Brunch : Chicken Tartine

The Rustic Grill, Damansara Uptown, is now serving their Weekend Brunch Menu on weekdays.

Brunch is available 10.00am to 5.00pm everyday. 

Even 50% off second cup of coffee.

So next on my list of dishes to try is Chicken Tartine (tartine is an open sandwich) simply because I was curious about poutine.

Now that they serve coffee (which was pretty good on a previous visit) I ordered the Latte.

It was just all right because I felt that the drink was on the thin side. It needed an extra shot of coffee.

When this plate was served, I was very impressed with the presentation and portion size.

Generous slices of chicken (thigh) laid on top of a big slice of bread. In terms of taste it was all right, not exceptional. The chicken could have benefitted from a bit more seasoning and some sauce to make it moist with more flavor.

The bread underneath was the sweet type with a distinct vanilla flavor, those type of bread that I used to love from the provision shop. A sourdough or plain slice would have been preferable.

The salad was very good, well dressed and I loved the vinaigrette.

And now the poutine. My Canadian friend Linda of Linda's Relaxing Lair would have shaken her head and gone tsk! tsk! tsk! had she been presented with this poutine. But no. Linda would have been gracious about it.

I have never had an authentic Canadian poutine but I am pretty sure this improvised version is not quite how a poutine should be. In the first place, they used Bolognese sauce and though cheese curds is not something available here, mozzarella is not quite it.

So I'm afraid I am not a fan of this rendition of poutine.

As I was chewing, I felt something hard like wire. Oh dear. I pointed it out to the staff and after some investigation I was told that it was a Rosemary stem.

I was unable to finish the poutine and with that, a dish has been crossed off my list. I will not judge the brunch based on this experience because I already enjoyed their Rustic Big Breakfast on an earlier visit.

And in case anyone wants to know what is poutine and how it is cooked, you can watch here.