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| - I've heard about Chez Bouffe from a friend who lives in Hochelaga for nearly a year before I finally got around to trying it myself. Now, all the praise I had heard was for the dinner service, but my roommate had tried their brunch offerings and found them really good, so off to Chez Bouffe we went on a Sunday.
The place itself is lovely, the service was nice, and their whole brunch menu looked very appetizing (steak & eggs, friend chicken & waffles, scotch eggs, mimosas, yum!)
I ordered the scotch egg side-dish (I think they call them tapas), and the fried chicken & waffles.
The scotch egg was good, a soft-boiled egg with a delicious deep-fried chorizo crust around it.
The fried chicken however, was soggy. The batter tasted of flour despite being a little spicy. My dining companion's fried chicken had batter that was in parts runny and wet.
This was NOT good fried chicken, never mind being fried chicken that can compete with Triple Crown Dinette's (my go-to Southern food place in Montreal).
The waffle was alright, and there was syrup and an onion-based gravy, as well as some very tasty roasted(?) shallots on top, but even that failed to bring the dish above a meh.
The portions were pretty big and I left very full, but I was expecting better from Chez Bouffe.
I do plan to try Chez Bouffe again for dinner, but I think they're off my list for brunch, especially after hearing from a friend who's been for brunch quite a few times that the quality of the food dropped recently.
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