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| - OK, when I was a teenager growing up I wanted to be a Curmudgeon. I have arrived!
Read all the glowing reviews of Karelia Kitchen and was looking for a home restaurant to replace Cranberries, which is no longer on my list due to shrinking portions and sometimes really sloppy food. Many of the Karelia reviews mentioned that the place was always crowded due to many diners brunching. Well I guess brunch finished before 2:00 pm on a Saturday. One other table inside and one couple outside on the "patio".
Thinking of lovely memories of the Danish Food Centre which was on Bay and Bloor hundreds of years ago, I thought an open faced smoked salmon sandwich would hit the spot. Comes with a side salad or a small bowl of daily soup. Being adventurous I inquired if I could have both the soup and salad, assuming the addition would cost the $2.99 advertised for the soup. What arrived announced as soup, simply wasn't. The advertised soup of the day was purple carrot. Yes it was purple and one time may have been carrot, but it was NEVER soup, perhaps sludge leftover from making soup, but not soup. No taste and a crappy texture, and to make the trinity about a three tablespoon bowl. The smoked salmon had been reading the cigarette packages and was very under smoked, this fish had never inhaled. Finishing off lunch, I ordered the Dobos Torte, wasn't today's torte, maybe yesterday's. Then the bill: $25.00! and a credit card machine with no option for NO option tip. Memo to C hef: buy some god damned salt, if you work it right it can disguise the complete lack of flavour. What the hell, go for broke, put a salt shaker on each table.
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