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| - Went to The Coup for my birthday dinner yesterday. I have never been to this area of the city, and was pleasantly surprised by all the neat stores, restaurants and parks!
I walked into the restaurant and was struck by the wood accents and modern look and feel of the space, but also how it incorporated some trendy features with the plants in the wall, and the servers that were working.
I ordered the 'Cherry Bomb' (homage to the Runaways?) cocktail. I am not a big cocktail fan, but wanted something different to drink, and it was my birthday...so I do what I want :P It was a nice balance of sweet from the cherry, with the sharp liquor flavours of apple brandy and buffalo trace (the apply brandy and some of the other liquors are from Ironworks, a local Nova Scotian distillery! Woot!).
I ordered the ban-mi bun with their soup of the day, potato beer. Waiting for the food to arrive I sipped my drink and people watched. The bartender made some chit chat with me as I waited, which was great to have that conversing opportunity. The waitresses, bartenders and hostesses were always trying to be friendly and chatty, which is a nice change from some places.
Food arrived and I was hesitant with the ban mi since the menu stated it would be on a ciabatti bun, which is not traditional. However I was pleasantly surprised when I bit into a nice crispy, buttered bun that was perfect! Albeit not traditional, it was tasty and all the flavours and textures came together nicely. I had the garlic hot sauce put on the side as I was worried it would be too spicy for me with the already spicy kimchi, as I am a bit of a wimp with spicy food. I really am not my fathers daughter, both he and my brothers would gladly pour it on and ask for seconds! Having it on the side definitely let me control the spice, which ended up not being that bad anyways, just enough heat and flavour to add to the rest of the sandwich. The soup was eaten afterwards to let it cool, it was equally delicious! With micro bits of potato in it, there was enough texture to make it less of a liquid soup, although not much beer flavour. I suppose I could have poured my cocktail in there if I was really desperate for an alcohol flavour in my soup XD
After finishing I ordered dessert! I was really looking forward to this part as I looked up the menu before hand and this dessert popped out at me. It is a lemon coconut "square" (actually circular). It had a small crust and plenty of filling! I love lemon flavoured food (among others like coconut, vanilla, chocolate, mint, peanut butter...I digress). This "square" had the perfect combination of lemon tangy-ness and I was a happy camper :D
Overall, the food was fantastic! Although I am not a devote vegetarian or do I have any serious food restrictions, they had enough options to help pretty much any person. The servers were very friendly, and the atmosphere of the place was casual and earthy/trendy.
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