck would have Ol Joe's been around, thats what Smoj ordered "Joes Special" eggs spinach cheese, maybe a little seafood in this one, she musta liked it for her plate as clean as if she licked it, she also had a Bellini to drink as opposed to her usual virgin screwdriver.... Yep chock one up for Val, it was a success. Ol Hot T had the bacon and egg "Benedict" partnered up with acute lil pile o browns or maybe it was just on a big plate....mmmm no , it was kinda dinky, and as for his Bev o choice , Hot T..... What a frikkin surprise, no one saw that comin now did ya? he just did'nt feel like a stroll on the wild side , so no Bloody Mary for Ken. He did however like his meal, although he stated the Hollandaise was a bit thick. My Sweet Bride ordered her up some CFS!!! Atta girl Foof! (her nickname) this rendition came with Egg o choice (scrambledwelldonsideofsalsa) same dinky hashbrowners, and instead of country gravy, it was topped with sausage gravy, which she said was a little flourey tasting, but still pretty good, she also had a Bellini as well as her usual Ice T w/lemon. My Breakfast Choice was semi predidictable, I would've ordered the CFS as well, but I'm smarter than that my friends! I knew that if MSue ordered it she would not eat it all and I would get bites! that way, if it was Awsome!, I would get it for nextys!, I ordered the "Country Benedict" you know the drill.... cept this one came with Linguica sausage (portugeuse) Im sure thats not spelled right, and covered with the same sausage gravy as did come with the CFS, yep ditto on the Browns, a very polite little scoop o taters, good but small. I of course had the Bloody Mary( darn tasty it was ) and I gotta say some pretty good Jo, Cafe D'arte I believe, brewed well and strong! Yumtastic! So all in all pretty good food, although the Lobster Shop may be fancy schmancy they need just a tweek on their gravy maybe they should call Tims2 go for a lesson, or even my own lovely Wife, for she makes a sausage gravy that stands alone on perfection! (Its Soup Nazi Good) I'm not jokin there Buuud! your knees will buckle, any ways it was good and we will go back, you cant beat the view!

Casa De Guerrero

Well Bloggomites, last week we went off the page a bit for our morning mastication ritual, you know the Hangar Cafe, great coffee but no eggy type thangs ,not bad, just differant. Well this week not only did we go off the page, we opened an entire new book! Our good friends Tim and Kate invited us over for breakfast, instead of going out. Now just a little history to catch you all up , we have known the Guerreros for at least 20 years ,and along with the Brunners( Hot T and Smoj) raised our kids together, we all had 2 girls, Tim and I coached them in various sports, although Tim did carry the coaching thing into the junior high school years, so yeh.. good friends. Yep the FF (Famished Four) en mass arrived at Casa De Guerrero... rounda bout 930 , we brought makins for Mimosas, you know Champagne, OJ and some Harlequin orange liquor. If we were gonna add to the FF, Tim and Kate would make up the Starvin six, as they have joined us from time to time. Tim and Kate are just like us four, by sayin that I mean they like good food and good company, apparently tho they settled for us this Sunday. The menu was Omlettes, cheese Quesodilas, french toast, waffles , fresh fruit ,bacon... oh yeh and coffee cake, Holy Cripes! what a spread, oh and by the way really good coffee. Now Tim and Kate are not in the Restaurant business, but you know both are pretty darn good cooks, I would put Tims omlette up against any Ive had, and Kate well , she's pretty darn cute! this time Tim did most of the cooking, but Kate did make the french toast and waffles and the most important part, the coffee . Like I said they are not in the business of food prep, but Tims sister Julie is, so some of her expertise or advice maybe must a rubbed off on Tim . So we all had Mimosa's , probably ate too much, and I dont think I got much work done at home after wards, course we didnt leave the Guerreros until 1 or 2, but we did have a really good time and a really good meal, Great Friends and Great Food! It really doesn't get better, we might just have to do this again soon. I wonder what Tim will fix next time?

