It's my mom's 60th birthday, and it's Father's Day weekend; that's why my siblings and I planned a long weekend (3 days, 2 nights) trip to Victoria, BC. It's our parents' first time travelling outside of Metro Vancouver since migrating to Canada, so this is an important trip for them. It's also my first time in Victoria, BC, so yay!
We started the day by visiting St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral. Originally, I planned to have breakfast at the famous JAM Cafe. However, it's so far from where we were, and I just don't have the energy to walk even such a short distance. I opened one of my favourite apps, Foursquare, to search for nearby breakfast spots with a high rating. That's how I found Shine Café.
It's also a bonus that they got featured in the Food Network show, You Gotta Eat Here.
Full Breakfast
Hubby ordered the Full Breakfast to try their bacon, ham, and sausage. It's standard brunch fare. For his sides, he chose Potato Scone and Cornbread. I highly recommend the Potato Scone just because it's different. I think it's my first time trying this dish.
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| Full Breakfast 3 eggs, 2 pieces each of bacon, ham, and sausage, grilled tomato, cornbread, and Scottish potato scone |
Unfortunately, the cornbread was dry, but putting the runny egg and grilled tomatoes on top made it such an amazing delicious vehicle.
Nemo Eggs Benedict
Finally! I thought I'll be leaving Victoria without trying salmon eggs benny. This is so good!
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| Nemo Eggs Benedict with Hash Browns Smoked salmon, red onion, avocado, and regular hollandaise |
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| Check out the runny yolks from the poached egg. |
Like our breakfast at Q At The Empress yesterday, I was asked how I like my eggs to be - I chose soft because I like my eggs perfectly soft poached runny.
Famous Pancakes
For our extra meal, we were discussing whether to get French Toast or Pancakes. We end up with Pancakes because we had pancakes yesterday, and I need to make some sort of comparison. The pancakes at Shine are much bigger and fluffier than the one from Q. However, I'm still dreaming over the blueberry compote from yesterday.
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| Famous Pancakes Classic comfort served with real butter & pure maple syrup. |
I recommend the Nemo Eggs Benedict, but I don't think you'll go wrong with any of their dishes.
It was an awesome short trip to Victoria, BC. I can't wait to come back to eat and visit the museums I missed during this trip. Thankfully, Victoria is only a couple hours away by Ferry plus another 30 minutes of bus ride to Downtown.
This is my last post as part of what I now call the "Victoria Food Series." Let's go back to the mainland and continue food exploring.
