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  • I had my first Canoe experience during Winterlicious 2015, and had dinner here on the first night of Winterlicious. There's no question that the restaurant is beautiful - although we weren't seated right by the windows, we all got a glimpse of the Toronto skyline as we were walking in, and it was absolutely breathtaking at night with all the lights. Service here was also great (as it should be!), as the servers were very attentive and took the time to chat with us and tell us about each of the dishes as they brought them out. While all of that was great, of course the part we were most excited for was to try the food - and I would say the Winterlicious dinner menu definitely had some interesting looking items and plenty of appealing options! To start, I ordered the smoked salmon which had pickled garnishes, pumpernickel crumble and wild rose cream. The smoked salmon was as expected, very delicious, but this appetizer didn't wow me. I liked the way the smokey taste of the salmon mixed with the sourness from the pickled garnishes, and the texture of the pumpernickel crumble added to the dish as well. However, the wild rose cream didn't really taste like anything, so I was a little disappointed. I tried some of my friend's rabbit + fowl mini pot pie, which had chestnuts and cranberries, and again, while it was perfectly fine, I didn't think there was anything special about it. I knew immediately when I came in that I had to try the wild rubbed venison roast for my main, just because. The dish came with smoked onion, mini potatoes, and berry mostarda, and is cooked medium rare by default, which is usually how I prefer my meat, and I think if it was cooked any more i.e. medium, I wouldn't have enjoyed it. The venison wasn't too dry or anything, but I suppose the meat is just naturally a bit tougher than steak. Overall this main was good, but there was nothing like super unique about it (besides the fact it was deer meat, it didn't taste that much different from steak) or any of the items on the side. I tried a bit of my friend's sirloin tip steak though, and that was really good. It's a really thin piece of steak, so they can't cook it any less than medium, but it still ends up being super moist and juicy and really delicious. Would recommend this! For dessert, my friends and I all ordered the osprey bluffs honey panna cotta, and quite honestly it's a good thing we all had our own, because it was sooooo good that we would have been fighting over it otherwise. It comes with vanilla poached apricot, pistachio cream and orange scented tapioca, and everything about it was just fabulous. The panna cotta was just sooooo smooth, and then that pistachio cream as well was so velvety and smooth and amazing. If you like pistachio, you would love this. The tapioca was also kind of a fun addition to the dessert. Each component of the dessert tasted great on its own but also amazing blended together. Perfect way to end off the night! My overall thoughts about Canoe were mostly positive although also a little bit mixed. I would definitely say the food is good, there is no question, but would I pay the full price to go here on a regular day... probably not. MAYBE for steak, but nothing else really "wowed" me, and especially given that the portions aren't very big, I can't really justify the price. (Would rate the food 3.5 in terms of price-for-value.) That being said, I definitely would love to come here again for Winterlicious or Summerlicious next time! I think when it comes to Canoe, it's definitely all about the experience, and I will say that I did enjoy mine!
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