North Vancouver, BC
With the prominence of social media and "viral posts", it is no wonder that my picks in eateries would be influenced by the online world! After seeing amazing, drool-worthy photos of waffles from Cacao 70, I convinced W that we needed to try it out!
From Cacao 70's website, I saw that the North Vancouver location served brunch as well, so W and I went there early afternoon for a savoury and sweet meal. Located on the grounds of Lonsdale Quay, the eatery was situated near the water and had a nice view of the Burrard Inlet. The inside had a quaint 1940's diner decor but it seems that due to lack of staff, the inside was kind of messy with un-bussed tables and chairs strewn about.
Hangover Omelette ($13.75) - An omelette with bacon, roasted red peppers, green onions, mild white cheddar cheese and basil pesto. Served with toast, salad, and a fruit plate with a small chocolate fondue
The savoury brunch item we chose was the Hangover Omelette. It was not bad but it didn't look as amazing as I expected. Definitely felt like something that we could make at home. The menu stated that it would be served with potato wedges but toast was given instead. I was kind of disappointed about that.
The omelette also came with a fruit plate served with dipping chocolate. It is best to eat this first because when the chocolate became cooler, it hardened up like ganache so it was not suitable for dipping. I liked that it was dark chocolate which went nicely with the sweet fruit though.
The Coffee High ($12.95) - Cacao 70 waffle and mini scoop of soft-serve vanilla ice cream, dipped with coffee chocolate, whipped cream, banana, java cake, caramel sauce and coffee beans
For the sweet half of our brunch, we went for The Coffee High waffle. Now THIS certainly looked impressive and decadent! There were a lot of things going on but I thought that was what caused its downfall. All of those things were sweet and combined together, it became immensely sugary and overbearing. We thought the ice cream was the best part of this combo. If we came back again, I think I would just order one of their dipped ice cream cones.
Welp, their waffles were indeed very photogenic, but otherwise I was, unfortunately, quite underwhelmed by the experience :(
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