September 8th, 2009
I, actually, had a very relaxing Labor Day week-end. I told you that I went kayaking with Debbie, and we really enjoyed it. Pretty day, it was. But, I am ready to go into the next season; the quieter season, where you can go to the restaurants and not have to make a reservation and you can also easily find parking. Pretty soon all those meters will be gone too.
September is so nice and my beaches are great and the heat is practically gone. But, believe me, events are ongoing all the time. If you have been reading my blog, the upcoming week-end offers art exhibits, races, fundraising events, and entertainment. Just open the blog and on the left just hit events and you will be ready to enjoy whatever is going on.
Pretty soon it will be time to welcome all the festivals that make the fall season special, as well.
Now that everyone is gone the following is such an easy recipe and it is good too. I hope you like it.
Pollo Santa Fe
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. chili powder
2 tbsps. vegetable oil, or olive oil, if you prefer
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp. salt, optional
1/4 tsp. black pepper
2 tsps. Dijon mustard (I use Emeril’s since it is gluten free.)
1 1/2 lbs. boneless and skinless chicken breasts
Garnish optional with cilantro or parsley
The chicken can either be cut up in chunks or you can buy the thin cut breasts and leave them whole. They look prettier whole, though.
To prepare the marinade, combine in a shallow container, the chicken broth, lime juice, sugar, chili powder, only 1 tbsp. of oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and mustard.
Add chicken pieces or breasts and pierce them with a fork. This will allow the marinade to penetrate the chicken. At least, let it marinade for about an hour or more, if you have time.
In a frying pan, put the other tablespoon of oil and cook the chicken pieces until they get nice and brown but do not overcook them. Add the marinade and cook at a low to medium heat for about 10 minutes.
I like it over rice and since the recipe has a lot of color, then add a green veggie on the side, or a green salad, or both, for that matter.
Note: Serves 4. You can easily double this recipe. And if you want more chili powder, or more marinade, then be my guest. Yes, enjoy it and make it your own.
September 7th, 2009
Lewes, Delaware
Saturday, Sept. 12th – Parade of Ponds – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Starting at Garden Ponds & Landscaping. Location is 14680 Coastal Highway, Milton, DE 19968. Tel. 302-645-7841. Website is www.gardenpondsandlandscaping.com. This event is to benefit the Children’s Beach House in Lewes, Delaware.
Saturday, Sept. 12th – Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. until Noon at the Lewes Historical Society located at 110 Shipcarpenter St. Tel. 302-645-7670. Website http://www.historiclewes.org .
Saturday, Sept. 12th – 4th Annual Chocolate Tasting, 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. sponsored by the Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park at the Biden Center at the Cape Henlopen State Park.
Sunday, Sept. 13th until Sept. 17th – Annual Delmarva Antique Bottle & Sea Glass Club’s Show and Sale at the Cape Henlopen High School on 1250 Kings Highway. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Winswept Stables Petting Zoo is open daily from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. On Saturdays, pony rides are available for a fee. The address is 34184 Eventers Way. It is off of Rt. 24 which is also John J. Williams Highway, Tel. 302-645-1651
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Tuesday, September 8th – Farmers’ Market, Noon until 4 p.m. at Grove Park, behind the Chamber of Commerce. Parking available at the Chamber of Commerce and at Columbia and Henlopen avenues. Website http://www.RBFarmersmarket.com.
At the Farmers’ Market you will find the Empty Bowls Project. This is a joint project between the Rehoboth Art League and the Rehoboth Beach Farmers’ Market. Purchase a bowl and it will be filled with soup for $20. Cash or check only, please. This is to benefit “Just Soup Ministry”.
Started by a teacher in Michigan in 1990, the Empty Bowls Project holds events around the country to raise awareness and funds to alleviate hunger.
Thursday, September 10th, 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. – Fund Raise for the Delaware Humane Society (http://www.dehumane.org), at the Seafood Shack on 42 1/2 Baltimore Ave., in Rehoboth Beach. Dogs are welcomed out back in the patio.
Raffle tickets will be available for purchase. Some of the items are: 2 Ravens football tickets and also certificates for grooming, day care and night care donated by Doggies at The Beach, www.doggiesatthebeach.com (302-644-8200). Please attend and support the DE Humane Society (all pets).
