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| - I found this place online on one of the best restaurants of Toronto list; it was my dad's birthday so I wanted to find some place tasty. I was pretty excited for the tasting menu and we both opted for the 7 courses at $85 (the 5 course is $65).
We arrived at 6 PM and don't think left until around 9 PM, the meal took a while, with each dish taking a bit of time before arriving to us. This was fine as it gave us time to savour the dishes and we were in no rush anyways.
The food was quite good, the dishes were as follow as best of my memory:
1. Nova Scotia ahi tuna
2. Poached lobster with tomatoes and peppers
3. Scallops and leeks in a tasty broth
4. Spanish mackerel in some divine sauce -- this was my dad's favourite
5. Halibut cheeks and Spanish saucy rice
6. Rabbit two ways, porchetta and pressed
7. Strawberry and chamomile ice cream - seriously amazing
7.5 Baba o rhum cake
Starting off with the fish dishes they were very light and tasty. I really enjoyed the poached lobster, the sauce was very good. The Spanish mackerel was incredibly good in this fantastic creamy, but light, sauce. I had never eaten rabbit before so I was a little apprehensive, but it was quite tender and juicy, tasted a lot like pork.
The dessert was also very good, the strawberry ice cream was fantastic. The baba o rhum is a sponge cake that they generously pour rum over and serve with chantilly cream on the side. When I say generous, I mean super generous, the cake was completely saturated with rum! It was good, but a little strong.
You can also opt for a cheese course before the dessert. We tried 3 cheeses: 1 from Ontario, 1 from Spain, and 1 from France. I liked the cheese, I love cheese.
It was a pretty good place, I wasn't wowed, but it was very good. The service was also good.
I would recommend this for a special occasion because it isn't cheap, and reservations are a MUST~
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