MOM:
This place has homemade kombucha? Oooooh boy, show me the way! For those in the dark, kombucha is a fermented tea made with a solid mass of yeast and bacteria to form the kombucha culture. It’s touted to be a miracle cure for all kinds of ailments but I’m only interested in it’s wrinkle reducing claims, well, ok, a stronger immune system would be nice too. A french cafe for new agey "healing"? Namaste!
I swear I looked younger after lunch.....
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| Piles of "souffles..." |
Inside the teeny-tiny shop, I was distracted by the PILES of organic chocolate "soufflés" and cookies. Heavenly! I finally spotted the mysterious bottles with “stuff” floating in it – bit daunting. I carefully picked up a bottle of pomegranate kombucha with just a little “stuff” floating around. I wonder if my teen knows CPR? She can at least text someone… but with my luck, it’s another teen… Back to my Elixir of Youth which was accompanied by a delicious teeny baguette stuffed with prosciutto, figs and goat cheese – didn’t even taste the kombucha culture! It was ALL divine!
TEEN:
Melted Chocolate Drink. That’s what caught MY eye on the website. So of course, I hassled my mom about going to taste this magical-sounding drink. Walking into the teeny shop, I spotted a mirror to my left but didn’t get a chance to check out my reflection for too long as my eyes caught something beautiful…huge Souffles! Piles and piles and piles of big chocolaty goodness. My eyes followed a trail along the rest of the delectable looking food behind the glass. That is, until they landed on the Egg and Asparagus sandwich. I hurried over to my mom who stood in front of something called…Kombucha? It’s appearance was not it’s best trait if I do say so myself.
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| Bitter Melted Chocolate Drink |
Anyway, she ordered a sandwich along with my Egg and Asparagus one and I went outside to find a table where I sat like a loner. Next to me, a man was having some difficulty with his iPad. His friend arrived carrying their food, and accidently let half of their sandwich fall onto “iPad dude’s” suit. I tried to contain my laughter by looking into the bushes…not my most subtle cover yet. Mom brought our sandwiches and her very unappealing Kombucha. My sandwich was just a bit too bland and I went back inside to buy my long awaited Melted Chocolate Drink. I made the mistake of not asking what kind of chocolate was being melted. I am a Milk Chocolate type of girl, not dark or bittersweet. My idea of good hot chocolate is Swiss Miss from Safeway. This Melted Chocolate was SUPER bittersweet. Maybe even just bitter… At the first sip, I felt my tongue peek out of my mouth searching for Swiss Miss sweetness- bitter! Personally, it was kind of a disappointment. However, my mom certainly benefitted. She called it “the best hot chocolate” she’s ever had. Psh.
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