Friday, September 11th, 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. – Exhibit opening at Philip Morton Gallery, 47 Baltimore Ave.-Members of the Delaware based Artist Exchange. Visit the website www.philipmortongallery.com
Friday Sept. 11th, until Sunday, Sept. 13th – Delaware Coast Antiques Show and Sale at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, located on 229 Rehoboth Ave.- 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday and on Sunday 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. It is a collector and dealer show. Admission with ad is $5.00, otherwise general admission will be $6.00. For information, please call 302-226-5456 or 302-542-3286
Saturday, September 12th – Mosaic Second Saturdays – Destination Art Walk. Visit a dozen of Rehoboth, downtown art galleries from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Mosaic is the new gallery collective for downtown Rehoboth. Website is www.mosaicrehoboth.com
Saturday, September 12th – Rehoboth Walk to Defeat ALS. Boardwalk 2 Mile Walk to raise funds for ALS Assoc. to support patients and research. Registration at 8 a.m. and walk begins at 9 a.m. For more info. call Mary Ann Wollten at 302-684-4151. ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, Sept. 13th – In Millsboro, Delaware is the Annual Nanticoke Indian Powwow. For information and directions, please check the website www.nanticokeindians.org/news.cfm.
Dewey Beach, Delaware
Saturday, September 12th – Bottle & Cork 10 Miler/5K – Seven Sisters, Two Brothers Running/Walking Series 2009. Event starts at 7:45 a.m. for the 10 miler, with registration at 6:45 a.m. and for the 5K the starting time will be 8 a.m. Checks and cash only, please. For more information, please go to the website www.sevensistersdeweybeach.com
Bethany Beach, Delaware
Saturday, September 12th – 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. is the 31st Annual Bethany Beach Boardwalk Arts Festival. It is sponsored by the Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce. Location is the boardwalk and adjacent streets. More than 100 artists will display their work. Live music. Silent auction of works donated by participating artists will benefit local schools. It is a juried show as well. For more information, please call 800-962-7873.
In Berlin, Maryland, near Ocean City, Maryland
Saturday, Sept. 12th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. A Fundraising Event for Paws of Tomorrow – Pet Rescue Association. It will be at A Novel Idea on 11033 Cathill Rd. in Berlin, Maryland, 21811. Tel. 410-641-5211. A successful fundraising event will let them continue their pet rescue effort which has been very well received by the community. Donations are welcomed too.
A Novel Idea is the sponsor of this event and they will be donating many items for Paws of Tomorrow to sell.
Please go to Paws of Tomorrow’s website www.pawsoftomorrow.com and see which pets will be atending this event, in case you see a pet on their website and would like see it. In their website you will be able to see what other events are coming in the next weeks.
Paws of Tomorrow is located in Ocean View, Delaware. They need foster parents for the pets until they find their forever home, as well as people that really want to adopt a pet. So, if you are not sure if you are ready for a pet full time, this might be an opportunity to foster a pet and see if you are ready.
I do know this organization, because this past May, I adopted Addy from them and she is great. I will talking about her one of these days on this blog.
September 6th, 2009
They glide across the ocean and the bays or bounce across river rapids. They are also large enough for the people in it. So, what are kayaks?
Kayaks were used by the Inuit and Aleut natives to hunt along the shorelines of South West Greenland, Alaska and Northern Canada. Probably used 4,000 years ago. The traditional kayaks were made of driftwood and animal skins sewn together. They were also built to conform to the body of the paddler. Basically, it is a human-powered boat. Modern kayaks are constructed from different materials and designs for different purposes. For example; sea kayaks, wooden kayaks, recreational kayaks, whitewater kayaks, surf kayaks and racing kayaks, among others.
If you have been reading my blog, you will know that some weeks ago, I wrote about the Life Saving Station, south of Dewey Beach and north of Bethany Beach. I found information about kayaking on the bay and could not wait to try it.
Yesterday, Saturday, was a gorgeous day in the Delmarva Peninsula. One of those days with clear skies and the last big holiday of the summer.
My friend, Debbie, volunteered to accompany me on the kayaking expedition. She was ready to do something different too.
