By Joshua Galbicsek
Mon. 1-30-2017
Well, I'd like to say first, when we walked in the restaurant it had a stressless environment, everything was so relaxed and orderly. The restaurant had a fine sense of peace, and the server greeted us kindly, with warmth like a Baggins would do so if they had expected guests at a party at the front door. We walked right in, and the server she sat us down quickly and sharply. To let you know, though, you'll need to call ahead of time by letting them know when you want to eat there. They do not accept reservations due to the census of the restaurant which seats 30, and the fact that this kitchen is very small. They'll let you in 30 minutes ahead of time by notifying them and seat you at the very next available table only when all guests of your party arrive.
She placed the menus next to us, and waited for us to look over the menu. She asked a little later, “What would you like to have to drink?” Rob said, (as I forgot to write, Rob was the kind fellow who planned this meal, as a graduation gift, and is a great teacher and friend too, who took me here and)said he'd “Yes, I'd like to have a sweet tea, please.” And as I ordered, I asked Rob if it was okay for me to get a coffee, and he kindly said yes, and so I asked her for a decaf coffee. The server asked “Would you like cream and sugar with that?”, and I said “yes, that's fine.” I also ordered a water, too.
As she was walking away to place our order, Rob wanted to apprise the waitress that I write reviews for restaurants and blogs for business, and she seemed pleased about that! I told her that this place really reminded me of a restaurant in my hometown (Southern Pines, NC) called Ashten's. It's an authentic creative and beautifully historically designed eatery, which it relates a lot like this restaurant. It's a Pub, an authentic restaurant, and a personal business. She said she's heard of the town, but not the restaurant and was also pleased by this fact too.
She later came back with our orders. Rob had received his sweet tea, and I got the coffee. Drinks cost $2.0. Wow! You should have seen it (you will in the photos I took)! The coffee had a little sugar and cream tray, with a container of cream on the side. The cream was served in a miniature stainless steel pitcher, about ¼ of a cup, and the sugar was beside it. The coffee was the most surprising thing I've seen yet that day, which was served in a glass mug, but looked like a wineglass with a mug attached to it. It Was very unique. The coffee tasted authentic, and was very sweet and rich. It was very clever the way they crafted the mug. The water also came, and it was very clean and refreshing. It was served in a tall curved looking glass, like a brewery glass. It had a nice texture in my hands.
Later, after we received our drinks, we ordered our food. Usually the food takes a while to come out due to the small kitchen and depended on the census size, as I wrote above. Luckily, we had got here just in time. We ordered appetizers, and what we ordered was their famous Cheese Fries ($6.0 for ½ size/ $9.0 for full size), served with fries, Irish cheddar and smoked Gouda, rashers, green onions and Jameson whiskey sauce, and on the side you had a choice of sauce. I recommend ranch! It served us both comfortable, about 3 servings for a ½ size (small). The ½ size is literally half the size of the regular size.
We could hardly finish that plate, and so we had it to-go, and Rob decided to give it to his Wife, who likes this place a lot. It was time to for us to order our entree. We both decided and agreed to their Shepherds Pie (9.0), which was delicious. It is made with sweet stewed lamb, rosemary, deliciously topped with simple veggies with peas, corn, and such, real oven browned whipped potatoes presented with a fancy uniformed texture, salt, and spices garnished with sweet sauteed caramelized onions, fresh garlic, Irish cheddar, a sweet mint sauce and baked until piping hot. It served in our opinion for a reasonable portion about 2-3 people or meals, per plate! No wonder why they said to “loosen your belts” on the menu. On we waited, and hardly waited by the fact that it came out way quicker than expected. It was amazing. As we devoured half our plates by within 10 minutes, we were stuffed. The server later asked us how our food was, and we said it was amazing. Rob had never ordered a shepherd's pie from here before, and he said he’ll try it today. He was pleased by the fact that it was freshly made and well prepared, and by the taste, I wasn't surprised he wanted more. It had filled us both up very quickly. Shepherd's pie is one of my favorite Irish dishes mostly because of the meat and potatoes.
We then decide we had some room for some dessert. If you look on the menu, you'll notice that the dessert is missing, (or not placed on it). Instead, they spoke to us the dessert upon choices of New York-style cheesecake, Creme Brulee, Shortbread cake, and a couple others. We had ordered the home-style Creme Brulee (not sure of the price). We had only ordered one because we were really full, but when we started eating it- well, we couldn't stop. It was amazing! The creme brulee was made with thick heavy whipped cream not too sweet, which was really good for that dish, and homemade sweet custard creme with torched sugar on top. I can tell you this, it was NOT vanilla pudding you buy at the grocery store, it was Mm..mm..mmy! I really didn't care for the sugar on top. My only complaint about the sugar on top of the custard was that it was a little bitter in my taste and got stuck in my teeth a lot, which happens on all creme brulees I try. It was nothing wrong they did. But despite that, it was gone within a few seconds. We chomped away with that, wishing we had ordered more than one plate, not realizing how good it was!
I thank you Celtic Fringe for the service for the time when we were here. It was a blast! Please, viewers, I hope you find this blog an inspiration to come to and try to visit here. If you do, please try what everybody's raving about: the home-style Cheesy Fries which are not bad for you! Thank You for reading this blog and I hope it was found somewhat informative and completely accurate. Please tell me what you think, and how your experience was so I can put it up on the next blog. And thank you, Rob, for letting us have a great time together! I appreciate it very much and I will treasure this moment for existence.
If you would like to visit this place, please visit them on 234 SW Market St, Reidsville, NC 27320 behind the Market and turn left. Or you can visit them on their website at thecelticfringe.com for more information and for a menu. Thank you and I hope you enjoy what you have read. Most likely I will be writing blogs at least once a month! Stay tuned. Let me know what you think of this blog by writing me at my email at josh.g.0719@gmail.com or j98gabs@yahoo.com or in the comment box! Thank you again and have a good day and enjoy the rest of it!
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