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| - Decided to bring the family all the way to Downtown for the new Cactus Club Café Stephen Avenue. Last Friday, I lined up for a dessert give-away (Peanut Butter Crunch - delicious) by Cactus Club Café Stephen Avenue and also received a free $10 gift card for use only on Sat & Sun! What better way to try out the new restaurant!
We ordered the following:
- Wor Wonton Soup with Added Shrimp - contains bbq pork, peking duck broth, lemongrass and bbq pork wontons, noodles, mixed vegetables. This noodle soup was well-received. I tasted a bit of the wonton and it was freshly made. The soup was very fragrant as it's made with Peking duck broth. Unusual for duck broth to be used instead of just plain old chicken soup.
- Jambalaya Rice Bowl - Quite a delicious mix of shrimp, chicken, andouille sausage, vegetables, bacon, spicy tomato sauce, black bean salsa, crème fraiche. I had a couple of taste tests and it was quite delicious.
- Short Rib Sandwich - made up of caramelized onions, beef jus, emmental cheese, toasted sourdough - the dip that came with this rich short rib sandwich accented it really well! Comes with fries. Love the emmental cheese! You can switch to salad for $2 more. Quite a nice sandwich and I'd eat it again.
- BBQ Duck Clubhouse - what an interesting mix of meat and bread! I.e., peking duck, roasted chicken, prosciutto di modena, pecan fruit bread - . Each item compliments each other very well. Comes with fries. As above, salads can be substituted for $2 more.
All in all, a nice space of booths in the centre and tables near the windows. There's also a bar that is cut off from the restaurant space by a glass door.
Will be back.
The only con I have is that you cannot make reservations for groups smaller than 8 and there are very limited reservations for groups 8 and greater.
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