Joe Bob sends us another wonderful treat from Denver. Hooboy it looks good, darned good.
For years I have been meaning to stop in at the famous Kapre Fried Chicken on Welton Street down in Five Points. Then when I did, turns out they have been shut for some time. The guys next door in the shoe repair store said if I wanted fried chicken just go across the street. Across the street turns out to be Welton Street Café. This is it’s 4th or 5th local in about 17 years. They know how to do fried chicken. I had the dinner with 2 sides and iced tea. Man was it worth it….$10.95. Of course I got the okra, red beans and rice and corn bread.
Category Archives: Restaurant Food
Waikiki Hawaiian BBQ – Plate Lunches
This semi-new local restaurant, Wailiki Hawaiian BBQ, has sparked easily the most heated discussion amoung our immediate circle of friends & family. Apparently my sister and her husband, Mr. & Mrs. Meathead visited this place a month ago and were served nearly inedible food. The food I received was worth returning to. My co-worker EarAche wasn’t impressed with the one in Hercules, the L&L Hawaiian BBQ . Why do these two restaurants have identical menus? Why are there no vegetables? Except for the strands of cabbage under the fried food? I’ve never been to Hawaii and it took a few days to sort things out. For those of you concerned, it’s called Plate Lunch.
“Go ahead, throw away the key. See if I care” A carefree story of being locked inside a restaurant & bar.
Since the late 1960s little Eddy has been a Green Bay Packer fan. I enjoy watching a few games during the season, but I wouldn’t call me a fan of the game. You’ll catch me out grilling food, roasting food or eating food during the game, that’s where you’ll find me. Last season Ed, his sister and a few others would drive many miles to a sports bar in Pleasant Hill. That got a bit tiresome and it wasn’t cheap. So, this year Ed & his crew found a local place to watch the game and have a few cool freshins’. Not only did he find a place, but he found a place where the owner locks him IN the bar & restaurant and goes home for the afternoon. Only to show up hours later to open up for dinner. That’s right, little Eddy gets the run of the place for the duration of the big big big big big game. Count me in as one of the attendees!
Sukicide
(disclaimer: Sorry no photos. I really am sorry too. Because this really deserved a photo treatment)
Sometimes you spend too much time in a favorite restaurant establishment.
Sam’s Log Cabin – Albany California
I’ve been working at the same company now for a bit over 14 years. I like that part, but as cool as it might seem, consider the fact I’ve been eating at the same places for lunch all this time. So, when I overhear someone talking about a semi-local place I haven’t been to and it sounds worth while, I’m outta here. Within a few minutes Big D was here and we were OFF.
When you get to play tourist in your home town.
Tower of Del Monte Canned Goods at The Cannery, San Francisco
My mother in law was in town for a few days, so Mr. Meathead and I took the opportunity to take her to some of our favorite restaurants, and even one new place! Not all the pix are even half top notch, but all the food was reeeeeal good.
Saigon Seafood Harbor
Hi, I’m Mrs. Meathead and I will be your hostess for today.
Today, the Friday before Labor Day, I am “working from home.” And usually when I’m “working from home” myself and Mr. Meathead take the opportunity to go out to fancy lunches we normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to have. Our recent favorite restaurant is just behind our house, “Saigon Seafood Harbor.” We have the great pleasure of having the parking lot to the Pacific East Mall in Richmond as our backyard. Well “Saigon” isn’t in the mall, it is next to it. So we drove there. It is huge, with lots of parking. And they need it because this place hops. For lunch, go no later than 11:30am, for dinner, no later than 5:30pm. Or you will be cranky.
3 Hermanas – Mexican Home Cooking
Here we find ourselves with August coming full on. Which means most of the day it is either overcast or foggy with some blust. Today around mid day it was sunny, El Yay !
Mid day around these parts also finds the Good Dr., hungry. A handful of months ago a new restaurant opened up around the corner. It’s an odd little place attached to Rose & Mike’s liquor in Richmond. Grandma K and Grampa were able to check out the place a few weeks ago. They found the experience quite favorable, which drives the interest higher. Today it was time to visit 3 Hermanas (3 Sisters), my wife agreed and off we went. To the bank, cause I didn’t have any cash. After the bank though, we were there.
Taqueria La Bamba
There are a few things one shouldn’t attempt after a large meal, one of them that comes to mind is swimming. The other, not quite as obvious is making a blog entry. I’m a bit muddled by the intake of El Salvadorian food, really good El Salvadorian food. I’ll take it slow and we’ll see if we can make sense of this wonderous spread.
