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| - Came to Olive et Gourmando for a quick lunch near the Old Port.
The place was packed of people on a beautiful day. I found the layout to be a bit confusing, I guess that adds to the charm here.
Tables by the Pastry display, Tables near the bathroom door, Tables along the line to wait to make your order in the back, waiters squeezing by, patrons hitting the seated diners trying to squeeze by. It was Perfect chaos, it felt hip in some way, the tightness and the amount of Louis Vuitton bags I spotted.
Waiters asked while waiting in line if we wanted to be seated, the wait was 20 mins for a table so I passed and ordered in the back. The chalkboards on the top left display the fresh Sandwiches of the day that are already made. There are signs hanging under the menu items telling you ' Trop Tard ; Too Late!' Yep that good.
I ordered the Brie and Caramelized onions, with a homemade ketchup compote $9.50 (I really wanted the chicken..sold out!). My fiancé ordered the Cuban Sandwich ; Cuban - pressed very thin with Pancetta, braised pork & Gruyere cheese $11
After making the order in the back you then go to the front to pay and the girls are making espressos and lattes, and bagging up treats for hungry sweet-toothed customers. Couldn't resist buying the Huge Triple Chocolate Cookie.
Then you wait. There are benches outside and in front of the cash. People ordering coffees with need of sugar or stir sticks, have to excuse the waiting benched customers to move for their self-custom blended coffee, again chaos. There has to be a better layout or is this charm?
We waited some time before our ready made sandwiches were put in a Press, Cut in half , then Bagged without side of homemade Ketchup, the Huge Cookie, and some napkins for us to go.
As we walked to our Hotel the bag started to get translucent from the grease, the deliciousness was screaming to get out, a great sign. The Brie had a generous portion of the cheese and melted on the caramelized onions it was perfection. No need for the ketchup but tried it anyways and it was good, it tasted like a fruit chutney.
The Cuban was amazing. There was Pancetta, Braised pork, and Gruyere cheese a beautiful marriage. The Braised pork was unexpectedly the star to me and had soo much flavour it Made this sammie. The crunchy bites were increasingly tasty.
I was full and tried the Triple chocolate cookie. Wow, the generous amounts of Real Chocolate chips is soo good, it was an experience, it did not disappoint! I Love Chocolate.
O&G set the bar high. The best sandwich we had and made others eaten from now on difficult to beat!
A MUST must try if in the Old Port area
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