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| - I liked this restaurant-- we went to Little Poland since I absolutely love polish food, but weren't able to make it until fairly late in the day (9 PM on a Sunday). All the restaurants that were technically supposed to be open were closed, but Chopin Restaurant was open. At first glance Chopin Restaurant looked like a sports bar, but were advertising authentic Polish food, so we gave it a chance and I'm overall happy that we did.
What I really wish we had gotten was the platter for 1, unfortunately this was a 2nd dinner and so I was already pretty stuffed. So I ordered a platter of mixed perogies and some borscht dumpling soup. The dumplings in the borscht soup were like tortellini stuffed with cheese and little bits of mushroom. I thought it was pretty nice, you do have to be aware that it's a pretty thin broth and does not contain very much in terms of garnishes. It was also pretty sour, which I enjoyed but could see others not liking. It was perhaps a bit sweet for my taste, but that's something you'd have to expect in a radish-based broth.
The pierogies were pretty good as well-- they came with a little lettuce leaf of cole slaw and either cottage cheese, cheddar, meat, or mushroom filling. My favorite were the cheddar and meat filling and I was pretty unimpressed with the mushroom one.
The service was really prompt at this restaurant (surprising since my experience is to expect long waits in Toronto) and the waitress was very friendly.
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