I am by no means an authority of people and food south of California’s border. But I do enjoy a good meal and am interested to see what others have to offer. One of the things I notice about our local El Salvadorian eateries is their Pupusas (hand made somewhat thick corn tortillas stuff with cheese/pork/beef/chicken and then grilled with manteca (pork fat). These are about 4 or 5 inches across and are absolutely delightful. Something else comes to mind are their tortillas, they tend to be a thicker more homey type rig. A far cry from those dry paper thin things in the grocery store. I keep having to tell myself that a lot of what we try here has to have been “americanized” to some degree. Even so, it’s worth our time to go see.
Sukie’s Country Kitchen – v2.0
Hey ever’one. I just figured I’d stop by say hi. With this last weekend’s birthday meat fest my inspiration for cooking hasn’t returned. Just plain wor’d out. Sure I could write a column about something, but that isn’t what I do (clearly). So just hang tight until I can get back on the home cooking trail and we’ll get you some pretty pictures of tasty foodses.
Today was Eric’s day to have his Country Fried Steak Breakfast at Sukie’s Country Kitchen. I’ve posted about this before, so do a search on MeatHenge and you’ll find contact information if’n you’re interested. Suffice it to say that Sukie’s is one of the last strongholds of the traditional 50’s style American … well you get the idea. At this moment they are nearly surrounded by new construction (dirt and big trucks everywhere), they promise they aren’t closing. The old booths look as though they might have been updated sometime in the early 80s with that funky pastel blue and pink and brass (shudder here). But they are booths nonetheless and mostly filled with seniors passing the time with friends. Sukie only employs real waitresses (quick, efficient competent staff) who’ve been there for years. It is always a great time.
This time was no exception. 3 of us headed out in search of an individual ‘splatter’. Take a close look at E’s lunch (above). There must be a new cook, because you can SEE the food. The previous ‘splatters’ have been absolutely swimming in white country gravy. Here we can clearly see the hash browns and fried eggs. Oh and look, you can see an edge of the steak. Neat. I don’t know which is better, but I know Eric cleaned his plate pretty darned well each time we’ve been.
Sukie’s Country Kitchen
I’ve never met Sukie personally, but if I met her today I would have given her a big hug. My sister and brother in-law went out for lunch today (Sorry Dennis) at Sukies and had a wonderful lunch. There was a happy cook back there in the kitchen because each meal was perfectly proportioned, tasty and delivered promptly to our table steaming hot. 45 minutes later I have that funny overwhelming urge to drink a lot of water … perfection !!!
Just look at that Hot Turkey, Hot Roast Beef and Country Fried Steak Club sandwich.
Sukies is a real treasure for when you need to have some old American standard meal, served on a white platter in a booth. That’s right, we got to sit in booths !!
El Pollo Loco
Well, keeping with the fast food jag that Meathenge has meandered lazily into…
“you’ve got to have stuff that sucks so that you know when somethings are cool. I mean… if everything was cool all the time you wouldn’t know it was cool. And that would suck.”
-Butthead
Mrs. Meathead and I went to The Crazy Chicken place.
MEAT ALERT !!!
I just got back from Rick’s Quality Meats in El Cerrito and he’s smoking 10 chicken halfs. He brined them in an Apple / Cherry Mixture. I’ve had it once before and it is well worth the effort. They’ll be ready after 4pm today and certainly by tomorrow, that’s when I’m going to go get mines. Remember, sometime on January 13th head over and get in line.
Rick’s Quality Meats
510.233.9390
1600 Liberty Street
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Bar Foods
Yesterday I was invited out to a sports bar in Pleasant Hill somewheres to watch Greenbay battle Philidelphia. I don’t get out much so it was really nice to get out and do something a tad different on a Sunday. The company was great, the food was just fine (plenty of fries) and the beer was cold. Although it would have been nice to have the Packers win for Ed’s 40th birthday, oh well.
Happy 40th ED !!!
Rick’s Quality Meats – Smoked Pork Shoulder Sandwiches
A crazed butcher or crazed grill meister? Either way Rick’s customer’s walked away this drizzly Friday afternoon with a belly full of smoked pork shoulder sammiches. If you have a few moments to make your way into El Cerrito on Fridays you’ll be rewarded with a smoked meat treat.