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| - I love FIKA's outdoor back patio space. It is the ideal place to have a nice chit-chat with a friend.
Although what ruins it sometimes, is the loud boisterousness of others, totally out of the control of FIKA, even if you were to tell the staff there, there is only so much they can do... And some people don't take it all that well, but what I have to say to them is BE CONSIDERATE of others that are there, by themselves or with some of their friends and can barely hear their friend sitting next to them, or themselves, think... I mean, c'mon respect is respect and I'm sure you'd appreciate the same!
The food was good. Although somewhere along the way my friend's order got mixed up and I must have not read the menu fully to know that the sandwich I ordered was open-faced, tartine style; that kind of disappointed me, but then again, what I had, came out to be the proper amount of bread. Especially with smoked salmon. Unless there is going to be A LOT of smoked salmon packed in there, one doesn't need a lot of bread because then the flavours (of the smoked salmon) will get lost.
The tartine I had was tasty, I didn't like the crème fraîche.... I personally thought it was far too thick and it didn't taste like the amaZing crème fraîche I know and love, I don't know what brand they use and that has an IMPACT. It also came with a side of kale salad. I LOVE kale... seriously one of my favourite veggies! Unfortunately, FIKA's recipe calls for extreme dousing of the kale in oil. Whether or not that is extra virgin olive oil or not was unclear to me.... I can't remember tasting it. EVOO has a distinct flavour and I don't recall. I understand that kale almost requires a finer pallet, or one that is more accustomed to the flavour, because not everyone loves kale, but when you pair something that is meant to be highly nutritional, with something that is not; however good the kind of oil is than it detracts from the point of consuming nutritious food.
I'd possibly go again, I mean the bread is by Blackbird's up the street and is excellent and FIKA changes their menu daily, so writing off this place because of one time seems unfair.
The cookies are from Splendido and I enjoyed my chocolate chip cookie immensely!
The service was polite and kind and unpretentious, which is always a good thing.
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