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| - Review #3 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge
The Coup is definitely my favourite restaurant in Calgary now. I lived here a few years ago and the menu was all right back then, but it seems they have overhauled it now and put some new entrees and appetizers on the menu. The portions are great and they have a wider variety.
Another big thing is they finally made it easier to veganize everything. Before almost everything had cheese in it and there was no vegan Daiya cheese option. Also for breakfast almost everything had eggs in it.
So I am really impressed and I don't feel they're only catering to vegetarians and omnivores anymore. Dishes taste great when they are ordered vegan as well.
So far since I've moved back I've gone a handful of times and tried the following dishes:
Baked Rosemary Yam Fries - a little different than they used to be, they give you bigger ones and less of them now. The miso gravy is more like a very thick dip, all right but not my favorite.
Upstream burger - not bad, a little bit squishy as it's made from yams. It tasted good but I found that the focaccia bread was way too giant for the patty. I would like it on ciabatta more. Comes with salad or yam fries, so it's good.
The Grazer Burger - the tempeh comes in some sort of barbecue sauce that is delicious. It would be awesome with 3 strips instead of 2. The saurkraut is pretty good, not too sour. I got it without horseradish for my preference. It's served on toasted ciabatta, so it's very filling. I really like this sandwich.
Pasta' Buck - really flavorful and inventive pasta. It almost tasted like penne carbonara with the sundried tomatoes having a tangy flavor in place of bacon. The smoked tofu is really good. This dish was so filling I had to take half of it home!
Beachfront Hot Pot - this is the only dish I wouldn't get again. It was kind of weird. I love coconut soup and noodle soup and tons of veggies, but it just had an odd flavor to it. The lotus root is really hard and it's not something I'm sure you're used to eating before. I think if it was more flavored like a coconut curry or just a vegan pho it would be better.
There's a few more items I'd like to try on the menu, but I usually stick to the entrees as they're more filling, and as a vegan chef I'm used to eating a lot of salads and steamed veggie bowls at home already.
Their drinks like the vegan hot chocolate (with almond milk) and pear ginger cider are good, they're just so darn expensive. So I just wish their non alcoholic beverages weren't so pricy, it's a little too much.
The staff are really friendly and even at closing they don't mind if you sit and chat for a few minutes so I didn't feel any pressure to pay the bill and leave right away.
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