wandas pie in the sky....looks down on maryam and kicks her in the ass because of her awful manners!

mmm...wanda's pie in the sky.

Wanda's Pie In The Sky is a cute little cafe on Augusta Street in Kensington Market in Toronto. I recommend it to everyone. NOW magazine says that it has the best quiche in town. in fact, that is what i ordered when i went the other day. Now what does this mean:

1. That i was not vegan. I ate something very eggy.
2. That i didnt order their delicious chocolate almond cookies.

Last weekend was passover (cant eat unleavened flour as i have learned), and my jewish friend had a bunch of chocolate almond cookies (flourless) from Wanda's Pie In The Skys. I ate half of a cookie and WOW...it was a chocolate almond flavour explosion with a moist and succulunt texture. mmm....and covered in powdered sugar......

Anyways, i know what is good for me and what is not good for me. A quiche is often much healthier (protein and veggies and all that good stuff) and cookies are often considered "junk food (mainly because...they are)." One of the ladies sitting at a table beside me, however, had ordered a chocolate almond cookie. Every bite she took tempted me. (Normally cookies arent that temting...come on, a cookie is a cookie.....but these cookies were amazing). But lucky for me, she only took a few bites of the cookie...which means less tempting. or does it?

IT DOESNT ACTUALLY!

She offered some to her friend. I thought to myself how AWESOME it would be if she offered me some of that cookie.

Her friend refused the offer. Were they crazy? Did they not like the cookie? They were sitting down for 45 minutes and took two bites of the cookie....they could not possibly think of leaving without finishing the last cookie.

But then they left.

They left Wanda's Pie In The Sky.

The chocolate almond cookie stayed on the plate. And thats when i made my move. I casually looked around and saw that there were barely any people in the cafe. Then i swiped it. I took the leftovers of the cookie and i ate it. I hate food waste. and thats when i thought to myself WHAT THE EFF, MARYAM!! but i already had the cookie in my hand. so i ate it. and then i thought to myself OMG, MARYAM!! NOT ONLY DID YOU TAKE THE COOKIE AND SECOND-THINK IT. YOU ATE IT! YOU ATE SOMEONE ELSE'S COOKIE!! YOU COULD GET MONO FROM SH*T LIKE THAT (kissing disease without actually kissing....but stealing a cookie...your parents would be SOOO unimpressed) (wait, can you get mono from that??)

i did it.

i dont think i can ever go back to Wanda's anymore. I swear someone noticed. I think a server even noticed. how embarrassing. What was even more embarrassing is that the same server came by and cleared the table of the women's plates, but failed to wipe the table. Not only was i embarrassed, but out of the corner of my eye i could see the trail of icing sugar that lead from the plate from which i stole the cookie. i couldnt even turn my head...i knew it was there. The server left it there to remind me of my 'shameful' deed.

My own plate even had shame written all over it--the crust of the quiche (which i didnt eat because i decided it was TOO buttery), chocolate crumbs, and an explosion of icing sugar.

needless to say, if i learned anything from passover its not just that you cant eat unleavened flour--but also that anything that does not have flour (but typically would i.e. cookies) becomes exponentially more delicious....and to people of all faiths, apparently. chocolate, almonds, and sugar do not discriminate!