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| - In February 2011, the Met debuted a new menu along with a new head chef, and new management overall.
Now, I'm a born-and-raised Calgarian, and I had never been to the Met before. But it's been around for as long as I can remember, and people kept telling me about how great it was back in the day.
Then it went through a rough patch and there was a time when its reputation took a hit. Many people complained that it wasn't the same, the service was bad, the food was bad, etc.
Not having a baseline to compare it to, I was able to visit this location with an open mind.
I came for lunch with a bunch of my friends. We all had different dishes; I had the Chicken Club Sandwich. It was really good. It came with the standard chicken, bacon and tomato, but the bacon was candied. Talking to their new head chef Rusty, he told us that he brushed each bacon slice with Grade A maple syrup. I went with a friend who knows her maple syrup inside and out, and she said that Grade B is actually what you want to use for food applications like this as Grade A is more suitable for pancakes. Rusty took the suggestion to heart and expressed a willingness to try new things.
Another friend and myself ordered the Grapecicle, which is a grape-infused ice drink with vodka. It was really tasty, although hers and my drinks were colored differently each time we ordered one; mine was consistently darker in colour, while hers was lighter (and they weren't even the same shade between batches). I guess each time they make it, it's different depending on the amount of syrup they use, but we couldn't help but chuckle that the guy got the bluer drink while the gal got the redder drink. They made for pretty pictures though.
Dessert was the chocolate molten lava cake, which was a chocolate brownie cake with a gooey chocolate centre. It was really good, but our order took a long time to arrive as one of the cakes broke in the mold and they had to make another. Unfortunately, they never told us that and many people chose to leave before dessert arrived as they had to get back to work. The chef personally apologized for the delay.
So what do I think of the new Met?
The food is excellent. Everyone had nothing but good things to say about the items they tried.
The service is inconsistent though, but they are trying to do better. The staff seem to be reinvigorated with all the recent changes, and I could tell that the new head chef is working hard to please. The waitress was always near by to service us, and despite the mix up during dessert, the service was always prompt.
Would I go back? Definitely yes, if only to try another bacon dish. Will those who have had bad experiences in the past come back? Hard to say, but with the recent managerial changes throughout their entire operations, I would urge people to give them another shot, especially if they're the type of people who had a good experience years ago and were lamenting on how recently things just weren't "the same." And I look forward to reading more reviews of people in that situation, to see whether or not the new Met can regain the reputation it seemed to have when I was growing up.
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