Sarah C.
Yelp
I've been wanting to try this place out since I heard about it at Rabelais. I invited a friend out to talk life and have some cries but to do it in style at this Scandinavian inspired cafe.
Jackrabbit is a lovely, bright, Scandinavian cafe that serves some of the best pastries I've found in Maine. Even though I heard about it first from the book shop, I heard about it second when I saw they have Cardamom buns. I've tried making these and didn't quite get it right, so I wanted to know how they should taste.
At this visit, we ordered a citrus danish, a Semla (cream pastry) and a cardamom bun. I also had a few other things to go such as the cinnamon roll and this other bergamot curd dessert which I can't remember the name. I also tried the honey cake, and we both ordered a cortado (me) and a hot chocolate (friend).
When my cortado came out, my friend gasped saying she wanted something as pretty, but that normally hot chocolate doesn't have nice designs. Lo and behold when hers came out it had a beautiful design on the Choco milk foam.
Every single pastry was delicious. I was less of a fan of the cakes, but every pastry was bomb. The cardamom bun exceeded every expectation and I will be trying to replicate this once again.
The interior is also just lovely. Their tables are totally ikea, but the esthetic is the light birch wood with mint/spring green for all their cups and chairs. Definitely a lovely experience worth the mileage to Biddeford. Like I've said before, Biddeford is the breakfast capital of Maine.