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Cute muffin restaurant on Dallas' Greenville Ave takes on the taco

Muffins are the story here.

Photo courtesy of 3 Egg

There's a cute little breakfast and snack spot newly opened on Dallas' Greenville Avenue with a truly one-of-a-kind angle. It's called Three Egg Muffins, and it specializes in muffins — but muffins that go far beyond the usual blueberry.

Three Egg's founder, Don Whun Lee, has devised a new kind of breakfast muffin with eggs baked in, that serve as a viable alternative to your prototypical breakfast taco.

"I created these savory egg muffins, which are substantial enough for a meal, especially at breakfast," Lee says. "I start with a typical muffin batter, but I make it with a whole baked egg on top, then top it with things like cheese, ham, and bacon. It has all of the ingredients you usually enjoy for breakfast, but in a muffin format."

Lee is native of Seoul, Korea, and a former sushi chef who has worked at a variety of restaurants, most recently Avocado Roll Sushi. He started out making these muffins at home as a treat for his family. The reception was significantly enthusiastic that he decided to try it out in a restaurant setting.

He'd seen the popularity of breakfast tacos and thought this would make a good alternative, at a reasonable price.

Options include ham with mozzarella; bacon with cheddar; and maple sausage. But even his traditional sweet muffins are creative, with flavors such as Oreo cookie and strawberry cream cheese.

He opened two weeks ago at 3607 Greenville Ave., across from Snuffer's and the Granada Theater, in what was most recently a rolled ice cream place called Frost Bite, but which was for many years Cafe Izmir Market.

He's given it a makeover with pale woods and a clean, modern touch. In addition to muffins, he does excellent coffee drinks, including espresso-based items such as lattes and cappuccinos for $3, as well as state-of-the-art pour-overs.

"I'd been looking for space for a while when I found this location," Lee says. "I like this area. I used to go out for dinner and lunch in this area, and it has a good vibe, I think."

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La Maison Bleue brings artful matcha drinks to new Carrollton cafe

Photo courtesy Le Maison Bleue

Saying Le Maison Bleue is "beverage focused" doesn't quite do the cafe justice.

A little cafe with a formidable fandom acquired during a six-year stint in Fairview is opening in Carrollton: La Maison Bleue, known for its Japanese teas, matcha drinks, and artful presentations, is preparing to open at 2700 Old Denton Rd., Ste. 112, in a mixed-use development with The View Carrollton condominiums.

Co-owner Jay Cho says he has not set the opening date but is “aiming to start a soft opening phase” in a week or two. At the moment, he's watching contractors coming in and out of the building, he says, and they're working hard — as are he and founder Anna Cho — to prepare the place for guests.

La Maison Bleue is primarily a beverage shop, but its drinks are often more like desserts or works of art. For example, a colorful layered azuki red bean matcha zenzai, topped with toasted mochi dango, looks and tastes like a bespoke creation by Anna, made with all-natural and thoughtfully sourced ingredients.

Her concoctions are almost too lovely to drink. Another standout that looks as good as it tastes is her Kuro Mitsu Hojicha with Japanese black sugar, matcha or roasted hojicha, and Le Maison’s signature cream.

The menu also includes:

The Sakura Cream Matcha, this year’s seasonal matcha, made with real sakura from Japan and a soft pink cream finish representative of the titular Sakura, the cherry blossom.
Strawberry Latte, made with fresh strawberries, milk, and their signature cream, soft and lightly sweet and very fruity.
Raspberry Yuzu Tea, made with tart raspberry and bright yuzu, refreshing and balanced.
Biscoff Cream Latte, heavy on the store’s signature cream, Biscoff crumble, with an espresso base.

When Anna Cho came to Dallas, she saw chic, high-quality coffee and boba or matcha tea shops at every turn, she told NBC5 in an interview.

What she didn’t see, she says, was a “quiet, intentional Japanese tea experience built on real ingredients.” So that's what she made.

The concept began as a Farmers Market stand, where she and co-founder Jay worked hard and steady, next opening a spot inside the Revolving Kitchen food hall in Fairview. That closed last month so they could prepare to open the Carrollton store.

Today, they are finalizing renovations, awaiting a health inspection, and interviewing baristas and bake staff. Jay says that they will post updates about the opening on the cafe's Instagram page.

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