The Well-Tempered Chocolatier is nominated in the Best of 604 awards! Click here to vote!
I walked by Aurora Bistro last night, and was saddened to see that the rumours are true. After five great years, Aurora is no more.
To be honest, I’ve only eaten there a handful of times. Their brunch was top-notch, in terms of getting value and tastiness. I loved their eggs benedict was great, and I’m notoriously picky about my Hollandaise sauce. Their bacon and eggs, if you can call it that, was beautiful. I can’t remember the exact details, but there was definitely a quail’s egg and proscuitto.
But oh! the donuts. The donuts were divine. These were no ordinary donuts – they were beignet-style (that is, balls of dough dropped into the deep fryer) and would arrive at your table piping hot, smelling like cinnamon and orange. There were seven to an order, a pyramid of donuts drizzled with orange-scented honey. It got to a point where the waiter would ask if we wanted donuts, but he was just going through the motions. He knew there was no way we would say no.