Sumpin Different ? Hangar Cafe

Almost a month, Yep its been a little while since last I've notified my faithful followers of the breakfast exploits of the famished four ( FF) and while we have been eating, in fact we do every sunday but once in a while we settle in to a routine, where we visit our tried and trues, as I like to call them. We've been to the Bay Cafe... the Oysters , my god the oysters, and they make up for the passable Jo, still one of my favorite places and probably the only reason we dont go more often is that it's in Ballard. We have also been to Voulas Offshore Cafe,( a favorite of MSues) she just cant get past the Greek Hobo mess they serve there (a giant pile of food by the way) again very good food, passable coffee, and I think one of the sundays MSue was out of town so we did not go! Well we went today even though we were minus a member, Ol Hot T was a no show, no fault of his own mind you, he had to pick up his parents from a cruise, gotta do what ya gotta do! ay Ken? we ate without you and although you were missed, we managed. So the Hangar Cafe? as you might have guessed is down by Boeing Field, yeh like next door! just on the north side, 13th and Albro. A tiny little place, in an old tiny house, with a not so tiny line to get in , although our arrival was timely as always, our wait was short,.... bout ten minutes. After we were seated the line did grow a bit. This place was a little differant then most of the places we choose, No Egg type dishes, no biscuits and gravy, and sadly no CFS... sadness at first, but we ,or I was encouraged cuz of the coffee served... wait for it... Stumptown!! yay for me! all the way from Portland, man damn good Jo!!!. What the Hangar does do, and what they do very well are Crepes! and quite a variety of them, Sweet as well as Savory, plus Waffles and a baked type of French toast ,that by the way looked delicious. MSue along with her Ice T w/lemon ordered Waffles, and this particular type came with bacon on top, Brie and basil, served with maple syrup... yummy, she did like it although her description was interesting.... no... thats is what she said... interesting, usually that means Ol MSue is not happy, but she did like her selection. Smoj, yep she had OJ, but her choice this Am was the star of the table (its usually me) she ordered the special baked casserole , a souffle kind of deal that they serve on weekends, this one had shrooms and sausage, cheddar I believe and topped.....scuse me a sec.... USA just scored WHOOOOOOO!!!, K.... I'm back what was I.... oh yeh Vals Casserole was topped with Creme Fresche and a Poblamo chile Vinagrette mmmmm! tastalicicious !! I will order along that line next time. As far as my meal go's... I went for the Crepe Side of the menu. They had quite a selection like I said from sweet to savory,I ordered of the blackboard secials as did Smoj, mine was a crepe filled with salami, onions , tomatoes , shrooms and mozzarell and topped with the same poblamo vinagrette and creme fresche and along with my crepe came some roasted spudlinis, that were very good although I would have liked a bit more , along with all the Stumptown Jo I could swill, I got to say , although differant , was very good.....S...! Japan just scored... Cmon Usa!!! Yes we all liked the breakfasts, in fact MSue and I ordered one of the Casseroles to go for tomorrow, Yeppers! my friends the Hangar Cafe... no CFS, but the crepes were delicious.... maybe a CFS Crepe?.... nah! I doubt that ell happen, but as long as they're pourin Stumptown Coffee I'M There!!!

Pete's Repeat!

