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| - A friend and I went for dinner on a Saturday night and thoroughly enjoyed the food, wine and ambience.
We started with a bottle of Duoro Tons, which hit the spot for my friend who wanted a lighter red, yet still tasted of stronger berry flavours.
As for the food:
- Cheese plate: although at first glance I was unimpressed with the portion size, when we started eating I was pleasantly surprised with the cheeses and crackers served with it. This cheese plate doesn't compare to that of Black Hoof however, as the accompaniments are tiny and consist mainly of pickled veg.
- Charcuterie plate: Again, I've had plates with more variety so while I enjoyed this dish, I enjoy charcuterie of any and all kinds, therefore it was good but by no means mind blowing.
- Seared Sea Scallops w/sugar snap peas and brown butter vinaigrette - the best dish of the night!! The crispy maple bacon adds a great saltiness to the dish, the scallops are cooked perectly and finished with the vinaigrette that we were scraping onto our dishes to get more of!!
- Carpaccio of Ahi Tuna, mango, chili lime vinaigrette - this was enjoyable, howevere the portion size was smaller than preferred (5 small round thin slices) and I would have preferred a more interesting sauce than your typical chili lime.
- Baguette - Yes, we wanted bread.....fresh delicious, however paired with a tomato marmalade that was far too acidic.
Overall, we really our time here. Just a few small misses on some of the plates....but great ambience, service was good and pretty good value for the money.
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