Rear View Mirror by Ashley Murphy

photo by Ashley Murphy

As we enter into summer, leaving spring behind, let us take a glance back into our rear view mirrors at a restaurant praised for its pastries. Main Street Bistro & Bakery is located in the lavish, upscale Shops at Legacy in Plano. From delightful lemon pastries to sinfully delicious Nutella French toast, the sweet and savory flavors are the best items on the menu. Le Pain Perdu Decadence is covered in chocolate hazelnut and strawberries. Although in French, it means the lost bread decadence, there is nothing lost when you take your first bite of this delicious breakfast dish. The French toast is so rich in flavor that I could eat it for breakfast as well as for dessert. The lemon citron tart is as silky as an expensive couture blouse leaving no question unanswered. The contrast of sweet and sour blend with the sugary crust on top. It is cooked to perfection and topped with a naughty drizzle of chocolate. The final dessert of the hint of ‘chocolate trio’ is the Chocolate Nun. Devouring this dessert will create a bad ‘habit’ of coming back for more. It is filled with vanilla custard and glazed with a chocolate finish, an almost impossible temptation that I promise you will not want to resist. You might as well throw up your hands to surrender and ask the russet nun to say a prayer. Fully submit yourself to a possible death by chocolate. It’s that tantalizing!