On my birthday this year a group of my friends and I decided to go for lunch and cake to celebrate. The original plan was to go to Mimi's bakehouse as it's my favourite bakery in Edinburgh. Unfortunately I had underestimated just how many friends would want to come along and once we hit 10 people Mimi's could no longer accommodate us all. We now had to try and find somewhere in Edinburgh that sold good cake that could fit 10 of us in at short notice. In steps Loudens (and Robyn Z) to the rescue. Robyn booked a table for us all at Loudens, who weren't serving lunch but could accommodate us for brunch and cake instead. Fair doos. I like bacon. When we walked in we were greeted by a table stacked with cake, there was actually a bit of a struggle for space going on. That is just the kind of sight you want to be greeted by on your birthday. The inside has a bit of an industrial feel but is very light and airy and surprisingly warm for such a bit space. There were also a lot of families in enjoying weekend brunch too which I liked as it made the place seem even chattier and busier than it actually was. (Though the place was really busy anyway.) There was a particularly tasting looking special on offer of thyme creamy mushrooms on toast that sounded yummy so I plumped for that with some scrambled egg as an extra. Unfortunately only a couple of minutes after I sat down our server came over to tell me that they had run out of mushrooms and that I would have to order something else. Bless Jenny L for wailing 'but it's her birthday' from beside me. I felt a bit sorry for the poor woman but I was disappointed when I said I would just have bacon or something instead. Imagine my surprise around 15 minutes later when our server placed a plate with pretty much everything they serve for brunch (including mushrooms) stacked up on it. They had run out to the Tesco across the road to buy mushrooms for me and just stacked everything on the plate anyway cos birthdays. I was so touched that they had done that. I couldn't believe that they had gone to so much effort just to give me mushrooms, I felt a bit mortified, but also a bit special at the same time. The food and tea was delicious as was the carrot cake I got for after. (I had to have this boxed up to take away as after such a massive portion of EVERYTHING for brunch I was just way to full to finish it. Ironic really as I came predominately for the cake. I went downstairs to use the toilet and spent some time admiring the cake baking going on in their special kitchen down there. (All their cakes are baked on site in the cafe.) My one fault of the place would be the price. I thought it was a little expensive for brunch and felt kind of guilty for essentially forcing all my friends to come to such a costly place just for me. It's nice for a treat but there is no way I could afford to come here for brunch all the time.
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