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| - I don't know why I'm the only one rating this place five stars! This place is not only adorable and delicious, but offers an experience that you'd be hard to come across for such a reasonable price in Toronto.
To be clear, this is a WINE and CHEESE bar. Meaning that the majority (or all) of its menu is based around the different types of cheese mixed with the different sensations of various wines. DO NOT come here expecting a diverse menu of vegetables or meats, Cafe Taste is a restaurant that focuses on cheese and wine.
Having said that, everything that we ordered was divine. The owner was our server for the evening, and he proved not only to be very informative about Canadian wines and cheeses, but he was also more than happy to comply to my mothers detailed requests for the recipes to certain dishes and the whereabouts of other local restaurants that serve Canadian lobster.
If you do go, I recommend that you try the 'wine flight' either red or white. The server will bring you three different kinds of Canadian wine without telling you what is what, and it is for your own experiential pleasure that you (and your partner) get to taste each wine with each mouthful and observe the difference in sensations you have.
Being a novelty seeker myself, I absolutely adored the adventurous nature of this restaurant and would've been swept off my feet had a first or second date brought me here. It's a whole different way to eating that is highly prevalent in Europe. Focusing on the flavors and textures of foods rather than the food just being labeled 'nourishment' or giving you something to put in your mouth instead of talking.
Everything was homegrown in Canada, so all you organic-lovers, you should most definitely check this place out.
The decor was wonderful, very dim (romantic) with crickety wooden floors and mismatched tables and seating. They also have couches for the couples that plan on having more than one bottle of wine and extra dessert, wink wink, nudge nudge.
Highly recommend for a taste bud explosion and an exciting, different night out!
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