{"id":8420,"date":"2016-08-01T23:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T07:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2016-09-06T00:22:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T08:22:26","slug":"the-capital-on-davie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/the-capital-on-davie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capital on Davie: Decent Cheap Eats"},"content":{"rendered":"

After our happy hour meet with Food Wench <\/a>and 3 other friends at Fanny Bay Oyster’s, I still felt hungry. I just spent over 50 bucks at Fanny Bay<\/a>, but mostly on alcohol and oysters. It really\u00a0\u00a0sucks that they don’t have a lot of cheap options for drinks during happy hour. \u00a0So I ended up going to The Capital on Davie with Woody and Gray for their famous $4.95 cheap eats.<\/p>\n

This is actually my first time here. I thought I walked in the movie set for Pirates of the Caribbean – the ceiling felt pretty short in the dimmed\u00a0dining room made out of wood, which was like a long dining compartment on a giant ship.<\/p>\n

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The Capital on Davie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am\u00a0amazed that, for $4.95, if you get\u00a0a burger or sandwich, you actually get a full meal that comes with fries, organic greens or soup. There are different types of upgrades, toppings or add-on’s but none of them are over $2. When you think they must be making money from raising the price on booze, they are not. A glass of wine or a pint of beer costs only around 5 bucks as well.<\/p>\n

Food quality wise, if you don’t compare their food\u00a0to the high-end gourmet restaurants, it is really not bad for price.\u00a0\u00a0While the portion is decent, the presentation is way above my expectation and it is better than a lot of the pub fare out there. We ended up sharing quite a few dishes since they were all so cheap.<\/p>\n

The Bacon and Cheese Burger<\/strong>\u00a0($4.95) was pretty meaty and tasty with some shiny brioche buns, along with the fries in the tin bucket, it all looked pretty fancy to me.<\/p>\n

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The Bacon & Cheese Burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Capital Fried Chicken<\/strong> ($4.95) was not as crispy as we had hoped, but their online pharmacy valium <\/a> condiments were not bad at all, which included a green apple-red cabbage slaw, a dijon mashed potato, and a chicken-sage gravy. I appreciated extra little flavour details put into every component.<\/p>\n

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Capital Fried Chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nasi Goreng<\/strong> ($4.95) is a little bit of a stretch from the original, but it is packed with stir fried brown rice, mixed veggies, fresh pea shoots and a fried egg, topped with a kecap mantis-soy dressing, making it a healthy meal for any pub. \u00a0But I would just call it a Malaysian Fried Rice or something.<\/p>\n

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Nasi Goreng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Beef Dip<\/strong> ($4.95) was actually served on baguette, also with some horse radish butter and a rosemary au jus. It tasted very\u00a0fresh but\u00a0it was a little small, but saved by the big tin bucket of fries.<\/p>\n

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Braised Beef Dip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also had a couple salads which you don’t normally find in any average pub: the\u00a0Kale Caesar Salad<\/strong> and the Big Salad<\/strong> with wild greens, cucumber, candied pecan, pineapple salsa and goat cheese, definitely very healthy choices for pub dining.<\/p>\n

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Kale Caesar Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Big Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were also offered some free Vodka and Red Bull high balls because they were promoting Red Bull the Summer Edition<\/strong> at the pub. Well don’t mind if we do!<\/p>\n

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Summer Red Bull & Vodka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overall, the $4.95 menu items at The Capital are pretty decent for the price. The food is better than The Dime on Commercial Dr. and the alcohol is cheaper too. I was \u00a0impressed with the bacon cheese burger and the beef dip, both came with fries and were pretty hearty meals for 5 bucks.<\/p>\n

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