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| - Came here on the last day of winterlicious for lunch on a Thursday. We reserved for two people at 2:30pm. There's paid underground parking (paid around $11 for over 2 hours) with a staircase that leads to the restaurant. When we arrived, we had to wait even though we reserved. We had our coats checked in and weren't seated until like 3pm...
Food was generally pretty good- up until the dessert. There's a serving of bread and butter to start. For my meal, I had the terrine, saumon and parfait. Here's a breakdown of my review:
Terrine (heritage chicken, leek, pickled turnip, sweet potato, lentil vinaigrette) - This was good and very filling like a main. The chicken was very compact, kind of like a sausage even. The ingredients go well together, I enjoyed the bits of turnip which made it more refreshing. The sweet potato was also like chips and it was sweet and crispy. Chicken can be dry at times but this was well-done.
Saumon (citrus-crusted salmon, rapini, smoky mustard, creamy polenta, caper lemon cream) - Hands-down the best salmon I've ever had. I'm a salmon lover so you can trust me on this haha. Super tender (I was amazed), slight crunch on the top, and I particularly LOVED the creamy polenta. This is like a type of cornmeal porridge, I've never had it as a dressing- very creative and new to me. If I had to be picky though, the rapini was a bit too burnt to my liking (which made it more bitter), and there were too many capers (refreshing but super salty lol). This was very filling.
Parfait (blood orange parfait, buttermilk gelee, biscuit crumb, mandarin ice cream) - A bad way to end the meal tbh. I have a sweet-tooth and I'm a sweet over savoury person. This was way too sweet. Also, the mandarin ice cream was more like a sorbet (not a fan of sorbets). There was also a meringue topping which was refreshing because there was some dried lime powder sprinkled on top (?) but very sweet. I did enjoy the buttermilk gelee so more of that would've been nice. That's because I like creamy things too though. Maybe I should've had the tarte instead. I did try the olive oil cake as well. This tasted like the cakes that I bake myself because I do use olive oil lol. Nothing impressive, and I'm not too sure how I felt about the wintergreen fennel. Unique but not quite my cup of tea for a dessert.
Overall this place isn't worth spending like $95 bucks for 2 (including tax and tips plus one drink, excludes parking). Plus we weren't even seated in the main area which really ruined our experience. We were seated in an area to the right, which felt like a storage room...the waiters were also preparing for an event in the room across. They were moving chairs from our room throughout our meal. We found that a bit rude and disrupting. I would rate it anywhere between 3-4 stars. Really the salmon made the meal. Would I go back? I don't really know about that. Maybe for the salmon...?
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