Minneapolis – Day 3 (Friday)

By Friday of the trip, I was really looking forward to seeing both hubby and Bailey and getting ready to home. Also, after having hung out with the co-workers for most of the trip and having a blast getting to know them better, my inner foodie was happy to venture out on a food-alicious journey for Friday’s breakfast.

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I decided to hit up Hell’s Kitchen , a restaurant I read about on yelp.com whilst researching Minneapolis eats.

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The knife chandelier greeting you at the entrance was a nice touch to the theme.

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Inside, the restaurant continued the “dark” theme, which I kind of liked…something off the beaten path.

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I started with coffee, which is locally roasted.

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The menu had many amazing-sounding options – it was a tough choice. I heard really good things about the lemon ricotta pancakes and will have to try those next time? I wanted to try their Mahnomin Porridge, too, but my stomach is only so big. I also wanted to get some of their homemade peanut butter but didn’t want to have to check my bag at the airport. I need to see if they ship and if so, if it’s affordable.

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For breakfast, I got the Bread Pudding with Black Currants and Creme Anglaise – it was fab but more like dessert than breakfast. Life’s short…eat dessert first, no? 🙂

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I also had to try the Maple-Glazed Bison Sausage, which helped balance out the sweetness of the bread pudding – I loved the maple glaze on it!

After breakfast, it was on to work for the day.

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Instead of working through lunch, we broke to hit up a local fave – Key’s Cafe.

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The menu had all the usual suspects – omelets, sandwiches, burgers, but in an effort to try something different, I decided to try something that’s not unique, but something I’d never had before – the Rachel – a turkey reuben.

omg…it was delish! This place has really set the bar high for any future Rachels I order. The plate also came with a pickle spear, cole slaw, and french fries. I only managed to finish about half the plate.

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I hit up a place that piqued my interest earlier in the trip – Sola to see what the OatsCreme was all about.

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I figured if I like oatmeal, I’d probably like this stuff…turns out I do! It reminds me a lot of how people use soy to make “creamy” things like milk, ice cream, etc. I thought the sample of vanilla OatsCreme I had tasted a lot like the nutty flavor of soy milk.

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I went ahead and got the Healthy BlendVanilla OatsCreme, banana, strawberry, and granola. Although I enjoyed this yummy concoction, my timing stunk. Since we were on our way out of town, I had to carry the thing all the way to the light rail and then into the airport…not fun. Not to mention the thing was HUGE! I was glad to try it but will have to work on my timing next time.

We left for the airport in plenty of time and did a wee bit of shopping in the airport. I managed to get a treat for hubby even though we have the shop in Charlotte…it’s the thought that counts, right?

Our plane landed safely and smoothly right on time and I was thankful to be picked up by hubby and go home.

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Since it was already after 9 pm by the time we headed home, we stopped by Chick Fil A to get dinner. I just got a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup because I wasn’t that hungry.

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Not to mention, I had some treats to enjoy with hubby. I brought back this “famous Caramel Roll” back from the Key’s Cafe spot from lunch.

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I got about 1/3 and hubby had the rest. We both had a wee bit of 1% milk to go with dessert.

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I had one more trick up my sleeve – goodies from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

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Inside – 2 hand-selected pieces of chocolate to enjoy.

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Milk Chocolate Caramel and Ancho Chile Truffle.

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The caramel was awesome…

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…the truffle was indeed spicy. Don’t think hubby has tasted this one yet, but I saved some for him, in case he wanted it.

All in all…a fun trip. We met, we brainstormed, we conquered. I also had some good eats along the way, which is always a plus. Wonder where they’ll send me next? Hmm…

1 thought on “Minneapolis – Day 3 (Friday)”

  1. how fun! i have to read the rest of your posts from the trip 🙂 your breakfast looks so decadent and delicious! it's definitely nice to have a sweet cakey breakfast sometimes. i bet the lemon ricotta pancakes are pretty awesome tho!

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