Sophie's Cosmic Cafe

Last night, as I tried to will myself to sleep over the rumba-est musings of a house party across the street, I developed an intense hankering for eggs benedict. Since it was nearly midnight and my husband, oblivious to the rumbling obnoxiousness, was already asleep, I knew the earliest opportunity for eggs benny would come in the morning. So, as we got up and ready the next morning, I prepared to go to Sunday brunch all by myself. Monster usually has to work on the weekends and that means we rarely get to indulge in a leisurely, special breakfast together.

But this morning, he end up with an hour to spare we headed up to Sophie's Cosmic Cafe, one of our favorite breakfast spots. Located on Forth and Burrard, full of kitch and framed action figures and really cool food, is Sophie's. I had my new "Julie/Julia" book and read as I stood waiting for the doors to open. Soon, there was a line behind me of hearty breakfast-lovers. First in the door when they finally creaked the door open, we sat in a cherry red booth and I ordered Santa Fe Eggs Benedict.

It came out in five minutes, seemingly, and it was amazing: homemade soft toasted cornbread on the bottom, followed by avacado creme, topped with a perfectly soft-boiled egg and fresh hollendaise, surrounded by homemade hash browns and black beans. It was heaven. There are many other cool breakfast places Monster and I have scouted in our trips downtown and I am sure we will eventually visit many of them, but they will have to work in order to beat the amazing benny I had this morning.