Breakfast at Shine Café

Shine Café is one of those gem of a hole in the wall breakfast restaurant located on Fort St. here in Victoria. They're quite popular and it's rare to not have to line up when you go there. They are quite famous for their Scottish potato scone which are really good specially when they're still hot and you slather on some butter and some strawberry jam. I'm sure they're not very good for you but who cares, a little bit of it now and then is so not going to kill you, lol! They're awesome. They actually remind of the Norwegian lefse. Hubby's family is originally from Norway and they love that stuff, it's very time consuming to make so they only eat it during the holiday season. Lefse is a totally different story. It's really nice, I'll make it one day and post it maybe.

Back to Shine Café, I really love their breakfast specials. They're kind of whimsical stuff with fun and funky names, they're normally quite decadent and oh so not very kind to the waist line but they're really good. I'm not too wild about the regular stuff, but they're ok, reliable and consistent. We don't go there all the time, maybe every two or three months but we like it. We're over there for our breakfast this Sunday and as usual I ordered the special which they called "Holandazed and Confused". It's another rendition of eggs benny with chive hollandaise, sweet potato puree, fresh spinach and Canadian back bacon on top of an English muffin. It was awesome, super rich and very decadent. I didn't bother thinking about how many calories it has, I just wolfed it down then went for a long walk afterwards. Yeah, you'll need an hour or two of moderate to vigorous exercise to burn some of their yummy calories.