Breakfast in America

Hello Toast - Kamloops B.C.

Two days in a row, my Plan A restaurants have failed me. The restaurant I was supposed to go to today was closed – permanently closed and has been for two years. Guess I was going by some old data when I did the research…

Hello Toast was an extremely good Plan B. In the middle of downtown Kamloops,  Hello Toast is a bustling little place run by three busy ladies – Tina Lange, Amy Stiles and Karen Stiles. The walls are covered with photos of children – their children. These massive photo collages are all about family and they add a lot of cheer to the place.

They have a great menu with some interesting twists to the usual breakfast fare. They offer Green Eggs and Ham (pesto being the reason for green, thank goodness!), Aussie Breaky (two eggs, sliced tomatoes and multi-grain toast), a variety of scrambles and Benny’s (Eggs Benedicts).

World Famous Hot Cereal

I ordered their World Famous Hot Cereal. Now, I don’t know if it is truly world famous, but it was a hearty blend of baked brown rice, pot barley, flax seed, rolled oats, cinnamon and raisins. This came with sides of brown sugar, sunflower seeds and milk. It was tasty and if there were just a few more raisins, it would have been perfect – for me.

Tony ordered Pleasure Toast. Sounds sexy, doesn’t it? It’s actually sliced cranberry sourdough bread soaked in egg, (cooked, obviously – though the menu left that step out) and served with mulled cranberry sauce. It looked great and Tony claimed the sauce was different in a good way – tangy with a hint of cloves.

Pleasure Toast

My daughter, Jess, had Bonjour Toast (aka French Toast). This is the first time during this trip that she cleared her plate. That pretty much says it all to me. It was good!

The only thing that didn’t meet expectations was the two side orders of bacon. For $3, you get two ordinary, nothing remarkable slices of bacon. That made things a bit spendy for me, but I’ll rate it on the high end of one $. Don’t let that scare you, however. This is definitely a Plan A place and I encourage you to visit. You won’t be disappointed.

Spendy Scale: $

Coffee Rating: 4 (Was not able to get a definitive answer on the brand of the coffee, but it was good)

Other Offerings

• Breakfast served all day
• Lunch – apparently known for their soups.

Contact Information

Hours

Pending

Local Attractions

• Kamloops Art Gallery
• BC Wildlife Park
• Kamloops Heritage Railway
• Big Little Science Centre