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| - A few weeks back I excitedly headed over to The Gabardine with a friend because I saw that they had chicken & waffles on their menu. I have been in search of a good chicken & waffles ever since I heard about this dish. It is essentially savoury fried chicken paired with sweet waffles and syrup, comfort food at its best.
The Gabardine offers dressed up versions of classic comfort food such as Mac and Cheese, Fried Chicken on a Cornmeal Waffle and Sirloin Cheese Burger. I am, of course, there for the chicken & waffles.
For appetizers, we were really keen on getting their Salt Cod Fritters, served with iceberg lettuce, aioli & piri piri, but unfortunately it was not available. Such a bummer. We ended up splitting the Devilled Eggs and Warm Olives. The Devilled eggs were delicious, with a very creamy filling that wasn't too heavy tasting.
For our main course, we both had the Fried Chicken on a Cornmeal Waffle. Unfortunately this was a disappointment for me. The waffle wasn't the breakfast-style waffle that I expected, as it was actually quite salty. I thought the point of the dish is to pair up sweet and savoury? I didn't love the fried chicken either. The plus side is that the chicken was extremely juicy and the coating was very crispy. It was cooked perfectly. But the coating was too thick for my liking and not as flavourful as I would have liked it to be. I personally would not come back here for their fried chicken. Total bummer.
We were offered a free dessert because the waitress moved us to a different table mid-meal. We picked the Tres leches cake to share. The dessert was great. The texture of the cake was unusual, because Tres leches cake is sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk, giving the cake a wet texture. The flavour was great though, creamy, rich, not too sweet. It's definitely worth coming back here for.
Read more on my blog? ;)
http://simplygluttonous.blogspot.ca/2013/07/the-gabardine_14.html
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