Chant Restaurant In Hyde Park

Dinner was delicious! It was my 2nd time at Chant.
I had Catfish on top of Mac n Cheese, Turkey Basil Rolls, Fried Green Tomatoes and they were all outstanding! The favorite drink is Conflict and Compromise.
I had Red Velvet cake for dessert! It was soooooo delish! I'll be back to try other dishes soon.

Ate here for lunch started with their Lobster Rangoon this was ok last had more cream cheese inside than lobster imo...plus the dipping sauce was hitting either 7.4.
For the main, I got short ribs that came with rice, and broccoli.
The broccoli was season-season fr never had broccoli on point like this.
The short rib and rice just needed some salt because it was rather bland after the first bite.
After a few dabs of salt, it was a lot better 8.4...
also beware of that thai chill pepper hidden underneath.
I took one bite and damn near fell out it was so hot🔥...never again brought me to tears ngl.
But the short ribs were tender and it's a decent-sized portion too. Overall not a bad spot to grab a meal but with so many options in the city nothing here would bring me back.
Just if I'm in the area or something.
8.4

Unfortunately my experience here was very subpar and I have to give it this rating because of the food.
However, allow me to first say that the servers were very enthusiastic.
They constantly checked on my friend and me for water and frequently asked us how everything was, which I responded with good because I didn't want them to take the food back.
They checked in a bit too frequently, honestly, but I appreciated it and wouldn't want them to change it. Now the food, it wasn't terrible terrible, but it was far away from good.
The crab & shrimp dip tasted like a bland version of the lobster dip in Red Lobster, with way more obscure ingredients that didn't reflect the menu descriptions.
I also would've preferred nachos over wonton chips because those wonto chips didn't really go with the dip in my opinion.
Then the duck egg noodles were too salty, but was the most edible out of everything.
My friend had that one and she commented on how salty it was.
I got the sambal fried catfish mac & cheese, and it wasn't good.
The catfish was not fried in good quality oil, and in no way I could taste the sambal marination in the catfish.
It was very bland.
I dipped it in the sauce and it was a little bit better, but even then I could not taste the sambal at all and I ordered the dish for its fusion aspect.
Then the mac & cheese still had many slices of unmelted cheese, and tasted bland as well.
The napa coleslaw didn't save the day, unfortunately.
I ended up not finishing it, which wasn't what I usually would have done. In addition, I don't know if it's because of how oily the food was, or because the oil quality wasn't good enough, my friend and I both had terrible stomachaches afterwards and we were forced to take Pepto tablets to relieve the pain.