We chose Coastal Kayak in Fenwick Island, Delaware. They are right on the bay with ocean access on Rt. 1 or Coastal Highway, 2 miles north of Ocean City, Maryland, 3 miles south of Bethany Beach and 20 minutes from Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach. All these towns are close to one another so it is no big deal to drive. The telephone is 302-539-7999 in Delaware and toll free is tel. 877-445-2925.
They also have a website; www.coastalkayak.com, which will be good to check since you can find all kinds of information regarding what they have to offer if you are planning to visit the beaches and try kayaking.
Coastal Kayak offers eco-tours. Some of these tours are: the Salt Marsh Tour, where they will take you to paddle through the pristine salt marsh, home of a great variety of birds and animals, then there is the Cypress Tour, where, after a short drive inland, they will take you through the northernmost sand of Bald Cypress in the U.S., then there is the Woodland Tour, where you will be able to explore a small creek with clear water and dense vegetation and see warblers, woodpeckers, bald eagles, osprey and curious turtles watching you glide by, and there is the Assateague Back Bay Tour, where you will explore the back bays of this national park and search for wildlife, including the famous Assateague Island ponies.
Let me inform you that these tours are all led by professional guides; certified instructors. Coastal Kayak has top of the line equipment with foot braces and comfortable back rests.
They not only have kayaks, but they also have sailboats like the Hobie Wave 14′ and the Hobie Getaway 16′, and if you are a windsurfer, they have that equipment too.
This company offers kayak instruction and they hold special events like cancer benefits and wetland clean-up. Coastal Kayak can also accommodate group and corporate events.
Please make sure you call to the above mentioned telephones for more information or go to their website. They will be open until mid October. All participants must sign a release liability form.
Debbie and I got there just in time. We filled all the necessary papers. The building is like a beach shack and you can purchase t-shirts and hats, in case you want to take them as souvenirs or if the sun is too hot or you get wet.
We were first asked if we wanted the kayak for 4 hours. Yes, I forgot to tell you that they had a good sense of humor too. We told them that we only needed it for one hour since we had not gone kayaking in many, many years.
There was another family ready to get their instruction, as well. You get the equipment and instruction on how to get into the kayak without tipping it over and the proper way to use the paddle. Our instructor wanted to know if we had done this before and I was very sure of myself when I said, “yes, in summer camp”.
And, when he said that the strongest person sits in the back (we had a tandem, a 2 seater), I did not hesitate to point out Debbie for that assignment.
We took off wearing our stylish life jackets and for that whole hour we went north along the shoreline, taking it all in and talking away too. It was serene gliding through the bay with a little bit of a breeze. At first, after 15 minutes, I was thinking, this is hard and we rested for a few minutes. Then, we got into the groove of the experience and paddled for an hour.
After coming back, we could not believe how many people were there ready to go. Definitely, a popular place on a nice day.
Debbie and I chatted for a little bit with the people running Coastal Kayak and then I told them that I would be writing a post for my blog.
Tim asked us not to forget him, so hello, Tim, you were all great.
Debbie and I said our goddbyes and headed up to our next adventure; lunch.
A great afternoon, with a good friend, beautiful weather, breathtaking scenery, and lunch with Debbie and my husband. Perfect.
Note: Information on “kayaks” was taken from http://extremesports.suite101.com/article.cfm/kayaks and from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kayak
September 5th, 2009
I was putting my thoughts together as I sat, yesterday, not even a block back from the Atlantic Ocean, in my beach town of Rehoboth Beach, but why is it that I feel like I am on a narrow side street in France? When I mentioned this to my friend, Shelley, she thought that I was having too much of an imagination. Nevertheless, that is what I felt.
At the Penny Lane Sidewalk Mall is where I found myself, specifically, at Cafe Papillon, 42 Rehoboth Ave., tel 302-227-7568 and the website is http://Cafepapillon.com/index.php. After Labor Day week-end, the Cafe will open only on week-ends.
This narrow “alley” has a tall clock and just has an aura of a narrow street with shops and eateries on either side. What made it feel French is that I was at an authentic French creperie and patisserie.
Cafe Papillon has been in existence for over 20 years. It is owned by a mother and daughter team, Maya and Penny. Maya fixes the croissants and pastries and her husband, Jerome, is French and makes the crepes. To help them in the summer, they employ French students.
