Maru Botana

Today Annemarie, Jenny and I finally had Dessert Day at Maru Botana, a bakery owned by an Argentine celebrity chef. I decided to make this my lunch too, because I saw a vegetarian sandwich on the menu that actually sounded healthy. The other girls ate too. Annemarie, some quiche; Jenny a Caesar salad (“because once a month I should eat some vegetables.”) Then we each had a slice of cake. I think the waiter was appalled we didn’t all three just split one, but we all have very different tastes. Annemarie chose a lemon custard with meringue icing, Jenny a creamy dulce de leche and whipped cream concoction, and I chose the one with the most antioxidants: dark chocolate with cold blueberries and raspberries. While we were there we saw an adorable lady with blonde ringlets stroll by with her baby, straight back into the kitchen. Once she was in the kitchen (wearing flip flops!) it hit us that she was the famous Maru! She’s beautiful and has at least five kids. I believe the little one we saw was number five. Great food though. And I could swear the bread was actually whole-grain.