Things You Never Knew...

(alternatively titled, Miss Clarity Cafe)
(food blog idea originally from Sandra and Sha, but they didn't seem to be doing anything about it so...)


The potential customer is immediately drawn to the quirky name. Miss Clarity? Whozzat? Whazzat? Well, Miss Clarity Cafe is the name of a quirky cafe-restaurant tucked away along with many other great eateries along Purvis Street. You can tell the place is popular because at close to 9, we had to wait a good 20 minutes for a table. Albeit on a Friday night. But still. It was so crowded they had to set up extra tables along the 5-foot-way , encroaching into their neighbor's space.

Service was friendly with a smile, and reasonably fast considering the crowd. And prices were closer to BTC canteen standards than a restaurant. (Ok, I exaggerate, but not by much!) Main course for $8-$12ish, and you can pay $3 to add a soup/salad, drink and desert.

Soup of the day was Cream of Mushroom soup, which was a bit too mushroomy for my taste, but led my fellow gourmet to comment, "Well at least you know it isn't Campbell's"

For the main course we had Chicken Cordon Bleu and Monkfish & Escargot Ragout with Capellini. Chicken came with a very tasty cream sauce and although very slightly on the dry side was pretty good. The monkfish was melt-in-your-mouth tender, and the pasta sauce was tomato-based with a generous helping of onions, which made things interesting. The capellini was kinda soggy though, which was a let down.

Bread and Butter Pudding rounded out the meal which was delicious but unfortunately, only a teensy portion. Probably was getting late and they were running out!

On the whole the food could have been slightly better but at that price, who's complaining? $25 for three course dinner for two and a drink each!

Because this whole thing was sorta impromptu, no pictures were taken but here are some kopped from their website.



My fellow gourmet would like to add that we sat outside (along the 5-foot-way) and there were cockroaches scurrying about. Rather large ones, apparently. And she was "super damn brave and did not mention it till we left". (Quoted verbatim)