Village Squire, 1980-08, Page 47SQUIRE'S TABLE
A family meal,
reasonably priced
There aren't many restaurants left
where a family of three can eat a three
course meal and spend under 515. With
that in mind Squire's Table went looking
this month for a good, reasonably priced
family type meal. Fast food chains were
excluded. . .this column is interested in
real food, individually prepared.
We didn't have to go far. Right on the
outskirts of Blyth sits the Triple K
Restaurant, a family business run by Ken,
Kay and Keith Hesselwood. The Triple K
doubled its size with an addition earlier
this year, and judging by the activity on the
week night we were there, the extra space
was sorely needed.
The addition has provided a large, clean
dining room with about 14 tables. The
wallpaper is brown and white, the chairs
are red and the table clothes are gold.
Downstairs there's a banquet room
where the Hesselwoods offer a Sunday
smorgasbord. . . all you can eat for 55.50
from 4 to 8 p.m. It's probably best to go
early. Our waitress, when we asked if the
Sunday buffet was popular, rolled her eyes
a bit and said "Oh yeah."
But for regular week day diners, the
Triple K always offers a nightly special,
along with a medium sized selection of
other main courses and a variety of
sandwiches and burgers.
Sausage was the special our night, at
$3.75. Other choices were shrimp, fish and
chips, trout, salmon, veal cutlet and pork
chops.
We ordered roast beef, the priciest meal
at 54.25, fried chicken at $3.75 and a
hamburger $1.10 for the little one.
All dinners come with soup or juice,
vegetables, a small salad and rolls.
The homemade mushroom soup was
good, with large slices of mushroom. Our
french fries were excellent and the salad,
which came on the main course plate and
included some leaf lettuce, was fine.
GOOD POT ROAST
The roast beef, like a pot roast really,
very well done and nicely spiced in a good
gravy, tasted terrific. The three pieces of
chicken, though heavily breaded, were
moist and tender. The hamburger was
homemade and delicious.
Our big problem was with the Triple K's
vegetables. Why in the middle of Western
Ontario's lush gardening season would any
self-respecting restaurant serve frozen or
canned niblet corn? We'd gladly pay more
for a meal that included say fresh sliced
beans or properly cooked peas from
someone's garden.
Service was fast and pleasant, although
the restaurant's lone waitress was pretty
busy with at least seven tables of
customers while we were eating.
The Triple K is well known for its fine
pies. Our mouths watered as we heard the
waitress list the choices to diners around
us. Raspberry pies, that's definitely what
we want, we decided.
ORDER AHEAD
But alas, by the time we were ready for
dessert, apple and raisin were the only
choices left. We opted for apple, 70 cents,
and although the crust was homemade and
excellent, the filling was canned and gluey
with too much tapioca. Be warned, if you
want a special pie for dessert, perhaps
raspberry or Dutch apple, order it ahead of
time, with your dinner, to avoid disappoint-
ment.
The Triple K obviously does a good
pre -theatre business. Many of our fellow
diners were bound for a play at the Blyth
Summer Festival.
And it's popular with local families too,
and rightly so. The quality is high, and the
price right. The bill, for three courses for
three people came to just under 515 with
tip.
Now, if they'd just do something about
those vegetables. . .
What's inside
The Kitchen Cupboard?
Queen St.. Blyth. Ont.
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VILLAGE SQUIRE/AUGUST 1980 PG. 41