At Cafe Papillon your order is placed standing in front of their establishment, almost like a street stall. On one side the crepes are ordered, cooked and paid for and on the other side is the patisserie, where you can purchase pastries, coffees, lattes, mochas, and so much more. Available seating for customers are small tables with umbrellas and a couple of picket fences, so it makes it really charming and casual.
I chose a crepe made with smoked salmon, cream cheese, and chives. It was made right in front of me and even though there had been a line, waiting, it was worth it plus I really did not have to wait too long. They can take care of 2 customers at a time at 2 windows.
The majority of people were ordering the crepes, from plain ones to the ones filled with fruits or the ones filled with ham and cheese.
I then proceeded to the other window and had a cafe au lait and sat down and people watched, enjoying every minute of it.
Crepes have always been popular, but, what excactly is a crepe? Well, it is a very thin pancake. The word is French, coming from the latin word “crispa” that means curled.
There are 2 types; sweet crepes made with wheat flour and sweetened a bit or made with buckwheat flour and not sweet. These are called savoury galettes. Galette comes from the word galet, which is French for pebble. Originally, crepes were made on a large fire heated pebble.
Batter made from buckwheat flour is gluten-free, which can be eaten and enjoyed by people with a gluten allergy or intolerance.
Crepes are quite diverse because they can be enjoyed as an entree or a dessert.
The word “patisserie” means, a bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets.
I use buckwheat flour all the time. Following is a recipe from Arrow head Mills Organic Buckwheat Flour. It is a gluten free recipe.
Crepes
2/3 cup Buckwheat Flour
1/3 cup Pastry Flour (I use Arrowhead Mills All Purpose Baking Mix Gluten free.)
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups Soy Milk, or Milk Substitute
1 tbsp. honey
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1-2 tbsps. vegetable oil, as needed to cook crepes
In a medium bowl, combine the flour and eggs, and mix well with a fork. Slowly stir in the milk. Add the honey and salt and beat with a wire whisk until the batter is smooth.
Drop a little less than 1/4 cup of batter at a time onto a hot, oiled skillet or crepe pan. Tilt and rotate the skillet to distribute the batter evenly over the bottom of the pan. Cook the crepe until it is done on the bottom (lift the crepe by the edge and look; the bottom should be lightly flecked with brown).
Turn the crepe over and cook briefly on the other side, a few seconds. Repeat this process with the remaining batter, oiling the skillet as necessary to prevent sticking.
Stack the cooked crepes and cover them with a clean cloth until you are ready to fill them.
It will yield 9-10 crepes.
Notes: The Joy of Cooking has a good recipe for crepes, using just flour.
Sometimes the best crepes are the ones just dusted with a little bit of powder sugar or just sprinkled with honey.
Information on crepes was taken from www.enwikipedia.org.siki/Cr%C3%AApe.
Au revoir, mes amis.
September 3rd, 2009
Originally from Milwaukee, Alice Klein has made Bethany Beach her home. She is a jeweler, a designer and the president of T.K.O. Designs.
Alice graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art.
What does T.K.O. stand for? Well, I found out that after she graduated from Temple, she and her partner, Wyatt Osato, started the business and, Together Klein and Osato, emerged.
From Philadelphia to Milwaukee she went, and then in 1986 she received a Wisconsin Arts Board Grant. Being more independent and hiring workers, T.K.O. grew to 16 part time and full time employees in 1989.
In the 1990’s, she moved to Bethany Beach with her husband, Bryant Clark, who is also a jeweler and from Delaware.
Her sister, Emily Klein-Welch has always been a big help with Alice’s business. But, now Emily tends to her growing family, helping when she can. Bryant is there and he is always ready to engage you in interesting conversation and help you choose the perfect piece.
Alice’s craft is an art. She has worked with plastics, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, gold, gold filled and silver.
In 2003, she held a one person show, when she created over 51 one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry and was recognized by the Delaware Division of the Arts.
I have been a fan of her jewelry for over 10 years. Many of my friends and family will attest to that, because I have given them Alice’s creations, over the years, for birthday presents and for other occasions; not only to them but to their daughters, as well.
Have some dated pieces? Alice can redesign them and still keep them classic but at the same time give them a new updated look.
Alice’s designs are unique and you can recognize them as hers when you spot someone wearing a piece of her jewelry.
The website is www.alicehklein-tko.com.
