Taste Test

We've rescheduled the taste test for Wednesday, May 27th at 4 pm.  We're on the quest to find the best grocery store brand of vanilla ice cream! Join us!

Just wanted to say...

...happy spring!

Thanks again to all of you who support Hungry Bird. You can look forward to many more food-related adventures in the near future.

Discovering Baby Cupcakes

This week I am posting a few pictures I took after my adventure to 3 Women and an Oven, located in Overland Park at 148th and Metcalf.  Although the space is small, the bakery makes up for it with its friendly service and its bold and fiercely feminine (think lots of pink) decor.  I spoke for a while with one of the saleswomen, who seemed knowledgeable and passionate about the cakes.  The smell inside of the bakery alone was enough to sell me, and after talking to the saleswoman for a while, I decided to let her do my choosing: she put together a sample box of their signature baby cupcakes, and I took them home to a hungry stomach and a cold glass of milk. Pictured above, clockwise from the top right corner are the following flavors: pink champagne, tuxedo, red velvet, carrot, and kahlua.

Even though I haven't yet had the chance to sample all of the flavors that the bakery offers (I'm ready to go back just for the German chocolate), I was impressed by the red velvet, but most of all by the carrot -- I highly recommend. 

The pink champagne and tuxedo cakes were fun additions, if not for any other reason but their looks. The pink champagne cake sparkles like a princess with its glitter dust, and the tuxedo cake is a little gentleman.  I'm still on the fence about their taste though: I'm still not sure if I believe that champagne can work as a cupcake flavor, and the tuxedo cake, while full of chocolate, seemed a bit too dry for me.

I enjoyed the kahlua cake: it was sort of like eating a spiked chocolate pudding.

Overall, thumbs up to 3 Women and an Oven for their beautiful presentation, killer carrot cake and sweet service.  Thanks for the tip, Lauren!