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| - I really wish I could rate this place higher.
Heard about it when it was featured on CBC for having seal, and since I had never tried it I was intrigued. I had previously been to an aboriginal-inspired restaurant at Keriwa Cafe on Queen West before it closed down, and we loved it (we went there over 10 times).
We got to the restaurant, and the waitress was very enthusiastic about everything (she was very nice). We ended up ordering the arctic trio, the seal main, a beet salad, and the Bouillabaisse.
The waitress brought the arctic trio, telling us that the trout and salmon "cut the iron" taste of the seal, which sounded odd. Unfortunately I really did not like the seal. It was incredibly "iron-like", it tasted like when you cut your finger and taste the blood but...strongly. Like it tasted more like blood than meat. The smoked rainbow trout was too salty. The salmon was ok. The beet salad was also just mediocre.
The seal main I thought would be better because it wasnt a "tartare", but it suffered from the same blood-like taste--it was unfortunately a little nauseating and ruined the rest of the meal. Maybe our palate just isnt used to it, but it was very unpleasant.
The only plus side was the Bouillabaisse, which was sort of a seafood soup. This was nice by contrast (and had quite a lot of meat), but was maybe a 6/10 and certainly didnt make up for us having our stomach turned a bit by the other courses.
Cool concept, but really unappetising food, and I wont be back. Hopefully if seal pops up somewhere else, it is prepared significantly differently.
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