FOOD & DRINK
Lady’s Slipper Caf é Comfort Fare with a Caribbean Flair
Words by Ada Madigan Photos: LaVie in Pictures
“I ’ve worked in so many different restaurants and have seen everyone cooking and presenting food the easy way. I realized I wanted to open a place where everything is made from scratch,” says Cesar Muniz. Muniz and his wife Andrea moved from Ely, Nevada to Prince Edward Island four years ago. In that time, with the opening of their Montague restaurant Lady’s Slipper Café, they’ve accomplished exactly what they set out to do. “I do it all. Plan the menus, make every sauce. It’s hard work, but it’s a great feeling,” explains Cesar.
It’s easy to tell Cesar’s passion for food is profound. He describes how his culinary endeavours started when he was just ten years old, cooking with his mother in his birthplace of Manhattan. Over the course of his youth, living in the city, then the Dominican Republic and Cuba, he learned the ways of his mother’s Caribbean cooking. After moving to Las Vegas, he had an opportunity to attend school at the Cordon Bleu and his culinary profession gained speed. Today, the same flavours and spices he grew up watching his mother work with, greet customers at his and Andrea’s very own restaurant.
“Cesar’s dream was to have a restaurant and mine was to be able to spend some time on Prince Edward Island with family. After Cesar found this on Kijiji, things just place just fell into place for us.” says Andrea. Every day, you’ll find breakfast and lunch served up at their cozy café. Classic breakfasts like French toast and eggs Benedict are listed with Caribbean inspired dishes, like Cesar’s famous Cuban sandwich. There is care put into every bite that leaves Cesar’s kitchen, where pulled pork stews for twelve hours and everything is made from start to finish by Cesar himself.
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www.pei-living.ca FALL 2018
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