Yummy Workshop

My cousin intro­duced me to this restau­rant a while ago. She rec­om­mended that I “have to” try their pies. Of course, as an enthu­si­as­tic baker, it auto­mat­i­cally went on my list of restau­rants to go to. She also has her own list of Gas­town restau­rants to try as Gas­town is a pretty vibrant foodie place. We decided to come here for lunch on a week­day, she also advised me to go after the lunch rush hour to avoid a long wait, so we arrived at around 2:30 pm.

The inte­rior has a vin­tage feel to it, like a diner. The brand­ing is quite con­sis­tent through­out the restau­rant with a hip­ster touch.

Even the type­face of the menu was vin­tage! The menu offers a vari­ety of com­fort food such as grilled cheese, mac and cheese, break­fast, and good­ies like pies and cookies.

Turkey Sand­wich with Daily Soup — $12

A cup of soup, broc­coli almond slaw, or potato soup. I had their soup of the day, which was a spiced peanut and pinto bean soup. I liked the grainy mus­tard from the sand­which, it was a great com­pli­ment for the turkey. The meat wasn’t very dry and the cheese melted nicely. The arugula also added a nice pep­pery flavour. The sand­wich was grilled and served warm and I enjoyed its crispy outer tex­ture. I also liked the cran­berry sauce, a clas­sic com­bi­na­tion with turkey. The soup had a nice peanut flavour, I have never had soups with peanuts before, except in Chi­nese cui­sine. The beans had a good tex­ture, and the flavour was a lit­tle sweet.

Daily Quiche with Salad and Soup — $10.25

My cousin had the daily quiche (with salami), which includes a side of salad and a cup of soup. It was the same soup that I had with my sand­wich. The quiche was quite tasty, the crust was very flaky and the cus­tard was very rich and creamy. The salami had a nice salty flavour, which worked well with the cus­tard. The quiche was rich, so the salad did the job of cut­ting a bit of the greasiness.

Lemon Meringue Pie

Since my cousin des­per­ately wanted to try the lemon meringue pie, we ordered a piece to share. It seems be a pop­u­lar pie at the restau­rant. We asked the server if they had it, and the pie was cooled down just in time to serve. I think it was a good pie to end the meal, it was sweet and fluffy on the top, sour on the bot­tom, the flavours were well bal­anced and wasn’t too rich.

We enjoyed our visit, the food was good, the envi­ron­ment was laid back and relax­ing. I can’t wait to try their other baked goods.

Con­clu­sion:

Ambi­ence: 3/5
Food: 3.5/5
Ser­vice: 3.5/5
Value: 3.5/5