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| - Came back to this place a couple more times since the last review.
Once for brunch:
Had the bubble and squeak - was not as great as the other reviews made it sound. Brussels sprouts were way better at Lolita. The brussels sprouts here, I felt, were underdone and could have had more flavor. The bacon that came with it was tasty, but there was just so little bacon :(
My friend had the tofu hash (replaced brussels sprouts with eggs for no extra fee), which tasted pretty well from the small bite I had. She really enjoyed her dish, and it looked a lot bigger than my dish.
The rest of the brunch menu looked pretty tasty, so maybe, maybe I'll come back for brunch.
Have tried a couple more pastries. LOVE the fig bars. These are what keeps me coming back every single time I'm over at W 25th. So full of figs, like a gigantic gourmet fig newton bar. The fig chocolate cheese cupcake is also quite tasty, moist, nice after taste of cheese. The coconut cupcake, on the other hand, was very very dry. Other cupcakes/pastries I've had... turtle cupcake (decently moist, well made), coconut macaroon (tasty, nice white chocolate coat on the bottom), fig cupcake with goat cheese (didn't like this one, but may be because I don't like goat cheese... just got drawn in cause of the fig), macarons (nice crunch and soft).
The main thing that keeps Bonbon from getting higher than 3 stars is the service. Very very bad service here. The waiters/front desk just don't care. One time, I asked the front desk person if he could tape my box of pastries since the previous time, the box opened and spilt my cupcakes in my bag when I went shopping at Westside Market... he rolled his eyes and gave me an "ugh, well maybe you shouldn't open your box." Brunch was also really really slow... waited forever just to get our food.
Will still keep coming back for the fig bars. Sad that service isn't as great as the pastries.
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