Highlight Cafe By Re-UP BBQ: Brunch in New Westminster

Highlight Cafe by Re-UP BBQ is located in New Westminster. They specializes in Southern-inspired takes on the classic brunch dishes. It’s the best combination and you can’t go wrong.

Re-Up BBQ was one of the first food trucks in Vancouver serving up delicious BBQ in Downtown. They were around for 3 years until their food truck got hit by a bus. They did end up opening a food stall in the River Market serving up their classic BBQ items. Now, Highlight Cafe is their next venture.

Interior

There is lots of space inside for groups of 2s, 4s or even more if you push some tables together. Sadly they don’t take reservation.

Menu

3 Way Biscuit Sliders

The 3 way biscuit sliders is a recommended item. It’s a good way to try three different meats for brunch. As there are 3 sliders, it’s best to share among the table as 3 biscuits is quite a bit to eat.

The Fried Chicken slider was the favourite of the 3. Cooked perfectly with a nice crunch on the outside, while still moist and tender on the inside.

The Beef Brisket slider was good too and had a nice natural taste.

The Pulled Pork slider is seasoned well but was a tad dry. Perhaps it needed a bit more BBQ sauce to moisten it up.

Re-up Smoked Salmon Eggs Benny

The Re-up smoked salmon eggs benny has two soft poached free run eggs on a toasted buttermilk biscuit, smoked salmon, mango, Hollandaise sauce, house spice, and served with hand cut hash browns.

It was the first time seeing mango in a smoked salmon benny but it worked. The sweetness and tang from the mango complimented the hollandaise and the salmon. It all had a nice texture and worked really well together. There was also a good amount of smoked salmon too.

Iced Matcha Latte

The matcha latte was disappointing and was too milky. It needed a lot more match powder in it. From the colour, it looks very milky.

Iced Mocha

The mocha was better but it had a very strong syrup taste to it even when it was mixed up.

Final Thoughts

Overall, the food was pretty good and there are great twist to brunch classics. The pricing is a little bit higher, but the quality is there. We would definitely come back in the future to get more of their fried chicken.

It’s a good addition to the area and kid friendly too.

Address:
538 6th St, New Westminster, BC

Website:
https://highlightbyreupbbq.com/