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| - We came here for brunch with a large group of 7 people. The buffet was $20, and was of the calibre that you could get for a $35 brunch buffet downtown. The food consisted of at least half lunch items, so don't go if you are looking forward to JUST breakfast. Most of the meal is served (as they described it) as "Canadian dim sum".
A few people at the table had been for brunch here before, and offered some really useful advice: only take a small serving from the buffet line. The "dim sum" portion of the service starts after you have a serving from the buffet. After the waiters had been around with all the other dishes, I was glad I had taken a small serving from the buffet!
The buffet had salad, fruit, a selection of cheeses, meats, bread and crackers plus scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, chicken, roast beef and an assortment of desserts. It was a pretty decent buffet, but nothing mind-blowing. We sat down and began to eat before a whirlwind of servers were offering up additional dim sum items.... First up was Eggs Benny - both traditional and smoked salmon were offered, next a Cinnamon Apple French Toast topped with marscapone, (at this point I was not eating fast enough to make room for the new food and I was suddenly thankful for the space on my side bread plate)...next Crispy Duck Spring Rolls with house hot sauce, then Chorizo Flatbread pizza..(at this point my food was getting stacked 2 layers deep - I had to start saying no!)... but yes to the Lamb Meatball skewers with roasted tomato and mushrooms... Thankfully at this point we had finished the list of dim sum items and began eating at a rate that exceeded how fast food was being added to our plates!
This probably isn't the best place for people with food allergies or strong preferences, because you really have no idea what you will get. The dim sum items change weekly, so you need to be prepared for whatever adventure the chef has planned! Also, most of the dim sum items only came around just once, so don't be too shy to say yes the first time!
Review #1 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012
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