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| - I really was wanting to try this place, especially after Bourdain came here.
First, the beer menu. I looked online to see what they had, was happily surprised to see a few I had never tried but when I got there, nadda. Sold out. Regardless, their beer selection is a fair assortment of Ontario craft brews. Not a big selection, but a few.
Secondly, this is a tapas place, so it's better to come with a few people to try a few things. Here's what I tried:
0. Free bread - The hot loaf is very good. The one that has ends, not as great.
1. Fried Pickles - I've spent a lot of time in the South (read: South USA) and had a lot of fried pickles. These ones were cut thinly then fried. Many of them have a hole in the middle, not sure if it's cause the middle of the pickle melted away or they cored it. Anyways, I felt it'd be slightly better if they cut it just a tad thicker to get a better pickle flavor rather than just the fried-ness.
2. Zuchinni - This one had a lot of ingredients and was advertised as an explosion of flavor. I felt it was a little tough to eat because all the pieces were distinct and there wasn't anything to hold it together, and given a zuchinni isn't very stiff, you sometimes can't pick it all up.
3. Gnocchi Poutine - I quite liked this, though was expecting a few more gnocchi. Though for the price it's probably fair. The duck was generous, the gnocchi tasted like fried cheese. What I'd want out of the gnocchi poutine.
4. Brussel Sprouts - This was by far the best dish. The tahini on top was a nice addition to the already fried sprouts
5. rock crab and fregola - So fregola is this pasta that is basically pasta balls, very small balls. This was pretty good, a decent dish with some substance
6. The clams - the clams were kinda small, the sauce was decent. Wasn't anything to write home about
7. Dirty rice balls - I'm still not sure what this is besides rice. Another pass.
8. Crispy pig ears - This is kinda like chips, but made of pig ears. It's pretty good for chips.
9. sticky toffee pudding - quite good and a lot of sticky toffee. It's sweet, but not like Indian dessert sweet.
10. Apple pot pie - a little hallow in my opinion, needs more apple.
The service though was great, the waiter was attentive enough, was so helpful with the food. And his enthusiasm to it really made me look forward to the food.
The ambiance was really cool though, located on a side street. It really has the feel of off the beaten path, even though it's downtown.
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