Bakery breakfast

The guesthouse always serves an ample amount of fruit for breakfast along with pancakes or eggs, but once in a while we get something from Saay Pastry shop. Saay is one of the more celebrated shops in town, and sometimes you can see their corporate van parked around town probably picking up supplies or maybe making deliveries. Saay is a large, two-story building on Bole Road with both cafe and outdoor terrace seating, and always looks to have a good number of customers. I've never gone in for just a pastry, but sometimes the guesthouse serves selections from there for breakfast, taken from brown paper wrapping with Saay Pastry printed in red on the side. Last Friday we had Saay doughnuts, and this morning we had croissants. Both the doughnut and the croissant were not as sweet as something you'd find in America or Japan. The doughnut, which was about twice the size of, say, a Krispy Kreme, was very lightly fried, not oily and subtly sweet. Likewise, the croissant was light and chewy on the inside, but not flaky or buttery. Both of these went extremely well with the dark, percolated Ethiopian coffee, which is always prepared in an insulated pitcher sitting on the table. I have to say, I like the usual pancakes or eggs, but I look forward to the days we get something from Saay.