Things didn't start off that well. We first both ordered 'Mad Tom' beer by Muskoka Brewery. We were both excited to try something new and different from this micro-brewery. The waitress delivered beer to several other tables while we waited, but no beer for us. She did apologize, telling us that the Mad Tom was in 'the other fridge' and the bartender just had to go get it. Finally, when it arrived, dripping wet, we took our first sips and found the beer warm. On a hot night on the patio there was no way we could be drinking warm beer. So we sent it back ... which was really unfortunate because after just one warm sip, we both thought it would be good ... if only cold. Clearly the bartender had jammed the beers in bucket of ice for 5 or 10 minutes because the bottom of the bottle felt cool. Anyway, we had to just grab a pitcher of Keiths (probably with waitress spit included!).
With cold beer finally in our hands, on to the food. The Coates of Arms has nachos topped with pulled pork, chicken and beef chili on the side as well as all the usual toppings and including avacado (yum!!). And as I always say to Emma: what's better than one kind of meat? Three kinds of meat obviously!!! Speaking of meat, I'm big time diggin' the "cow meat" right now ... it's totally awesome (especially the Korean kind).
But back to our nachos. This was the first time I've ever had pulled pork on nachos ... and it was really good. It added a smoky deep barbeque flavour. The chili was not spicy but lots of jalepenos added to the nose running factor. Unfortunately, the avacado was a bit underripe and somewhat rubbery so we didn't get the creamy texture that it should have added but it was easy to put aside. And I love those red corn chips. What's in those red corn chips anyway? Emma suggested that it's red dye number 03. LOL. Anyway, things had definitely improved from the warm beer start. And according to Emma, these nachos were WAY better than the ones she'd had the night before on the other patio. Since she eats healthy all the time, when she breaks her routine she wants something totally satisfying and indulgent which the nachos from The Coates of Arms were.
Next, on the the wings. These are just standard pub fare wings. Frank's Red Hot sauce. But they were well cooked, spicy and yummy. Nothing special but totally delicious and exactly what you expect from a pub when you order them.
We finished cowing down all this food, at which point the waitress redeemed herself by telling us she couldn't believe that we had eaten it all because we're so little. Now, Emma is TINY ... and I'm a lot of things, but little is not one of them!!! It was the second time this weekend that I was called little. Strange things going on in the universe!
We were actually contemplating ordering the deep fried pickles. Another one of my absolute favourite pub yums. Many people around us were having them, and ... how cute ... they were served in a big martini glass. In the end I had to be firm ... and say no. I was riding my 'little' moniker high!
Our evening had definitely improved and we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves and taking tons of pictures of us together ... which takes a lot more skill than you might imagine ... trying to press the tiny button while not looking like you are concentrating on pushing the tiny button and turning the camera so that we don't look like we're sitting on a teeter-totter. We finally managed to get a couple of good shots including what I think is the best picture of the two of us that we've ever taken ... in our 16 years of friendship.
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