Last month, I participated in a GuacOff courtesy of Metro Magazine and with the combined culinary stylings of some great fellow Twin Cities bloggers (Kaeti, Doug, Emily, and Conner), we took home Most Authentic.
This post isn’t about that. Conner did a great recap, so I’ll point you over there for that.
What this post IS about is the gift card that I snagged as part of the prize stuff from Crave Restaurant. I’m not too far from the restaurant, located in Edina’s Galleria Mall so when Rachel was here a couple of weeks ago, we decided to check it out. I kept hearing delicious things about it, and we decided to move in for their HUGELY PROPORTIONED brunch.
We rounded up my roommate and her manfriend and made it there pretty much as the doors opened (11AM on Sundays).
The deal (snatched right from their website, emphasis mine):
Fabulous Family Brunch $15.95
Generous helping of scrambled eggs with Tillamook smoked cheddar, house made baked hash browns, off-the-bone ham, applewood smoked bacon, savory sausage links, whole wheat toast and jam, fresh fruit, and sticky buns all served on large platters for your table to share and replenished as you desire!
Also Includes: French Toast Bar with gourmet toppings and Our Chef ’s “Create-your-own” Omelet Bar and A glass of Mimosa, Champagne, or Orange Juice
Yeah, you had me at French Toast Bar and Champagne for sure. And I’m always a fan of hash browns or breakfast potatoes or whatever you want to call them, but these? UNFREAKINGREAL.
Seriously, those hashbrowns were greasy, cheesy, potato-y perfection. Because that wasn’t enough food, I also had the chef make me my own omelet.
Tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and cheese – YUM!
Our table basically looked like this: we each had coffee and a mimosa. The plates in the center of the table included: the cheesy-orgy plate of eggs and hash browns, the meat-lover’s plate of sausage, bacon, and ham, plus some toast because why not throw more carbs in the mix, a plate full of sticky-buns, and then whatever plates we’d collected at the French Toast or Create-Your-Own Omelet station.
Make no mistake, I know how to make y’all drool.
I’ll have to get back to try their other meals, but this was definitely a winner for a giant Sunday brunch with some of my faves.
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this made me miss minnesota like WHOA. you midwesterners know how to eat some amazing food.
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