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| - Walking through the door, I was surprised to see how small the County General is. The restaurant is quite narrow, containing about six two-tops and a long bar with seating. Luckily, my boyfriend and I were able to grab a seat within 5 minutes at around 12:30 on a Saturday (got there just in time as there were a few two-tops freeing up).
Since it was a Saturday, we were served the brunch menu (weekends from 11am to 4pm). I started going through the drinks menu first and was disappointed to see that they didn't have any fresh juice - one of my brunch musts! However, when I saw the homemade Rosemary Lemonade ($3) on the menu, I knew I had to order it. I'm a sucker for fresh lemonade. This was definitely one of the sourest lemonades I've had, but I still really enjoyed it. I couldn't really taste the rosemary in it though, not that I'm complaining
One of the things we ordered was the Fried Chicken Thigh Sandwich - buttermilk chicken, milk bun, avocado chutney, coriander and green onion ($14). The first thing I thought when it was presented to us was the size of the bun. Although the size of the chicken was decent, the bun was slider-sized - a poor chicken to bun ratio. Overall, a great sandwich. I just found myself wanting more bun.
The other main we ordered was the Corned Beef Hash - pork belly, ham, brisket, crisp potato, scallion, fresh herbs ($16). I couldn't really differentiate between the pork belly, ham and brisket, but this was a pretty tasty hash.
Since the portions in general weren't very big, we decided to go with a dessert, the Salted Caramel Cupcake ($3). By this point, I wasn't surprised by the small cupcake that arrived at our table. I liked the salted caramel filling but I wasn't a huge fan of the cupcake itself as I found it to be a big dry and crumbly.
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