A Lunch Story

(definately not a love story).

Ok, so I know it isn't breakfast, but it is food related. Here is how my lunch went. Be depressed with me.

Love,
Holly

Thanks for the souvenir cup!

Hey maggie's back!- It only took me a few weeks to figure out how to log back onto this thing.

Today I'm reviewing The Original Gourmet Brunch on Main St in Hyannis. We haven't had much luck on Main Street, Sunnyside (eh), Percy's (puts too much slimy crap in their breakfast potatoes) a good friend however recommended OGB, so Holly decided it was our next SYNT breakfast rendezvous.

It was warm, and the waitress was friendly, so was the host. They have excellent taste in art, including a limited edition lithograph of Heather Braginton-Smith's Pops-By-The-Sea from 1989.

The coffee was pretty good, the sweetener options were sparse "We have brown sugar for your coffee" the waitress gestured towards a cute little glass jar on the table...indeed filled with brown sugar. I don't know about you but I'm picky when it comes to my coffee, I like it black with sugar, white sugar. Holly prefers 7 creamers and sweet-n-low. There was no sweet-n-low, there was however white sugar, 5 packets to be exact, which is only enough for one cup of coffee. For my second cup I thought "What the hell?" and scooped a heaping spoon full of brown sugar into my coffee, which tasted pretty great actually. Did I mention that the coffee cups were clear glass? I thought they were really cool and got us each one to take home, a souvenir, "Thanks for the good times, don't know if I'll be back."


The food: I ordered a waffle with strawberries and whipped cream and a side of whatever they call their breakfast potatoes.

What I got was a smallffle covered in FRESH strawberries and whipped cream it was tasty, yet small and rectangular instead of the round plate sized waffle I was expecting. I took a bite of breakfast potato and said "That is interesting." To which Holly replied "Yeah...interesting." They tasted like potato, no spice, no grease, just cooked potato. We ended up dousing our potatoes with salt and ketchup to get a passable side dish.



Overall, not the best, not the worst.

Gimme S'More Waffles

(you'll like what I did with the title in a second)

Well, it's been a while breakfast clubbers, but a certain someone had some FACE EXPLODING AWESOME BIRTHDAY SHIT GOING DOWN, AWWWWWWWS YEAHHHH BOYEEEE. Including, yup you guessed it, breakfast!

The first breakfast was to be had at the Best Western in RI near TF Green, and I have 3 words for you:

Free.
Waffle.
Bar.

This was me when I found out there was a free waffle bar:

Oh, hello marshmallow title pun. Where've you been all my life?

So, yeah. I have to say they were pretty good. I must question how safe it is for hotel patrons to use a hot belgain waffle iron sans supervision. They were sweet and crispy. I like my waffles slightly well done and the iron is on a timer, so not as crispy as I usually like.

There was also sausage patties that were meant for breakfast sandwiches. I totally used them for dipping in my waffle syrup. I never wanted to leave. I was a kid in a waffle store. Eventually there was an epic battle.

Me vs Hotel Staff:

Maggie eventually told me they were going to cross the syrup streams if I didn't knock it off.

To comment on the rest of the free breakfast spread, there was plenty of coffee, juice, cereal, muffins, bagles, makings for sausage/egg/cheese breakfast sandwiches, fruit, etc. it was a pretty decent free breakfast in an affordable hotel.

So, if you are staying in RI near the airport, and a continental breakfast will make or break your hotel decision, do stay at the Best Western on Post Rd. Thumbs up BW!

Hearth N' Kettle N' Hash Browns, Oh My.

Sooooooo. The Hearth Nnn Kettle. It was alright. Actually the pancakes were delicious. Light and fluffy. I wish the menu had a better selection though. It was broad enough, but it was trying to hard to be colonial chic and it's hard to be fancy when you're dining in what seems to be a log cabin and you're not 100 yards from a pirate swimming pool and a cranberry grower convention.

I should have gotten hash browns instead of home fries. But the home fries were good. Can't go wrong with red bliss potato home fries. I was still sad about the hash browns though. I'll probably die regretting not ordering them.

Here are a list of things I'd regret on my death bed if I died in the next 10 minutes:

1. I never learned to swing dance.
2. I never got to see Japan.
3. Why didn't I make out with more people?
4. I was never in an epic sword fight.
5. I didn't order the delicious looking hash browns at the Hearth Nnnnnnnnn Kettle.
oh, and this:
6. I never got to punch Rush Limbaugh in the face. Lets face it, he kind of deserves it.

The ultimate would be if I accidentially tripped Rush while at a swing dance in Japan. Then we would have an epic samurai sword fight that ends with me punching him in the face and celebrating my victory by eating hash browns from Hearth NnnnnnnnnNNNnnnn Kettle.

Anywho, The plantation special is a safe bet at the H+K. Yet another B+

Holly The Grouch Goes To Grumpy's

Hey folks,

I was able to muster up enough follow through to crawl out of my garbage can and go to Grumpy's this past Saturday with maggie. I even tried something new! And to celebrate I will try something new here.

A photojournal of my visit (or a reasonable facsimile thereof).

Here is me just after waking up:

Here is me at Grumpy's with my coffee:

And, now I'm bored of that. Just so you know, those weren't really me. But seriously, Grumpy's was a good breakfast place. The  coffee was good. I had a grilled chocolate chip muffin that was to die for. And the cornmeal pancakes were delicious. And my bacon was the perfect mix of crispy and chewy. And my eggs were the perfect over medium. All in all it's a great little breakfast place, and you can tell it's a favorite of the locals. I would definately go back.

Grumpy's gets a solid B+