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| - one bright and cheery day I took the world's longest walk from ASU's campus to Essence Bakery I almost gave up and was totally cursing myself for forgetting my bus card... but before I threw in the towl, turned around and ate at the Boston's i finally made it to my destination!
The small and easy to overlook Essence Bakery & Cafe is the fresh wholefood mecca of Tempe. Their food is organic, fresh, made purely from scratch and the love taken to make each dish shows!
From the start, there is a bakery case that hosts scrumptious macaroons, the green and yellow are my favorite but the pink rose flavored macaroons taste like purfume. Not pleasant at all!
I ordered the ham, cheese and jalapeno. on a crisp toasted bread came a creamy, salty classic sandwich that comes with a nice spicy kick. The perfect update to this sometimes ho-hum sammy. I totally dug the new spin but I would add some hot sauce on the bread! I also had iced tea and was surprised by all the sweeteners, every tea sweetener imaginable was on this small table with ice and water. They had stevia, the blue stuff, the pink stuff, the yellow stuff, the refined stuff, the granulated stuff, the stuff in the raw and my favorite: agave nectar!
I sat down on the only available table and I realized that there was NO room in this small little place! The tables were all shoved against the walls, the chairs were uncomfortable and NOT fat girl friendly! Not cool! I squished and squirmed to fit in a chair and I didn't really enjoy eaiting inside. I think next time i'll avoid the pink macaroons that taste like perfume and I will also try the patio seat!!
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