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| - I know The Purple Onion since their days on Keele (just S. of St. Clair) and followed them to their Dundas West location. As this is not too close to home, we only visit on occasion, but have noticed the growing crowds esp. for weekend brunch.
Sadly, my memories of the food at the Purple Onion do not match the reality of what I was served on Tuesday. The daily special was Shepherd's pie, and my BF had an omelette.
The Shepherd's pie tasted stale, and was kind of soggy. I feel as though it had been made last week, didn't get used up from last week's special, and got reheated for my serving. Additionally, they used frozen mixed veggies (incl. green bean pieces) in the pie, when I normally expect onions with carrots / corn / peas. Additionally, the serving was half the size of the Shepherd's pie special you can get from The Tulip (which I've also reviewed). I'm normally not keen on coleslaw, but actually ate my coleslaw to let the tartness cover up the stale taste of the Shepherd's pie in my mouth.
This would have been a 1-star review, but my BF's omelette was nice and fluffy and he enjoyed it.
Perhaps a bad day, or a bad choice of menu item? All I know is that I definitely don't recommend the Shepherd's pie.
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