On August 29, 2012, the day that we returned from Newfoundland to Baddeck, our new Canuck good friend and Cape Breton promoter, William Jr. "Banjoman" Johnson called us and we met for supper on, that, our last night in Nova Scotia. He asked if we had tried Charlene's Famous Seafood Chowder - "the world's best" he said. We had not, yet, but the next morning early after fueling up as we were departing Baddeck, we stopped in at Charlene’s Bayside Restaurant and Cafe on the highway at Whycocomagh and had breakfast before leaving Cape Breton Island.
We took a seat and a service oriented young man brought us breakfast menus which did not include Seafood Chowder. I asked if I could have the seafood chowder for breakfast and he said he would get a ruling on that and came back in a minute with the desired answer.
The chowder is said to include "seven kinds of fish (including lobster, scallops, shrimp, haddock, halibut and clams) and no potato". Mine was creamy, buttery, thick with meat including lobster claw, and no potato. It was the best seafood chowder I ever had, and I will be a regular customer when I go back to the Bras d'Or Lake region. Click here to see a photo.
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