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| - Fabbrica! I came here with friends for Sunday brunch, we were the first ones in the place when they opened at 11:30. The girl that seated us wasn't the friendliest, but whatever. I ordered the Fabbrica benny with smoked salmon (poached egg, shallot and fontina crumpet, and hollandaise) and the Fabbrica punch (blood orange, mango, peach nectar, white cranberry, citrus). The punch was delicious and flavourful. The ice cubes had pieces of lime and orange frozen inside of them, which was a nice touch, but the glass was full of ice which left little room for the drink itself. For $7, I was hoping for more beverage. As for the benny, I have several gripes. Really skimpy on the salmon and my eggs were, how should I say it.. OVER-poached? They were literally almost cooked all the way through. The irony of it all is that one of my friends got the steak and eggs and commented that she doesn't order bennys because she doesn't like runny, under-cooked egg. Meanwhile, her fried eggs were exploding all over her plate as I'm cutting into these hard, over-cooked balls of egg-y sadness. Huh. The crumpets on which the bennys were built were tough and crunchy, really difficult to cut through and obviously over-done. Little heavy-handed on the salt, too. Even the potatoes couldn't save it. Cut too large and heavy/stodgy texture. Not a fan. Luckily, the dessert saved this meal. Their panna cotta (banana, salted Nutella, whisky) is to die for! I was originally going to order another dessert, but I'm so glad I got this one. So creamy and flavourful.. the banana and whisky match perfectly, and while there is a chocolate component to the dessert, there isn't TOO much to overpower the fruit flavour. Lovely. Had it with a cup of coffee and it made everything better. Our server (I don't know what his name was, Asian fellow with his hair in a bun) was super nice and attentive. Big love to him. Will most likely be back to try some other things.
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