11 George Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 8W5
(613) 789-8123
Reviewed by Alex Massaad
Here comes a review from one of our favourite Ottawa restaurants. We've been several times already and every experience has been as great as this, so its about time I write a review! Located right behind Chapters and just minutes from the Rideau Centre I'm always surprised at how local this place is to me. Victoria and myself have been a few times for dinner already but this review covers their lunch options.
We started off our late lunch with the cheese plate. It comes with a creamy chevre, a sharp blue (Bleu de Sophie) and a Tomme de Gaston goats milk cheese made in Oxford Mills. You can read about this last cheese here where the Globe and Mail profiles this small run cheese farm. The best part about the serving is without a doubt the honey, covering dried apricots, red and green grapes, pear slices and walnuts.
I had a Beau's Organic beer and Victoria decided to have a glass of the wine pairing on the menu, they've got some great wines here but that could be the subject of a whole other review.
I was peeking at the menu just before going so I already knew I was going to have the Cajun Chicken Cheddar Melt. This was a spicy sandwich that was enough to feed me for that lunch as well as the following days lunch. Victoria was having some trouble deciding between the Spicy Thai Noodle Bowl or the Chicken and Tiger Shrimp Jambalaya, and in the end decided on the Jambalaya. The waitress suggested to get it half-spicy and this worked out very well since the Cajun spices int he jambalaya were quite powerful at half strength.
The portions were large, the atmosphere relaxing and the service doesn't suck (unlike some of their neighbouring enterprises . . .) I give this place 4/5 stars. The only reason they don't get any higher now is that they just changed their menu and I need to go back to assess their delicious new choices.
