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That about sums it up.
After cancelling a brunch reservation for my fiance's birthday, we scurried on over to Cafe Monarch. Fabulous Sunday, and the weather is gorgeous. We drive up to Cafe Monarch a little early to avoid the Sunday crowd (thanks to the advice of some reviewers since Cafe Monarch is a one-man show and can get pretty busy). There are beautiful monarch butterflies flying around the outside of the Cafe. Beautiful landscaping and cafe style, white linen tables adorn Monarch.
Chef Chris is outside writing up the day's sweet & savory brunch menu. We walk on over, and he remembers the message I had left him the day before. He wishes Edgar a happy birthday. He explains the way the restaurant is run and tells us to help ourselves to the beverage area as there's hibiscus tea, coffee, water w/mint leaves and orange juice. A cute little station with beautiful drinkware. We help ourselves and get comfy on a bench outside.
A few minutes in, his helper comes out and tells us to take a seat anywhere we'd like and asks us what we would like to order. We order one each of both dishes. One savory and one sweet. When our meals actually came out, we took one bit, and I went inside to tell Chef Chris to bring us each the opposite of what we just ordered. We couldn't share! It was too dang good! DELICIOUS is an understatement!
For the sweet dish we had pumpkin french toast with roasted pear, amber maple syrup, cranberry butter and spicy chicken sausage. For savory we had grilled porkloin w/feta, herb potatoes, fried egg and tomato sauce.
The flavors that were extracted from these dishes are unbelievable. Chef Chris creates a custom menu every single day, and you'll never have the same meal here. It was divine. The french toast is one, if not THE BEST french toast my fiance and I have ever had anywhere. We didn't drench the french toast with syrup as there was no need for it. The texture was spot on, and it was moist. The cranberry butter was absolutely delicious, and it accompanied nicely to the chicken sausage.
The porkloin was cooked PERFECTLY. Not dry and not under done. The herb potatoes were stacked beautifully with wonderful herbs and spices, and the very top layer was crispy. Perfectly cooked fried eggs (it takes a real special person to make perfect eggs in my opinion), and the tomato sauce was out of this world. This wasn't some run of the mill tomato sauce. It was home made, thick and hearty tomato sauce.
This was the perfect way to end our trip to Scottsdale, and we were so happy to have been able to experience Cafe Monarch. Chef Chris is truly talented, and you can feel his passion and love for what he does. Not a lot of Chefs carry this same passion, but he does. There is LOVE in each and every dish - no factory style kitchen dishes coming out of here.
My fiance said it... "the best breakfast I've ever had."
Thank you again Chef Chris!
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