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| - things i hate about brunch in nyc: long waits. loud crowds. slow service. depending where you go, it can be sceney when it's way too early for that garbage (yes, even 2:00pm is too early) the worst part for me overall is that it's almost like a competition where all of the competitors are hung over.
what i love about brunch in montreal: it exists in almost some kind of parallel universe where: there are short or no waits (even for the great spots, like this one). people talk but aren't all raising their voices to be heard over the next table. the service (well, that's still a little bit on the slow side.) not sceney in the least.
now, let's get on to more important matters: eggs benedict
le saloon has a page on their brunch menu DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO EGGS BENEDICT! if your ears just pricked up, then maybe you're an eggs benedict freak (like me!) there were about 15 different kinds to order from. fifteen different kinds of eggs benedict! i picked the one that sounded like it just wouldn't work because sometimes gambling with your food pays off.
i had the one named after the restaurant and it contained green onions, cream cheese, walnuts, goat cheese and fried mushrooms on a house made english muffin. sometimes gambling with your food REALLY pays off. this easily would be in my top three eggs benedict experiences (yes, i've thought about this..)
the fruit that they put on your plate isn't ripe (except for the grapes.) was this for decoration? who cares, i'm eating eggs benedict. the little squares of hash browns were better but who cares? i have EGGS BENEDICT!!
at night this is a bar / lounge / nightclub. i didn't check it out but heard from a local the cocktails are good. whatever, just keep feeding me breakfast.
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