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| - Brasserie keeps knocking out of the park for me! Time and time again, I've been so into my experiences here I'm ashamed I started this review with a bad baseball cliche to explain the awesomeness this room has to offer.
No nonsense. The Brasserie knows what they do and they do it very well. On paper, Brasserie is French cuisine meets Canadian meets a hearty chunk of hipster, but here's what it really is:
First, they take something freaking epic, and then they do something freaking epic to it. Every time they do this, the result is exponential, not additive. I know I'm nerding, but here me out.
Poutine = Epic
Duck fat cooked + poutine = Epic²
Fois Gras + Duck fat cooked + Poutine = Epic³
This means, if you gave "poutine" a personal epic level of 3, then Brasserie's Fois Gras Poutine is going to be 27 times as fantastic. Science.
This math isn't just for the Fois Gras Poutine - this ratio also works for their maple bacon donuts (Epic³), house cured back bacon grilled smoked cheddar sandwich with tomato soup (Epic³ + 2xEpic) and countless others.
What really makes this place stand out for me is ever single time I go there, I learn about something that makes me want to go back immediately, like:
Fois Gras Mondays - I can't remember the specifics (because beer) but I remember you could add a crazy amount of Fois Gras to anything for $5. Totally nuts.
Poutine Tuesdays - They give you a checklist card and you build your own poutine from all the epic junk this kitchen has. You could go absolutely insane with this. Totally nuts.
Cask Saturdays - They work with local breweries to give you a special one off cask of beer that the world has never seen, every single weekend.
Hats off to Chef Cam and team. Between Brasserie, Winebar and Container Bar, this is one heavy hitting (baseball cliche call-back) block in Kensington.
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