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Following twenty years of farmer's markets selling locally grown vegetables, native fruits, and local honey Linda created Marianne's Kitchen in Shoreview, MN, an oasis of good food, conversation and laughter in a suburban food desert. Operating from 2011-2017 the cafe offered home made soups, fresh bread baked daily, great sandwiches and treats and a complete line of gluten-free soups, pickled products, jams, jellies, salsas and locally sourced soups, honey and grains.

The Marianne's Kitchen of sharing, conversation, and learning continues with ongoing commentary, food reviews and food finds as we grow, cook and eat our food and sample local restaurants.

Friday, March 9, 2018

"Steams & Treats"... a great lunch!!

Hats off to Angie!!!  

Angie, owner of Donuts Deluxe  (East of Cafe Cravings and Highway 61 on CR E) has  added food  and renamed it as Steams and Treats  (not that donuts aren't food---I can make a meal out of a fritter or chocolate iced fried cinnamon roll--and those are the calories of a WHOLE meal each!!).

Two major food categories...savory and sweet...one location...awesome. 
  

Steams and Treats Potstickers Marianne's Kitchen
Potstickers
Everyone who walked in today for their regular apple fritter immediately developed a dual-personality disorder.   One guy came in specifically for the pot stickers.  The next 2 guys were there for their donut fix...one for his grandkids.  After showing them our food (we had quite the variety on the table) they ordered food to-go (hey, we're here to serve, market, pitch...).

Seating is limit...you might have to take it to go when they're busy.  This is a recent change in offerings.  They're just getting the hang of this, so be prepared to wait a few minutes for your order.

Steams and treats bao Marianne's Kitchen
Kale Mushroom Tofu Bao
Angie makes the potsticker and bao doughs--the bao dough is a little thicker than the potsticker dough.  Choosing what to put inside...well...all options were tempting...teriyaki pork, curry chicken, ground pork and scallion, kale mushroom tofu (our selection), and Chinese chive and egg.  Potstickers are pork (classic) or kale (vegetarian).   

Becca's sweet ginger salad Marianne's Kitchen
Sweet Ginger Salad
Platters are accompanied by fried rice or one of three salad choices (Ida's Garden with romaine, cranberries, parmesan and more; Becca's sweet ginger salad (our choice) with granny smith apples, romaine, avocado, red onion and more with a mild ginger dressing; or Angie's cold noodle salad (that's our first choice next time) with egg noodles, pickled carrots and daikon, shiitake mushrooms, scallions....... 

Steams and Treats Banh Mi Marianne's Kitchen
Banh Mi
We also opted for a pork Banh Mi (choice of chicken, pork or tofu)...generous portion of pork and cucumber...the jalapeno was not overpowering and the daikon carrot slaw was delish.   We'd say quite close to the Banh Mi at Pho 400 in generous ingredients--this one doesn't have the great smoky flavor of the Pho 400 sandwich, but it more generous than the Trung Nam Banh Mi...we had quite the conversation with other customers discussing the virtues of each of the great Banh Mi's available to us folks on the east side of the Mississippi.  Steams and Treats holds their own in this category.

John devoured the slaw---absolutely great.  We loved the sweet ginger salad, the kale mushroom bao was incredibly good as were the HUGE potstickers, and we already noted that the Banh Mi is solid.

The only problem.....no room left for a fritter or chocolate frosted fried cinnamon roll.  Life is just so darn hard.

Steams and Treats Marianne's Kitchen





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