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| - I made reservartions to come on a Friday night at 8:30 and right after they asked me for my name and number, they got straight to the point in asking "Are you here for the Groupon deal?" I wasn't sure whether to feel a little offended (because if I wasn't, how was that supposed to make me feel). I'm probably just being over sensitive and I'm sure they wanted to make sure they had enough portions. Funny enough - from the time I bought the groupon to now (which is probably over 6 months ago), the price of their 5 course meal has actually dropped by $10.... meh I got a deal any way right?
I walked in on time to a beautiful interior with high ceilings and very cool linking loopy chandeliers, with dim lighting and a romantic setting. The room totally reminded me of WEST in Vancouver - long and narrow but still spacious. Our server was really polite, and patient, but the patience soon became long waits for her to come by, and missing in action for a lot of it.
The complimentary bread came with a walnut and raisin butter, along with regular butter - nice tough and bread was fresh and soft. What came next was a pickerel croquette which was flavourful, and complimented well with the aioli it rested on.
The first course was a cauliflower puree soup with bacon crisps and aged cheddar. At first taste, the soup was not even close to luke warm - S tried mine and said his was better, although I thought his wasn't up to par after. I got it sent back and the second bowl that came out was definitely steaming.... wondering where my first bowl was sitting. I could have done without the bacon bits because I'm not a bacon fan, but it added saltiness and texture to it, along with the cheddar.
Second course was an asparagus and arugula salad with goat cheese. This was one of the better courses with lots of flavours and textures, and different varieties of ingredients.
Third course was a very small tasting piece of perch on a bed of lemon couscous with tomato pepper sauce. The fish was very potent and if you are not a fan of fishiness, then this isn't for you. I thought the taste was nice, although the skin was a little tough to cut through. There was not much citrus to the couscous although the pepper tomato sauce gave each bite a nice kick to it.
Fourth course - main - was pork tenderloin over a bed of kale with some sort of barley ( I think). The sauce was delicious and the pork was super tender. Definitely my favourite dish of the night... and wish I knew how to make it too!
Last course, we opted not to get cheese, although our waitress assumed that we were ordering one of each and brought it out to us without even asking first... odd. We got two of the dessert plates which consisted of one round and one oval shaped pear roasted with tobacco parisian macaron with chocolate toule. Maybe the tabacco was in the chocolate because I didn't taste it in the macaron at all. It was very soft and very well made - so soft I actually could not pick it up with my hands. Wish there was more pear flavour because it is my absolute favourite but I was super happy with how the last plate finished off.
The food was not what disappointed me tonight.. it was definitely the service. With the cold soup, and plates being served while we had not been given new cutlery, or watching the servers bring our plates to another table only to come back to present it to us... I didn't think we received much attention at all throughout the night. They were either short staffed as it seemed like one woman was handling the entire line of tables, and half the time she seemed scattered brained and running all over the place. At one point, she had forgotten what course she was serving to one table, and told another table the wrong main course. It was a little tough to watch while being in the middle of it all. I was really surprised at how amateur it felt.
It was worth trying, but won't be rushing back.
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