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| - Horizon cafe on CN Tower has been my *for sure* destination during Winterlicious last 3 years. Its surprisingly CHEAP! $15 for lunch and $25 for dinner + $10 lift ticket for entering CN Tower(including free access to reservation deck jumpping on glass floor) Heeheehee! What a deal cant miss! I have always gone there for lunch, you get to see better view of city during the day, During winter time, you are most likely getting a clear blue sky, blue water and seeing and everything else covered in white snow including airport. spectacular view. If you jump on glass floor it wont be black underneath glass like at night.
Without knowing the price, you would have guessed that you are paying a $40-45 lunch rather than $15 ! It's one of only places I would be all satisfied throughout the three course meal. Just went to another place for Winterlitious dinner last weekend. They have the best smoked salmon in town, there is seasoned goat cheese with asparagus wrapped by salmon like shape of sushi, served with fresh salad, lemon and vinaigrette. Their seafood pot pie, and chicken dish are both great! The seafood pie is filled with salmon, white fish, baby shrimps, scallop in a soupy thick sauce, sealed by the pastry baked in big boul. The sauce would thicken as the baked pastry falls into the bowl. I had the chicken dish when I went for the second time, its similar to chicken parm. Its basically huge piece of chicken breast around half inch thickness breaded and fried to perfection.Thoroughly cooked yet tender and juicy. It came in very unconventional plate setting. It looked like bushy salad sitting on top of huge piece of fried chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You would have expected meat and salad to be separated usually! In this case its for reason, the salad with perfect seasoning complimenting the fried chicken breast. Its meant to eat "together". Food served in a warm plate so keeps food warm longer, suits a slow eater like me, or if you are taking time having a conversation with your companion during the meal. (Huge bonus)
Expect to be full before the desert! And expect feeling bloated and about to jump off the CN Tower after the desert! I have been to CN Tower Winterlitious lunch 5 times all together, I have never not left feeling stuffed. They serve decent potion and not cheap on desert. I had chocolate lava cake. It tastes like a *cake* version of Lindor Chocolate. It has less cake texture, but more of smooth of mixture of dense warm smooth chocolate with melted guuey center, topped with cold chocolate ice cream. Its a triple threat of different texture and contrast of warm and cold. It comes in fair size and its very heavy!! The apple crumble is great too! slices apple wedges baked in sticky cinnamon sauce with condensed milk and vanilla sauce. I wish they would have come with ice cream though. I am sure you can ask for it . They had the similar thing served with ice cream last year. I thought was the best apple crumble I have had ever.
Its a very romantic place to go if you want breath taking view.
PS. keep in mind its Horizon Cafe, not 360 restaurant. Horizon cafe is one level below 360 restaurant I believe. Only Horizon cafe has winterlitious menu. If you go to 360 then expecting to spend $200 for two. I told my boss about the great deal last year, but he thought was 360 restaurant, so he took his gf there for her bday ended up spending $$. I like Horizon Cafe much better, its more contemporary and fresh than the little out dated look at 360 restaurant.
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