Foodgasm.

[rebeccmeister]

This has been a Trip of Good Eating Events. I cannot complain.

Yesterday morning I went over to Ballard to visit a kitchen supply store (and Archie McPhee, of course), and as I walked around afterwords, Verite Coffee caught my eye, so I went inside to investigate. Well. Verite Coffee is also the home of Cupcake Royale, a gourmet cupcake shop, so of course I decided then and there that I simply had to have a cappuccino and cupcake. Oh. My. Goodness. If you are able-bodied and live in the Seattle area, you must go there and have a cupcake. The frosting was delicious. The crumb was perfect. The moisture level was divine. I almost started screaming, "Oh yes! Oh yes!" right there in the middle of the coffeeshop. I never knew cupcake perfection until I ate that cupcake.

The cappuccino was good, too.

Of course, I also went to Le Fournil for breakfast yesterday morning after rowing.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is, if I lived in Seattle again, I would be enormously fat and happy.

Today has been about food, too, but in a different way. Last night, my family drove up to my grandfather's house in Enumclaw to visit and such. In the morning, we had pancakes with blueberries from my grandfather's blueberry bush and fresh whipped cream. Then we spent the day hiking around at Mt. Rainier and picked lots of blueberries and huckleberries.

I miss Seattle's food culture immensely.

Comments

[annikusrex.livejournal.com]

I love Cupcake Royale. Some people say the frosting is too sugary, but they are cranks.

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Well, some people can BITE ME.

Here's how I see it--frostings can be either creamy or sugary. If they are creamy, they are apt to be too rich and overpower the delicate flavor of a delicious cupcake. Therefore, the frostings must be sugary. HOWEVER, the nice thing about a sugary Cupcake Royale cupcake is that there is JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FROSTING. So the sugar is not overpowering. Especially if one drinks a delicious cappuccino with the delicious cupcake.

Now, how to convince Cupcake Royale to open a shop in Tempe?

[annikusrex.livejournal.com]

The real question is how to convince Cupcake Royale to open a shop in Capitol Hill? Magnolia? I ain't gonna bike there. Ballard? I don't even visit my brother, who lives there!

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Oh, but my father claims that there's another place that's closer to you that carries their cupcakes.

Aha! Madrona.