Good evening. I like food. All different kind of food. Desserts, main dishes, vegetables, casseroles, you name it and I probably like it, or would at least be willing to try it. My wife is an excellent cook, which makes us a perfect match. At least in that respect. Living over here in the valley offers the chance to chose from many different restaurants and a wide variety of of food choices.
This is both good and bad. It’s a lot of fun to try something new sometime but there is always the possibility that you may not particularly care for this new choice. But still when good food, nice atmosphere, and great service come together, the dining experience can be memorable.
I’d like to briefly tell you about two recent dining experiences of mine. As tonight’s title implies, this is meant to be food for thought.
Last Saturday we took a trip back to our old hometown, Manitowoc, WI. On the way, we stopped for breakfast at a small cafe in a town called Forest Junction. The name of the cafe is Railway Junction and we had been there a time or two before. It’s nothing fancy on the inside but that’s not to say it’s not nice. I would describe the feeling I get when I’m there to the feeling you’d have if you were sitting in a friends kitchen. Comfortable. Now the food is wonderful. I had the “Orange Blossom Special” which was a layer of potatoes, onions, peppers, and sausage topped with two sunny side up eggs. Delicious! But the best part is the toast. Yes that’s right, the toast. Most people don’t recommend restaurants or cafes based on the quality of their toast, but I’m making an exception in this case.
The toast is homemade and cut thick, like Texas toast, Then it is buttered while still warm with real butter. Toast to die for. I could literally go there and just have toast and coffee and that would be fine. Now I know how Dan Ackroyd felt in the “Blues Brothers” when he walked into Aretha Franklins diner and ordered just toast.
So here’s a “toast” to Railway Junction in Forest Junction. A wonderful breakfast experience.
Also, we recently had the opportunity to try a new place in Appleton called Po Boy’s. It’s a New Orleans style restaurant with many classic New Orleans inspired dishes. There are quite a few different Po Boys, which are,for lack of a better way to describe them, a Louisiana style sub sandwich. There are also items like Muffaletta, Catfish, and Gumbo. The food was good. Not outstanding but solid. A lot of different flavors going on in this type of food. Also, the portion sizes were quite large.
The service was good and it didn’t take long to get our food. They also give you a Nawlins’ name that they will call out when your order is ready. Mine was “Randy Neuman”.
Not a big place, but it’s got that “new” restaurant feel to it. I’ll be back. The food was good and different from some of the other choices out there. Worth a try in my opinion.
Well, that’s it for tonight. All of this writing about food has got me in the mood for a snack. I’ll see what I can find. I’ll talk to you tomorrow when I’m sure I’ll be playing in quicksand, again.
No comments yet.