T.K.O. is located at 100 Atlantic Ave., # 6 & 7, Bethany Beach. Tel. 302-539-6992 and cell 302-841-9088.
You can check her website for a sample of her designs, but to get the full effect of what she can do, please visit her store.
Alice and Bryant seemed to have achieved a good working relationship, besides being husband and wife. They can even find time, as long as the wind is blowing, to enjoy their favorite pastime; extreme kite surfing.
September 2nd, 2009
Mexican restaurants are ever so popular. They are everywhere; small eateries or good size restaurants. The ingredients are easier to find, as well. I have been wanting to go to Que Pasa in Dewey Beach and my interest was predominantly in their Cantina. Que Pasa is a full fledge restaurant, where you can eat indoors, but I wanted to be outside and get the feel of the open air bar by the bay.
Believe it or not the word Cantina comes from the Italian word wine cellar, winery or vault. In Latin canto means corner.
In the 1890’s a Cantina in the Southwest U.S. meant bar or saloon.
In Spain, it means a bar at a train station or any establishment located at or near a workplace where food and drinks are served.
In rural Mexico, it refers to a bar normally frequented only by males, but aren’t we lucky because some of those traditional restrictions on entries to Cantinas are changing. Keep in mind that in many areas it is still viewed as “scandalous” for proper ladies to be seen at a genuine Cantina.
Que Pasa’s location is on 124 Dickinson St. in Dewey Beach. Tel. is 302-226-1820. They are open from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
I think that my husband and I were a little too early. You know, Dewey Beach doesn’t get hopping until later at night, but some people do eat early too. There are a lot of families in Dewey.
The Cantina is completely open with a lot of seating around the bar and high tables where you can also eat and drink. As you come down the steps to the “beach” you will be able to sit there, as well, and enjoy a beautiful sunset if you are there at that time of the evening.
As a full bar, Que Pasa, has wines, and signature drinks. They also have an extensive list of Tequilas to choose from like the Blanco or Silver, which is aged under 60 days, the Reposado, which is aged 2 months or more in oak barrels or the Anejo, which is aged in oak barrels for over a year.
We did not have anything to eat but I have been told that their tacos and the steak quesadillas are very good.
Some of the appetizers on the menu were: Spanish pickles, which are spicy pickled veggies, freshly made chips and salsa, queso fundido (cheese fondue) with wild mushrooms or chorizo served with soft tacos.
Salads are also available as well as tacos made with meats or fish, fried or grilled. Quesadillas and burritos, of course, are available too.
Some of the entrees: Grilled skirt steak, braised pork, surf and turf enchiladas and chipotle and corn spiced crabcakes.
Desserts like fried sweet plantains, chocolate cake, lemon tart and tequila raisin bread pudding looked interesting.
After being at Que Pasa?, I decided that my recipe for Pollo Borracho (Drunken Chicken) would be the dish to cook.
Here it goes and I hope you like it.
Pollo Borracho
3 tblsps. corn oil
1 large frying chicken, disjointed or your favorite pieces
1 1/2 tsps. Red “chile” powder
1/2 pound chorizo (Spanish/Mexican sausage)
1 medium oinion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/3 cup tequila – gold
2 tblsps. capers
Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed frying pan and brown chicken pieces in it with “chile” powder; salt lightly and transfer to a casserole dish.
Remove sausage from its casing and cook, with onions and garlic, in the same frying pan until sausage is cooked through. Sprinkle over chicken pieces.
Mix together orange juice and tequila and pour over the chicken, then sprinkle with the capers.
Cover tightly and bake in a pre-heated 350-degree oven for and hour or until the chicken is very tender.
Serve with rice and your favorite salad or vegetable.
Serves 4 to 5 and remember always to make it your own and enjoy.
Several Notes: This recipe, originally was with chile pasilla but you can use the red chile powder and it is just as good.
Chile Powder is not to be confused with Chili Powder. “Chile powder is the ground, dried fruit of one or more varieties of chile peppers, most commonly, red pepper or cayenne pepper.”
They add quite a different flavoring to food. Don’t mix them up, because it will not be the same.
The Pasilla Chile or Poblano that it called for, originally in the recipe, is a relative of the bell pepper. It looks like an elongated green bell pepper. Not as spicy as Tabasco sauce, though. If you are buying fresh ones, then pick the darkest ones. The dried ones are black and their flavor is a mixture of raisins and bell peppers.
