I had Sunday morning breakfast for the second week in a row, and I am beyond pleased. This morning, I had a mid-morning breakfast at Copenhagen Bakery in downtown Burlingame.
Copenhagen is broken up in to two parts. The first is the bakery section, which offers an array of unique and beautiful cakes, pastries, and breads. The second is the restaurant portion, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The establishment on the whole has a quaint, homely feel to it, helped by the rudimentary and sparse decorations. Things tend to impress me when they don't try to do too much.
As usual, I spent about ten minutes jumping back and forth amongst potential meal options (French toast? Eggs? Pancakes?) before deciding upon strawberries and cream Belgian waffles (sans whipped cream, and with the strawberries on the side). The waffles were fantastic--perfectly golden, and with the right combination of crunch and softness.
I sampled a little bit of my friends' meals as well, and items such as the French toast and chocolate chip pancakes received raves all around.
After breakfast came time to conquer the bakery portion, during which I twiddled my thumbs while my friends tried out some of the various baked goods.
Okay, that's a lie. I tried a little bit of something and had to quell the urge not to spit it back out immediately. It had an excellent almond and vanilla essence, but otherwise tasted like straight sugar, only cookie-shaped. Which I guess is the whole point, for those who are in to that sort of thing.
I'd love to go back, despite the Bakery being more of a hike than is probably necessary for weekend brunch. But Burlingame is a cute town, it has a great farmer's market, and has several restaurants just waiting to be explored--or revisited, as the case may be.
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