Those of you who read my other blogs on a regular basis will know my capability for whining and complaining. It is my hobby. If there are morons in the world doing stuff like running governments, or corporations, I like to expose them for what they are, which in about 75% of all cases, is, complete idiots with no commonsense or morality! So, it was a great change for me to go out for a meal the other day, and although I tried, I couldn't find too much wrong with things, despite a slow start (That is my introduction for a small whine!) caused by the restaurant not looking like one. We went to a place in Nova Scotia called Tatamagouche where I seemed to remember there were some fish and chip shops or restaurants. Well, search as I may, I couldn't find the place I had an image of in my mind. I am getting too old, that's the problem, some days, I don't even know if I am awake or not. In fact I am actually asleep even as I type this! So, we pull into this nice clean-graveled parking lot a couple of miles out from the town (actually it might be a village!), and there were cars there, so I thought it must be a restaurant, but then we couldn't see a sign saying so, it seemed it might be a bank, so I pulled out to look further down the road. After a few miles, my rumbling tum told me to go back to the town, to find a place. Well, on the way, we passed a sign, and it was about a restaurant, called Sunrise Mercantile. Now, there's a great name for a bank, but I was surprised that it was a restaurant at the rear of a gift shop that was selling higher quality type goods. Anyway, we went in, and had a meal there, and the food was just top notch, old chap. Actually what impressed us was the overall quality of the place. For instance, the windows were of better quality than the usual commercial stuff. The decor was inviting and relaxing, and the staff were pleasant and informative. I was a bit worried at first, as I was frightened that it might be a bit like Starbucks with the phony pretentiousness of calling coffee mocha, or latte, instead of coffee. See my entries: Starbucks1 Starbucks2 Starbucks3 But the pretentiousness was only where needed to be real. The bread was a certain type, the meat too, etc etc etc. And the meal was just so good. The coffee was excellent, the Missus found the ginger spiced egg rolls (I think that is what they were) really good, but I found them a bit too hot for my boring English palate - never mind, all the more for her! We are lucky that we do not live nearer there, or I would be eating there every day. And I found that they actually have a website, interesting: Sunrise Mercantile The website is useful, but doesn't allow you to TASTE the stuff. I see now that they sell things online too. As for me, I will just take a trip over there, well worth the bucks spent on the gas, even at todays prices. Looking at the way everything was done RIGHT, I would have no qualms ordering online from this place. But I don't have to, so, nana, nanana!

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