Saege Bistro

Here's an up-and-coming star to watch on the Halifax scene: Geir Simensen's Saege Bistro, a member of the family-owned catering team that handles the Cheapside Café . Think of it as "Scandinavia meets Canada" (with a sprinkling from the rest of the world). Lunches run to Norwegian fish cakes, corn-crusted crab cakes, schnitzel, Asian stir-fries, lobster ravioli with pesto cream, and mussels steamed in Calvados; dinners to boulliabaisse, seared Digby scallops, pork chops, cumin rack of lamb, and salmon with coconut and peach chutney -- not to mention plenty of interesting pizzas and pastas. Dessert could be a lemon flan, a gianduja torte, a pistachio mousse with mango sorbet, or a chile-and-chocolate pot de crème -- yum. Saege also does a nice and extremely affordable Sunday brunch with items like real muesli, huevos rancheros, and brioche French toast filled with apple chutney. I hope this place has staying power.

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