If there's a few things I've found out over the last few years, is that there are quite a few good places to eat in the Seattle area, and yes there are even some great places... and then there's the few that just flat out bring it each and every time the Famished Four have had the pleasure to dine there. Pete's Egg Nest in Greenwood is one of those joints. We didn't really know where we were going when we started out this morning,until we got to Ol Hot T's and Smoj's house round about 9:00, Smoj said she was thinkin bout Pete's, we all concurred and off we went. Now it's no mystery , we've ate there before ,quite a few times really, and part of the discussion was if it was too late to go, you know to avoid the crowd that always seems to be outside waiting to get in to this tiny cafe, all looking in and watching us eat, and I'm sure muttering to themselves,Cmon eat and get out! it's our turn, all while I'm having my fith or sixth cup of Jo. Like always , we get there, find a place to park in front of the Cafe and walk right in... Sup? talk about good timing (we always seem to have it when we dine at Pete's) and not ten minutes later the hungry Greenwoodians start to gather, Ha Ha ! I say, we come from Federal Way and beat you all, Yep we are pretty lucky alright, , but not to worry Greenwoodamites! Ol Pete's out side takin care o biz, offering up hot coffee or OJ to those unlucky ones waiting their turn. So about the food , it doesn't really matter, its all frikkin great and always perfect, and most of the hungry folks who dine at Pete's must either be family, or at least they're treated that way , I must have seen Mrs Pete ( I'm assuming it's Mrs Pete) hug and kiss a dozen or so either on they're way in or on the way out. So yeh the Food, MSue had a Pesto, bacon and feta cheese scramble (it is a greek joint after all) along with bev o choice... do I really have to put that in? ok Ice T w/lemon, she ate about half maybe, along with probably the best browns in town (probably...) dry wheat toast side o salsa! Smoj ordered the California scramble, same kinda a thing you know, Ham, bacon, asst veggies topped with sour cream and avocados, small OJ of course, same ol browns, plus wheat toast... half gone half to go! Ol Hot T , not to be out done , had a Scramble also ( pete's has about a dozen of em and omlettes) I really dont remember exactly , eggs, cheese, some sort of pork and veggies,along with ........ yep Hot T, rye toast and all the crispy brownsters that a feller could want , again half eaten half go home! I went way off page for my breakfast this morning( yes.. again) I had the French toast special, Boy you guy's sure are smart! it indeed came with French toast! topped with apples and cinnamon , to little porkies ( meat o choice) and three, yes three eggasauruses over medium... aahh Huevos Perfecto! I just love fried eggs and when they're like that it just makes Jimmy smile! ( I know, doesn't take much) did half go home? nope ate it all.. it's French toast after all... So in closing who should go to Pete's Egg Nest? Everyone! but please not before 9;30,... I dont want to wait!

Scoreboard Pub

Scoreboard Pub... for breakfast? Damn straight! Darn good! So fellow Bloggominas, MSue and I did something a little out of character for breakfast this AM, we ditched Ol Hot T and Smoj and dined alone , actually they had other plans, sooo couldn't make the trip . The Scoreboard Pub is a favorite of mine, has been for a long time, they have a great bar and the the food is really good, but I usually go in the evening, either with a few couples or just a few buddys for beers and grub. The Pub (as I like to call it) has served breakfast for a while, but they recently revamped the menu for breakfast and it sounded good. I gotta admit it seems a little odd to go in there in the morning, or to walk in and not be greeted with a large Manny's pale ale as is my usual there, but in we walked , not very busy, I guess the breakfast word is not out yet, I expect it wont be long. The Scoreboard is located on 324th in Federal Way, across from Celebration Park, needless to say quite a few sports teams use this as their after game stop, Its a big bar, staffed with friendly people, and for a small kitchen puts out a pretty large menu, plus specials everyday, trivia night , cribbage tournys, golf tournaments etc a very involved establishment . Yeh Yeh ok its obvious I like this joint, lets talk about breakfast shall we!! Like I said a new breakfast menu, along with 2.99 Bloody Marys and Mimosas! did we get em? Heck yeh we did for that price, and the Bloody Mary was huge! ( might become one of my favs) So as far as food goes, my lovely bride ordered a Bacon ,mushroom and cheese scramble, or Jumble as they call it, it was quite a pile o grub, along with a slab of crispy browns and of course the Mimosa she was mighty satisfied she was , and of course took at least half home. Now before I get to my food, I gotta tell ya, I have a very special follower to my blog, that is a retired school teacher from Wisconsin, my Aunt Jean! She says she enjoys reading of the FF"s (famished four) exploits in am dining, but is a little concerned about my health, and some of my choices as far as food goes. Well Auntie I did think of you this morning, but I just couldn't order oatmeal and fresh fruit, sorry I'll eat healthy the rest of the week I promise. So I ordered what they call Bobe's Hangover Special... Kinda of a scoreboard version of tatertot casserole, tatertots stacked with bacon and burger patties covered with country gravy, american cheese, and surfin on top of it all ,..3 fried eggamundos over medium, not exactly the diet plate Huh Aunt Jean? but boy was it good! along with the afore mentioned bloody mary and a cup or two of pretty good coffee, damn skippy!! alas no leftovers for me I 'll have to ride my bike a few more days I guess Huh? Yep Yep The Scoreboard Pub! it's not just for Friday and Saturday nights anymore, sunday breakfast at the Pub has got it goin on! So Ken and Val (Ol Hot T and Smoj) when you grace us once again with your company, we'll have to back again and again and again!!