It seems like so much information but at least now you know that when you go to your favorite store and see all those peppers, you will, at least, be able to identify some of them.
The information for the word Cantina was taken from www.en.wikipedia.org.wiki/Cantina, the Chile powder was taken from http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Red_chile_powder, and the Pasilla Chile information was taken from http://daviswiki.org/Pasilla_Chile
September 1st, 2009
What a beautiful evening it was in Rehoboth Beach last night. My beach town looked serene and not too crowded; plenty of parking available and there was a coolness in the air; last nights of summer and the beginning of fall.
To me it seemed like the town looked prettier than usual. I guess it was the whole combination of salty air, the lights and the flowers. Perfect.
Cafe Sole was an excellent choice for last night’s evening. Its location is 44 Baltimore Ave. in Rehoboth Beach and the tel. is 302-227-7107. For information and menus please visit www.rehoboth.com/cafesole.
I have been many times to this charming restaurant during its 11 years in Rehoboth Beach, and have always been pleased with their service and most of all, their food. Last night was no exception.
You enter the restaurant through their outdoor patio, decorated almost like a garden with plenty of tables, comfortably spaced. Weather permitting, you are able to have outdoor dining on this patio.
Inside the restaurant, you will first see the bar and even though the restaurant is an open room, the bar is separated by the back of the benches on the dining side, so you really don’t see it. The colors are fun and whimsical. With the light jazz music playing and the miniature lights giving it some glow, it was very cozy.
Amy took care of us and she has been with Cafe Sole for many years and a true professional she is.
There were several specials but I chose the following from the menu. Their signature soup is a Tomato Artichoke Bisque and I had a cup and it was very good. You could really taste the artichoke. Then, for my main course I had Seared Sea Scallops which were cast iron pan seared, on top of individual crispy sweet pea risotto cakes, pan blanched spinach, lemon chive oil and peppadew puree. It was so good and those individual crispy sweet peas risotto cakes were to die for.
In case you do not know what peppadew is, let me tell you that it is a type of hot pepper discovered in 1993. In 2000 the South African mushroom producer, Denny Mushroom acquired the Peppadew brand and business. Denny was then bought by another company.
The flavor is sweet with just a touch of heat and it is a unique South African product.
My husband had the Grilled Vegetable Stack which was a portabella mushroom, eggplant, seasonal vegetables over risotto roasted pepper coulis, topped with herbed goat cheese. He loved it too.
And, do you know what coulis is? Well, the word is French for “strained liquid” and it is derived from “colare” the Latin word for strain. In Spanish is “colar”. The base of coulis is a fruit or vegetable.
When I am reading menus, some words pop out like a cooking process or the peppadew pepper in this case; I usually ask our server or just go home and check it out. There are so many things that make your dish so tasty. I like to know what brings it out.
As I do in any other restaurant, I told Amy that my husband had a gluten allergy and to please make sure that no flour or contamination happened in the cooking process.
We did not have dessert but I have had in the past their Key Lime Pie and in addition to that one, they had Croissant Bread Pudding, Coconut Custard Pie and a Chocolate Silk Cake who has won in the Chocolate Festival.
Need lunch for a day at the beach? Well, they will package anything on the lunch menu for take out. Their sandwiches are very good and I am partial to two of them; the Cuban Mix and the Fried Oyster BLT.
If you have your young ones with you, let me tell you that they do have a kid’s menu as well as vegetarian items.
Party platters are available in addition to catering.
This year, they added a Sunday Brunch from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and it features eggs benedict, omelets, French toast, plus many of their lunch menu favorites, as well as weekly Chef’s specials.
They take Visa and Master Card, but, regarding reservations, they will only take them if you have a party of 6 or more.
I really do think that you would enjoy eating at Cafe Sole. Put it on your list of restaurants if you are in any of my beaches, even if you are in Ocean City, Maryland. All these towns are close by so you can drive from one to another with no problem.
Note: Hours of operation are daily at 11:30 for lunch and 5:30 p.m. for dinner, but call them to the above mentioned tel. for the fall hours.
Information on Peppadew was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppadew and for “coulis” http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-coulis.htm
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