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We’re all on to a winner here that’s for sure. Good breakfast joints are plentiful in Southsea, we all know that, but few offer what we all want deep down alongside the classics. Eggs Benedict.
The Belle Isle in Osborne Road is now open from 10am every Saturday and Sunday for breakfast and starting tomorrow they will have a choice of Eggs Benedict – Poached egg with Hollandaise sauce, Asparagus and Smoked Salmon or Ham served on a bagel for £4.50 or the classic Belle Isle Full English – Sausage, Bacon, Egg, Mushrooms and tomoatoes served with toasted Ciabatta £5.00. Both options come with Tea or Coffee.
The Belle Isle is off to a seriously winning start. If you haven’t been there yet, or eaten there I highly recommend it. A unique bar with a very relaxed attitude that takes in the sunshine all day long.
See you there. I’m all over the Eggs Benedict, that’s for sure.
The Strong Island Company crate for The Belle Isle is coming along nicely, but I’ve been stuck for a while now as of what to put on the other sides. The main logo I painted on is going to be hidden by peoples legs most of the time so I needed to add something that could be seen from other angles. A lot of messing around and researching old posters and adverts left me no where so I decided to keep it simple. Keeping up with the the whole shipping crate theme and making something that made it more in keeping to it’s surroundings.
Once I figure out how to age paper and make it look all knackered I’ll apply a print to each end of the crate. Now……I’m still not sure what to put on the front! I’ll get there in the end. Think I’ve got about a week left.
How good would stickers look? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink…
Some of you may have heard already, some of you may not but Little Johnny Russells recently announced their newest venture soon to be opening in Osborne Road, Southsea, called The Belle Isle. They are still in the early stages of development but they are aiming for a relaxed atmosphere with a great quality menu and serving a selection of wines, cocktails and continental beers. You can follow developments on The Belle Isle blog and on Twitter for now.
Look out for the special Strong Island cocktail on the menu when they open. Can you guess what it might be?
As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.
We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.
To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.
Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.
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