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| - Every time I've been here, L'Avenue has never failed to make me feel warm and satisfied on the inside. Although Montréal is a brunch mecca of sorts, what separates L'Avenue from other brunch places that emphasize quantity and quality is the sheer variety of menu offerings that they have. How they manage to make everything stay fresh and taste good with that many ingredients on hand is beyond me, but it works! I almost always opt for their Eggs Benedict dishes, and this time I ordered the Monsieur Séguin II - an Eggs Benedict with goat cheese, spinach, and sautéed mushrooms. In my opinion, I think Eggs Benedict is fascinating because it never looks like much food at first glance, but that's because the ingredients are all piled on top and really makes your palate become exposed to a variety of flavors in one bite. The gooey egg yolk mixed with the creamy chevre and the meaty mushrooms was a perfect combination, and the spinach carried a sense of lightness that balanced out the umami of the other components. The breakfast potatoes, which weren't overlooked by any means, was the icing on the cake. By the time I finished, I was so stuffed that I forgot about my neglected blueberry and basil mimosa, which was tasty in its own right. L'Avenue puts a lot of champagne in their mimosas, and for me, the more booze, the better! Thankfully, it didn't overpower the sweetness of the blueberry and the freshness of the basil.
Of course, no visit to this place is complete without a stop in their bathrooms. Although I didn't go this time, I'm guilty of taking mirror selfies surrounded by the cool and quirky mismatched neon colors. It's a rite of passage in Montréal, no?
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