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The Superior...a hidden gem with all round overkill.
106 Superior Street
Victoria, BC
(250) 380-9515
The Superior, close to Fisherman's Wharf, is a spot I've often passed by on my runs or on my way to somewhere else. I always meant to stop in but it wasn't until this little blog pushed me to get out and find Victoria's undercover food scene that I dragged Chris out for brunch a few Sundays back. It is a fantastic old brick building that sort of hangs off the precipice off its own little corner where Superior ends and the ocean begins.
The interior is surprisingly spacious with soaring beamed ceilings but with minimal seating. Pieces of art are strung through out the space with an odd and unsettling focus of crows nests, eggs and ornithological taxidermy. They have a cloistered gallery that I was uninspired to visit as we simply wanted breakfast and felt the art-theme a bit contrived. But I digress...in the end it was all about the food.
I really appreciate the food here. The Sunday we went was pretty slow and it was evident that the cook was putting the time he had on his hands to good use: to crafting our breakfast. We ordered the one thing on the menu I will always order when I go: home fried fresh doughnuts...served piping hot. We had buttermilk doughnuts with bacon and maple syrup to start. They are done so well and so simply you just knew that this was their one thing. They do have an obsession with bacon, as many of us do, but theirs is borderline Rain man - they had a bacon Caesar with bacon vodka, bacon salt and fried bacon. Easy there... But they do offer a killer bacon jam.
I'm never impressed by the addition of truffles to a dish unless it's either an essential element of used in a way I've never tasted before. In this case it was scrambled eggs but I went for it anyway.Chris ordered the buttermilk fried chicken with sauteed greens and Tabasco honey on a fresh biscuit. Everything was quite honestly - some of the best done breakfast food I've ever had. The Eggs where lightly dosed with truffles and left them subtle and velvety. They were served on a homemade crispy flat bread with bacon jam, arugula and a sprinkling of fresh parm. It was tied together beautifully. Chris's plate was perfectly portioned, light and again, subtle. The menu, itself, was diverse, creative and well thought through. Thoroughly impressed.
If I have one comment its that when they get passionate about something they really run with it...and a bit too much. HEY! WE LOVE BACON! WANT SOME BACON? I'LL BACON THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR BACON. HEY YOU LIKE BUTTERMILK? I'LL DEEP FRY YOUR PLATE IN BUTTERMILK THEN BUTTERMILK ALL OVER YOUR FACE! YOU WANT ART WE'VE GOT LOTS! SO MUCH THAT WE'LL STUFF BIRDS WITH ART AND CALL IT ART. ART!
But all that aside it's a great place and is now one of my favorite spots in Vic for breakfast. We went with a few friends the day the TC 10k was held and it was packed. The service seemed to go right out the window as they just seemed overwhelmed. They probably should have accounted for the extra 2000 people that were going to be downtown that day and the food suffered for it, unfortunately. The menu changes week to week (except there are always delicious doughnuts) and it wasn't up to the par I was expecting. And I really talked the place up. The portions are what they should be for a healthy human being but I guess some expect a hot heart attacked drowning in hollandaise.
Anyway, I will continue to go back for their impressive efforts and their delicious doughnuts. A great place...go check it out.
Monday, May 2, 2011
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