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| - This review is for the food at C'est What only. If you want a place to have a great beer and relax with friends, C'est What is perfect, no argument. And they have terrific live music. But the food is so disappointing that it makes me annoyed. Because I really do want to enjoy it. This is especially true for their vegetarian choices. At first, the menu looks very veggie friendly (5 entree options), but my husband and I have eaten 4 out of the 5 over two visits and they have all been terrible.
Vegetarian gumbo is like something your older brother (sorry, Ben, not you) would cook you if he was babysitting. Overcooked, mushy rice, mixed with canned tomatoes, tofu cubes and some non-descript spices on a plate. C'mon C'est What! Put your game face on. At least TRY to make something appealing.
The Tofu wrap was boring because there was no real flavour in the grilled veggies (which, by the way, were odd for "grilled vegetables" - they were carrots, broccoli and peppers which made me wonder if they were leftover from a stir fry dish). There was, however, salt. I don't know what they used to marinate that tofu, but it tasted like a salt lick. Literally inedible. (Unless you are my husband who willingly ate mine because his gumbo left him hungry and unsatisfied).
The roti is uninspiring and the quesadillas are standard but certainly nothing worth writing home about.
I would say that meat eaters might have more success, but I glimpsed the inside of my brother-in-law's burger and, rather than being pink and juicy, it looked grey. With ground beef, that's a total turn-off for me. We tried the fried calamari, too. No flavour, but at least they weren't overcooked.
Oh yeah, and the service is slow.
So, in conclusion:
Go for beer
Go for fries (those are pretty good)
Go for basement cave
Don't go for food.
Vegetarian score = 4/10. Lots of choices, but none of them are worth your time.
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