YAM magazine’s Best Restaurant Awards 2024 celebrate Greater Victoria, B.C.’s exciting food scene, judged by an independent panel of chefs and food experts.
BY CINDA CHAVICH | PHOTO BY JEFFREY BOSDET
Best Brunch: House of Boateng
#105-2854 Peatt Road, Langford | $$ | houseofboateng.ca | Reservations available for groups of eight+
Castro Boateng is a master chef so there’s always something creative and delicious on the menu at House of Boateng in Langford. A Toronto native with Ghanaian roots, Boateng brings an international vibe to his daily brunch menu, along with a range of his own sauces and marinades, meals-to-go and long-table dinners from his HOB Fine Foods catering kitchen down the street.
The breakfast sandwich at HOB is a halloumi BLT with fried egg and harissa aioli and the French toast starts with his own banana bread. Or try one of his signature brunch dishes — the African bowl with jollof rice topped with chicken sausage, scrambled eggs and smoky shrimp aioli, or the huevos rancheros with crispy tortilla, jerk chicken and Ghanaian beans.
This is a beautiful brunch with vegetarian options — and sparkling mimosas, of course!
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