Friday, March 4, 2011

Corey's Catsup & Mustard Birthday lunch

When: Mar 1, 2011

Where: Corey's Catsup & Mustard, Main St, Manchester, CT

My Aunt Norma and I took my mom, Muriel out to lunch at Corey's Catsup & Mustard's for her 83rd birthday, which is a favorite of mine AND my mom's.... I always try to order something different from the last time I'd come, so this time I tried Chicken Winter Blues, a spinach salad with Grilled chicken (soooo flavorful!), blue cheese (never thought I'd like that!!), crasins and a delicious dressing (nice and light). The moment you put it in your mouth, it went...aahhwwhh (that's the English word for 'heaven'!!).


And you can't go there unless you try the sweet potato fries with maple mayo. I've tried to make the maple mayo at home ( it can be done), but there is something they must add that puts 'specks' in it, and I haven't figured that one out yet. Maybe some day I'll ask them. Wonder if they'd give it to me....?
Just yum!!!

2nd Trip: Mar 11, 2011

With: Daughter Julie (her first time)
On the menu:
Horsey, Horsey, Roast Beef sandwich (mine), roast beef with horseradish sauce on grilled sourdough. Yum! Actually, from this photo on, it was what we brought home for leftovers.


and her's was Blackened Chicken Quesadilla's (appetizer although she planned on taking some home for dinner). She got four sections, but we split two of them there.
and The Man Burger, a great big burger with a great cut of beef, fried egg, pastrami, cheese, bacon... (the catsup got messy- her addition). doesn't this look like a real heart attack about to happen??
You also can't have a burger without the fries (they serve them with dipping sauces- blue cheese dressing,honey mustard, and spicy-kind of a smokey flavor-catsup).

Four Leaf Clover Restaurant

When: Mar 4th 2011

Where: Route 5, Bernardston, MA


Our impression: Lee & I went to this restaurant as a 'day trip'. He had the day off, I was on layoff (seasonal) so off we went for lunch. It's almost into VT, so it would take us a couple of hours to get there. The last time we went here was for a car cruise (probably 10 yrs ago).

We got there before the lunch crowd (11:30am), but it was nice to see it was the typical booths with the 'juke box'...and it worked!
We sat in the half that had the counter and booths, but they did have another section that were just tables.

Lee ordered a sirloin burger that looked delicious (he had them add sauteed onions and peppers), coleslaw and Fries (which were cut from the potato, skin and all- delicious!!).

My dinner was a Hot Turkey Sandwich (Lee & I both, had a salad, too) and while the bread wasn't as toasted as I expected, it was delicious! And they served LOTS of turkey under that piece of bread.

Lee ordered a Bread pudding (doesn't this look HUGE and scrumptious??)....

And I ordered a homemade blueberry pie. They had made it that morning and the first bite was ...HEAVEN! The crispy flavor of cinnamon and flakiness. Unfortunately, the more I ate it the more I realized they put an awful lot of granulated sugar, which didn't dissolve, so it was a little gritty. But delicious crust and blueberries!