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Preamble:
My sweetie and I are closet fish eaters - vegetarians who step out every now and again for treats from the deep and we are uber fussy about the fish we are cheating with. For over 7 years we have been surreptitiously slipping in and out of the market for fresh tuna, halibut, mahi mahi, black cod ... we love fresh fish so much we are willing to forsake our vegetarian vows for a shot at romance with sole or sea bass or even the fugly monkfish. Just to be clear, we are afishionados!
Today was the day we decided to see what all the line ups and fuss was over at Busters. Always busy at lunch time we never had the patience to see for ourselves. We are long time patrons of Olde Yorke on Laird Dr and even the humble and homely Haimishes on Pharmacy Ave so we expected to add Busters to the fav list too.
Getting straight to it: halibut and chips x 2 = 30 bux ill spent :( we were warned that their batter was unique but if by unique you mean overly salty, insanely greasy and chewy like you want a good loaf of rye to be then yes it was unique. The halibut portion was, I want to say, microscopic but we could actually see the fish once we excavated the dense layer of dumpling like batter and the fruits of our archeolgical labor produced overcooked, freezer burned tasting lumps of white fish indistinguishable from the "sea legs" sold in Neptune salad at the grocery store.
The chips get 7/10 but were served haphazardly over a mound of cold, tasteless coleslaw. Potentially, the slaw had it been seasoned well and served away from the fries, would have been good. The brightest note belonged to the tarter sauce. Creamy and citrusy it made the grade and I don't care for tarter sauce.
Wrapping up this review (because the post Busters bloat is making it uncomfortable to sit at my iPad much longer and I know few readers will get this far) when we mentioned much of the above to the staff there they were genuinely concerned and rushed to offer us a replacement of our choice. We accepted another piece of Halibut which came with a piece of Haddock for us to try but alas 'twas the same. It may be my palate is over refined or that shows like "Mind of a Chef" and "Spinning Plates" are ruining the average diner for the average luncheonette but I'm going to hope that it was simply an "off" day at Busters.
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