breakfast blogger

We arrived in Wells B.C. at about 5:30pm and were shocked when we realized that our tank tops, shorts and flips flops were not appropriate apparel for the several inches of snow that was still on the ground. Good thing we both brought one pair of pants, just in case. After ignoring the chuckles from the locals, we inquired about places to eat. Oddly enough, in a town of a couple hundred people, there isn’t a lot of options. Someone mentioned the only places to eat near by were closed, but we might have a sporting chance if we made a dash for Barkerville. We made it with 20min to spare and had the most amazing Chinese food we have ever had. On our mad dash back to the car that was at the far end of the town, through hail and sleet so thick you could hardly see, we noted a place called the Wake Up Jake. We both admitted that it sounded like the perfect place to enjoy our breakfast in the morning.

So we headed back to our hotel, slept and got an early start to the day. Now Barkerville being the tourist attraction that it is, we had to pay a fee to go inside to eat, but it was well worth it. We were planning on touring the town afterwards anyway. Thankfully the weather cleared and everything was beautiful, if still wet and muddy.

A quick walk through town brought us to our destination; The Wake Up Jake.

Everything inside was reasonably accurate to an 1830’s gold mining town. Even our service people were in appropriate garb. Even the old cast iron wood stove was up and running adn giving off a delicious heat to teh whole place. We got there just in time too. It was all but empty when we came in, but within 20min of us sitting down, the flood gates opened and there was not as much as standing room left.

After a coffee and a quick glance at the breakfast menu, I saw the sausage and fritters breakfast. Can’t say that I have ever had fritters for breakfast, so I couldn’t resist. My partner had a more standard fare of bacon, eggs toast and hash browns.

After a quick swap of 2 sausage links for 2 strips of bacon, I was ready to dig in. The fritters were a goo filled mass of potato batter with a hint of cinnamon and deep fried till golden. Nothing like starting off your morning with a cup of coffee and something deep fried. They went especially well with a chunk of sausage and a little maple syrup.

I envied the mass of home style hash browns on his plate and he was not overly surprised when a few went missing when he wasn’t paying attention.

The breakfast was good and filling but it was the atmosphere that really made it for us. We took a tour of the town and walked off some of our full bellies. We hit some of the shops through the town, the bakery and God help us, the candy shops. We even went so far as to pan for gold. I got a little bit, but it was such a small amount, it wouldn’t even show up in the pictures. We had a blast playing tourist though and would highly recommend the Wake Up Jake to anyone heading out that way.

Burp.

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