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| - If you like ice cream, frozen yogurt, smoothies or KEFIR, a great place.
Kefir is like yogurt, but just uses a different bacteria to ferment the milk and tastes different. If I had to pin the taste down I'd call it a "clean" and "fresh" version of yogurt. They have shakes here, frozen yogurt, and something else which I'll reluctantly get to.
ALL their toppings are made in-house. So you're not going to find any ubiquitous junk here. At the same time, you'll find some really unique toppings such as pomellos, dragon-fruit and home-made granola. If you want a good balance between health and taste, ask them to sprinkle some "crackle bits" (also home-made) on top.
So yeah, tastes great and a worthy alternative to the standard Yogen Fruz frozen yogurts you're probably all sick off by now. The place is under the Bay-Adelaide Centre (the office building west across the grass from "South on Temperance") and is directly in front of you when you go down the escalators. It's only open just a bit past business hours so don't delay.
Now, here we get to the top secret stuff. Ever had a place that had something so good you didn't want it to become popular because they'd run out of it or the line-up would be too long? Well that's why I'm torn with respect to one of their items. I actually DON'T want to review it because they make it in limited quantities, takes a bit to prepare and I don't want to have to wait for it.
Well I guess I owe them this from all the good times they've given me, I'll do the "right" think for society and tell you about it.
Their waffles are the best in the city. Truly.
Something you wouldn't expect from a place like this, a simple frozen dessert type place, but there it is. I guess, actually, it IS something you'd expect since they had make everything. They only have one, perhaps two three at the max waffle irons, so they can't handle much in terms of volume, but if the place isn't packed it's well worth the wait. WELL worth it.
Let me tell you a story. I have a friend who likes NOTHING. Well, almost nothing. She's into fashion and usually likes more expensive things (notice I didn't say "finer"). When it comes to food, she's going to hate 99% of the things on the menu. She has some fashion blog and is very difficult to please.
So one day I suggest this place to her. Of course, right off the bat she doesn`t like Kefir. Big surprise there, her not liking something. So I immediately think it's a write-off for her, like most places. But then she tells me that she adores the waffles.
"The waffles?" I think, "just like her to dislike what the place is named for and like what is really just a side item." Ridiculous. She tells me to try them but I don't bother. It's called deKEFIR sweetie, not deWAFFLES.
Boy was I wrong. I took the plunge on a whim one day and haven't looked back. They have the PERFECT amount of crispy and the PERFECT amount of soft and this unique, ADDICTIVE flavor that so you're going to want seconds and thirds. I'm told they actually put Kefir IN them. That must be it because they're unique.
They're shaped perfectly so you can eat them by hand out of a small paper bag or they'll put it on a plate and dump toppings and Kefir on them. In any form, they're a treat. Thank God they take a while to make (like waffles tend to) or I'd have third and fourth servings every time.
So there you have it. My deep dark secret. But if I go there and see a massive line of people ahead of me, I'm going to be pretty pissed. I'll probably rewrite this review then, to say how much I them.
Will serve me right though, no good deed... On second thought, don't get them, they're terrible. ;).
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