I’m a beach front woman. I love the surf, sand and salty air. Oh, I also like sandy buns. Lately, I identified some Sandy Buns a number of blocks from the oceanfront. I saw mini types and some big ones. They were dressed and drizzled with product cheese, caramel, lemon curd and other delectable toppings.
Sandy Buns is the newest attraction in the Laskin Highway corridor. The seashore-themed cafe serves connoisseur and vegan cinnamon buns, sticky buns and breakfast/lunch Swirlwiches. The sweet shop is decked out with surfboard tables, a sand-coloured floor, sunny yellow tile and an ocean-themed mural which is a get the job done in progress.
Kirsten Houghton, co-owner, stated opening Sandy Buns was a purely natural in good shape for her immediately after doing the job with dough her total everyday living. Houghton grew up performing in her mom’s foods trailer called Ke-Ke’s Kountry Kitchen. Each summer season, Kirsten would show up at condition fairs on the east coastline promoting fried dough, fried Oreos, fried Twinkies and other treats. She would assist secure permits, store, prep the food and cashier. For the earlier 13 many years, Kirsten has ongoing to go after a occupation in the meals marketplace.
When she observed an empty storefront on Laskin Highway, Kirsten jumped on the possibility with her brother, Scott Houghton. They had normally desired to operate a cafe jointly. The pair determined on a cinnamon bun idea and worked with their mom to great the dough.
“We labored on veganizing and combining the ideal elements, so it was tasty, and not too dense,” reported Kirsten. “My mom being a pastry chef was so helpful. We in contrast a lot and lots of recipes.”
The cafe provides vegan and non vegan solutions. All of the merchandise are absolutely free of dyes, artificial shades and substantial fructose corn syrup. Anything is produced fresh in the retailer.
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Clients can create their have bun that arrives in a full measurement or a mini dimension. You can choose five inventive toppings that incorporate raspberry curd, peanut butter sauce, chocolate hazelnut mousse, pistachios, strawberries and lots of additional.
For those craving a savory meal, Sandy Buns presents a Swirlwich. It is their exclusive take on a unexciting sandwich. It employs the exact same cinnamon bun dough and infuses it with delicious flavors these types of as pesto, bacon, Italian herb or sunlight dried tomato.
I opted to check out a vegan chickpea tuna salad on an Italian Herb Swirlwich bun. I cherished the vegan consider on tuna salad. It tasted like my mom’s tuna salad in a chickpea form. It was whole of flavor, and the Italian herbs swirled into the soft bun catapulted the sandwich to one more level. I would have been delighted just consuming the bun as a meal. For dessert, I tried the traditional cinnamon bun and sticky bun. Equally ended up scrumptious. I have under no circumstances experienced a home made sticky bun, so that was a address with the wealthy and gooey blend of butter and molasses.
Sandy Buns will be celebrating Nationwide Cinnamon Bun Working day by means of Oct. 5. If you want more buns for your buck, this is a wonderful promotion. They will provide BOGO cinnamon buns and sticky buns and, on Oct. 4, prospects will receive a absolutely free Cinnamini with a acquire of a Swirlwich. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Panda’s Combat From Most cancers, a community most cancers charity.
Summertime could be about, but you can even now delight in some Sandy Buns.
Sandy Buns is at 348 Laskin Street in Virginia Beach front.
Lee Belote, [email protected]
