Grownup flavors, beignet-style batter. Read lots of hype on Voodoo Doughnuts, but I was way more excited about this place (and all the locals who saw my box of doughnuts at the airport seconded Blue Star's superiority).
I was torn between salted caramel, lemon poppyseed, and the one I landed on was blueberry bourbon basil. Good ol' glazed for Ryan. Mine is heavenly, just enough tartness, a slight kick from the basil but not too herby.
Ryan says: original glazed all the way. Who wants to grow up?
We picked the Williams Street location over downtown. Less touristy, but the line was still 30 minutes since all the local design agencies swarm this spot.
I tried the breakfast board:
Liver mousse
Pickled beets
Lebnah and olive oil
House cured jerky (! supremely yummy!)
Soft-boiled egg
Bacon
Crostini
House baked bread
Cherries
In the same building as Tasty N Sons, good browsing while you're waiting to be seated. A few other shops in the complex but this is the one I spent all my time in.
Shockingly delicious, I'm not a big wheat germ/non-fat person, but both of our meals were both super tasty and our bodies are feeling a lot better after the 24-hour fat and carb binge. I would skip the chai. It sounded awesome, Alberta chai tea with coconut milk and wild honey. Kind of underwhelming in reality. We'll definitely be back for the food again before we leave though! Documenting the ingredients in detail so we can try and replicate at home.
El Dorado salad
Spinach and greens with yam rice, walnut taco crumbles, avocado, sun dried tomato, scallions, cilantro, jalapeno cashew cheese, and red chili vinaigrette
Ryan got the:
Kali bowl
Quinoa, garnet yam vegetable curry, kale, slow cooked mango chutney, and cilantro
Phone died so no pics, cute housewares and an adorable in-shop floral counter. Going to steal their metal prep table with marble slab set-up for our place. So smart.
Have pledged that we will no longer attempt to eat like we're in our 20s anymore. Burgers ok. Burgers with spam, bacon, ham, and egg between two grilled cheeses, not ok.
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