Peso's Kitchen and Lounge

Well, Well, Well, for those of you followers who are in the know (Breakfast Blogwise that is) you might remember we tried Mexican food for breakfast before,quite a while ago, a place called Senor' Moose, and with the exception of the coffee we , the "Famished Four", didn't care much for it. Enough of the past... We went to Peso's this last sunday and it was Awsome! food and coffee, I could stop here, but thats not how We roll wit dis blog ting,so heres the recap, best as my recollection serves me. Bit of a change up this sunday, our regular foursome was minus one plus three. MSue and myself of course, Ol Hot T minus 1Smoj, (Val was at Oregon State for mothers weekend, Hope you had fun Smoj.... cuz breakfast was pretty good... we missed you tho, I'm gonna have to make something funny up since you were not in attendance) Our Good friends Tim and Kate G. with which we have supped before and a good friend of MSue's , and mine too, Brooke, sort of a work cohort of MSues. We will start with Brooke, she's young , blonde,sharp as a tack and cute as a bug, nice to to have her with us this am. Actually it was Brookes Idea to go to Peso's.... Good Job Brookalino! She ordered the Huevos Tacos, with the habanero sauce, as opposed to the ancho sauce , ( apparently she's been here before) you know the routine , scrambled huevos, andouille sausage, pico de gallo,and lime crema, along with cafe de Fonte (dam good Jo!) she seemed pretty pleased! Ol Hot T started things off with a Bloody Mary , atta boy Ken! no Smoj ,might as well drink! right? for food he had the Habanero Sausage Migas, ( Scrambled eggs with ...duh! above sausage, peppers , green onions, Habanero sauce, and all mixed up with corn chips, side of home fries el magnifico !! he said it was good , but... the portion was a little dinky, (glad I didn't order it ) . Kate G ordered the French Toast, a creme Caramel affair, which she said was delicious, they also have a stuffed French Toast.... but not for Katie this morning , oh yeh! and a side a bacon, (jealous M Sue?)(she does love her bacon) and with her petite little meal she had coffee to rinse all the sugar away. Kate's Ol Ball an Chain Tim, chose the Eggs Benedict, classic style, but with a chipotle hollandaise to make it their own, it came all amigo'd with breakfast tato's and a side of toast!, Tim I think is kinda picky, and he really liked it!. MSue picked the Dungeness Crab, Avocado and roasted corn Benedict, she was very impressed, she orders her Benedicts with scrambled eggs... but she doesn't like eggs so much, she always asks ,instead of two eggs, may I have just one egg and split it between the two muffins, most times our server will be a bit confused, not this time , she said no prob! along with plenty of Ice Tea w/lemon to make it juicy, all was good for MSue!... I of course, had the star of the Table (yes again!) I saw it on the menu, and I knew it was meant to be! Chicken Fried Steak with spicy Jalapeno-Corn Gravy! WHAT UP?, this item states it has a cult following , and I believe it! spicy, spicy , crispy and the perfect amount of greasy goodness it was freakin goooood , not huge, but it didn't matter, yep along with two Huevos over perfecto , and breakfast spudalinos, quite delish, I must say, along with Fonte Coffee,( same as Avalon), durn good brown stuff, damn fine breakfast. I dont know how long Peso's Kitchen and lounge has been there, the building was at one time Vinces, I hope it stays Peso's for a long time, it was a six thumbs up day, and we'll have to go back , just a cuz of no Val (Smoj) So we'll have a good reason to go back. You know? Sunday was really nice, great friends, great food, Beautiful day to boot! Yeppers had the top down all the way home