What better way to ease ourselves into a 3-day holiday weekend than bop over to the other side of town and enjoy frukost (that's Norsk for "breakfast") at one of our 'ol faves--Cafe Muse http://www.cafemuseroyaloak.com/ in Royal Oak. This was our second visit for breakfast and we keep saying we have to sample their lunch fare. If anyone's taken advantage of that, would love to hear your review. Tom had a special, an omelet with Ammoglio sauce with a side of mashed sweet potatoes. I had a bite and it was awesome!! My french toast was good. The toast itself was not a standout but the Turkish fig/orange marmalade topping brought it to life. We have yet to be disappointed by the Muse. It has nice ambience, the service is good and the owners are very hands-on. They are very visible and hands-on and in fact, freshened my coffee and served us. Excellent job, guys!!! Keep up the good work.
** BROWNIE RECOMMENDATION **
Because we are are organic food junkies, we often frequent organic/health food stores and community food co-ops during our travels. In "Fashionable Ferndale", we discovered Natural Food Patch, on Nine Mile Road. While checking out, I spotted some packaged brownies at the register; can you say "impulse buy"? Folks, ironically I'm sorry to report that I discovered these--they're DELICIOUS and about as addictive as crack cocaine for me. As a self-confessed chocoholic (we're talking 12-step program here), I'm pretty particular about my chocolate: I like it very dark, organic, not overly sugared and free of a lot of additives. I'm possibly even more discriminating about my brownies. I usually bake them from scratch using a high quality organic, free-trade cocoa and have been playing with the recipe over time trying to get the perfect mix of ingredients. My homemade brownies are very fudgy which is something I've found hard to come by in store bought varieties. I was ready to diss the pre-packaged brownie we picked up in Ferndale even though it received a strong endorsement from the cashier who assured me he had sampled it. He also added that the company, Do-Goodie http://www.greystonbakery.com/, is a supplier to Ben & Jerry's. I managed to make it all the way home before tearing open the packaging the sink my teeth into the Espresso Bean Brownie. Zowie!!! Finally, a well-crafted, fudgy, moist, not overly sweetened brownie. All I can say is if you haven't had these, give 'em a try and I'm just glad I bought mine across town and am not aware of who carries them nearby. Way too much temptation for me.
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