Max Brenner

Sunday morning turned out to be a lazy morning. We slept in and ended up having a brunch late in the morning.
Just nearby where we were staying, was Max Brenner. I was assured this would be a great place to eat, because, well - I do love chocolate!
It was hard to decide what to get - there were just too many options. Most of the things that I wanted to eat were more suitable for dessert. There were a couple waffle plates on the menu which were so tempting, but they came with ice cream and I didn't want to deal with the hassle of that, because it was the whole package that sounded really good.
I ended up getting more of a breakfast kind of waffle. Your generic waffle with fruit on top. There was a cute little side of caramel bananas (yummy!) and there was an option of maple syrup or...chocolate sauce. Bring on the chocolate! You may be able to see from the picture that the chocolate sauce came in an Erlenmeyer flask! How fun!
I was told that I needed to take a look at the kid's menu. It gave a wonderful fairy-tale that kids and adults alike would enjoy and then the menu itself was just as good as the adults, with a couple fun twists. My favorite was the syringe of chocolate. Yup - that's the whole thing. I want to see
a kid squirt this into their mouth. It sounds like a fun thing, but a syringe? What kind of weird message is that sending? In this picture, you can also see the "hug mug". My hot chocolate (which was a bit bland) came in this sweet looking mug which was specifically designed to perfectly wrap your hands around. It's a nice idea, but I've never really had problems wrapping my hands around regular mugs and I was concerned about drinking out of the "spout". It really wasn't too big of a deal.
It was too early in the day, and the waffles were tasty and filling but I knew I wanted to return to get the chocolate fondue. OMG, it sounded so good. I think you can go through their website and see their menus. Hopefully it'll make you drool. Yummy.
My friend got this drink. It's described as the espresso of chocolate. It sounded really good in theory and I'm sure it tasted good, but it was a whole production and took a lot of effort to get going and to the perfect consistency. It reminded me of the traditional Argentinian drink that my Swiss family gave me to drink. Creating the concoction by putting in milk and chocolate shavings (you have a choice of dark, milk or white) into the small dish above the tealight (you decide the ratio of milk to chocolate) and then using the mixing device/spoon to drink. The built in straw. Kind of neat.
The restaurant has great presentation. The actually restaurant had a great decor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory feel. Seeing as how that story inspired Max Brenner it made complete sense. There were giant chocolate bars lining the restaurant. Vats of chocolate by the door. Chocolate was on tap too. Dark, milk and white. I would love to be a "bartender" there. I have no idea if the taps actually worked, but they looked really really cool.
Bascially, the moral of the story is that I had a great time, I wish I still had a bottomless pit stomach (darn the slowing metabolism!) because there's just so many things that I want to try. The wait staff were so friendly and fun and the restaurant itself has a light-hearted vibe. Prices seemed decent as well.
If you love sweets, you should probably check this place out!