Whidbey Pies Cafe
One word my friends. BLTini.
Two days in a row.
Our weekend excursion on Whidbey Island led us to check out Whidbey Pies Cafe on our first afternoon there for lunch. They’re housed in the Greenbank Farm and seem to be quite the gathering place both for locals and tourists alike. A menu of paninis, homemade soups and their famous pie drew us there. The BLTini brought us back for more the very next day.
Day 1: For him, half a BLTini (panini with bacon (thick cut and super crisp – crucial to good bacon as we all know, who wants a floppy slab of fat on their plate?? Why do restaurants insist on undercooking their bacon half the time? Sick. Thankfully, this place does it right.), lettuce, tomato & havarti) and a cup of roasted tomato soup. Slice of loganberry pie for dessert. (The area is known for loganberries, this is their feature pie. Couldn’t very well eat here and not try it, now could we?)
For me, half a BLTini (I’m no fool, bring on the extra-crisp-bacon) and a cup of the eggplant lentil soup. Slice of blueberry pie for dessert.
Verdict? Delish. The bacon was as crisp as promised, the bread was perfectly toasted and buttery, the tomatoes sweet and the havarti melted in delicious creamy drips off the ends of the bread. Lovely. The soups were also wonderful, but the sandwich took the spotlight. Oh yes, and the pie was very nice as well. I am always a fan of a good slice of pie. The blueberry was rich and mellow and the loganberry had that lovely sweet flavor of blackberry and the tart of raspberry.
Day 2: Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? Two whole BLTinis, one for each of us. Piece of blueberry pie to split. Oh, okay I guess we should have something green with it too. Mediterranean salad looks pretty good.
Turns out the salad was downright amazing and I think on Day 2 we discovered the perfect formula for lunch there. The salad had your base of mixed greens, along with thin-sliced red onion, cucumber, feta, kalamata olives, and *glory* thin rounds of sun-dried tomatoes. Again, salad inspiration hit me twice in one weekend, I don’t know what I’ll do with myself. I guess I’ll go home and make a salad with sun-dried tomatoes and buttermilk pesto dressing folks. Hope it’s as lovely as I imagine.
If you find yourself in the area, go check out Whidbey Pies Cafe. You won’t be sorry.
Tags: Cafe, Desserts, Whidbey Island Restaurants
