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I may very well have eaten the best meal of 2012 and January isn't even over.
Yours Truly is a welcomed addition to Toronto's restaurant landscape. Chef Jeff Claudio has been heralded in a lot of reviews for his impressive resume that includes stints at Per Se and Noma. This isn't undeserved hype, this kid knows how to cook.
I ordered an Old Raj off the signature cocktail menu to start. It was a mixture of rum, ginger, and masala bitters--yes, masala--and it was FANTASTIC.
My girlfriend and I opted to go for the tasting menu. She got veg, I got meat. Standout on the menu had to be the Trout. It was cooked to perfection with black radish and brown sugar (or was it butter) emulsion to complement it.
Everyone around us was ordering off the small plates menu and me and my girlfriend began debating whether or not we had made the right choice going with the prix fixe. Still hungry after our prix fixe, our server suggested we try the SALTED COD saying that it was "the best thing that ever happened to him". That was enough of an endorsement. As others have said before me, the salted cod is prepared like a maki roll with homemade horseradish mayo to dip and it is AMAZING. Wow, just wow. I could've eaten 20 of these things.
Finally, our dessert came: a cake topped with muesli and foamed yogurt. It all went together, bite by bite. I ended up eating my girlfriend's.
Welcome to Toronto, Yours Truly.
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