Week 15: Holy Grill

The Holy Grill has three locations in Calgary.  The one we chose is located at 827 -10 Ave SW across the street from Mountain Equipment Co-op.  There's a small customer parking lost on the east side of the restaurant.  The restaurant is cafeteria style with an "old school" vibe and huge windows facing 10th Ave.  Unfortunately, we were so hungry when we got to Holy Grill we neglected to take ANY pictures.  You'll have to visit the website or Google "images" to get an idea of what the food and restaurant looks like!

It won't happen again!

The menu is sandwiches and benedicts (4 selections of each) and Bill chose the South Beach Benedict with two poached eggs, tomato, avocado and  hollandaise on an English muffin.  It looked delicious and tasted GREAT!  I chose the Bacon Avocado Crisp (wish I had a photo because the image would definitely make your mouth water) with bacon, avocado, fried egg, cheddar, mayo, pickled eggplant, spinach and tomato on a bun.  The pickled egg plant was a nice touch and I devoured the entire sandwich before even thinking about a photo!!  

                     

Fifteen breakfast blogs and I'm wondering if it might be time for a change soon.  We are enjoying eating our way through the breakfast offerings but think we may be approaching the time where something new is required.  I have a couple of ideas rolling around and they both involve food.  I'm interested in healthy, tasty and nutritious food without giving up the fun factor!

 Last night we went to a pizza restaurant in Inglewood called Without Papers. We went with the family and ordered three delicious pizzas The Shrooom with roasted garlic truffle panna, wild mushrooms, arugula and truffle oil;  The Margherita with tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil and sea salt; The Hawaiian 5-0 with tomato sauce, Canadian back bacon, pineapple, jalapeños, aged cheddar and mozzarella.  Each was totally unique and made with fresh ingredients.  

After dinner we went to Village Ice Cream in Victoria Park at 431-10 Ave. SE and what a wonderful spot! They make their own special recipes and judging from the large crowd out eating ice cream at 8 o'clock in the evening, it's a well loved place for families and friends to share delicious treats!

THE BOOK

I thought I was going to be able to stop myself, but I couldn't.  I'm now reading my fourth Ragnar Jónasson thriller called Blackout!  Detective Ari Thór is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a man who had come to the northern Icelandic town of Siglufjördur to oversee a construction project.  As the characters are revealed it is clear that each one connected to the murder had publicly threatened the victim. A young reporter from Reykjavik who has come to cover the story becomes entangled far beyond her role as a journalist!  The story takes place during the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjalllajökull (pronounced AY-yah-fyad-layer-kuh-tel) in 2011.  Can one get addicted to Nordic noir?