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| - I came in here craving the salty, tangy, cilantro-lime driven fish tacos that I love - and I was sorely disappointed in the flavours that accompanied my fish.
I ordered the Chef's Taco. This is NOT A TACO. It is not even a burrito. This would more aptly be described as "Sweet vegetable and fish wrap." At $13 and with a $2 for a can of pop, plus tax, my strangely sweet, cucumber-loaded meal came to a daunting $16.50 after tax.
This is a steep price to pay to sit on a bench, hunched over a Styrofoam plate.
A PLUS: The fish was well cooked - white, flakey and not fishy at all.
But the fillings, sauces and flavour profile Chef D'Ambrosio chose for the "I-refuse-to-call-it-a-taco Fish Wrap" was not something I enjoyed. I thought he liked simple farm-to table cuisine? Where do we have a pineapple and jicama farm around here?
There was also an excessive amount of large chunks of cucumber. I think he managed to fit an entire freaking stick of it in there.
Booted off in the first round of Chopped! Canada for his flank steak, I can imagine D'Ambrosio's Chef Judges tasting his "taco" and saying "The fish was not the star. It was overwhelmed by the sweetness and the strong flavours of the opposing ingredients."
Ended up just picking out the pieces of fish and eating them alone, so I could actually taste the fish. I decided not to complain, as I stared at warnings posted everywhere about: "No Complaints." And "Complaints were for yesterday." Yeah, that's fine kitsche for a Tiki bar off a coast that sells nothing but Bottles of beer and nachos - but this was NOT funny, but offensive and self-serving, egotistical and intimidating to customers.
I think the staff should write a better description of the toppings/fillings/sauces. It's like going into a restaurant and the sign says "Burger." And instead you end up with a "Lamb burger with green-mango curried mayo and pickled sunchoke:" It's just not what you were expecting, so, it's going to be disappointing.
I've eaten real, local tacos in Mexico before and well, let's call a spade a spade, not a hammer; and a fishy wrap a fishy wrap, not a taco. It's obviously enjoyed by many people, but I think you should just call it what it actually is. If I'd known what was in it, I wouldn't have ordered it and might have had something I enjoyed.
And it wasn't for lack of trying to figure it out. When I asked the staff to describe the Chef's Taco and explain the difference between it and the corn taco, she insisted "Come, come!" She took me over to a couple who were eating and pointed at her plate and said "that's the Chef's Taco. The corn taco - It comes in a corn shell, not flour. Get the Chef's Taco. It's the best." Well, as much fun as it was to stare at the uncomfortable woman's plate of food, I didn't really get a good look and I never got any description of what was in the taco. Being a picky eater, I should have pushed for more info on what EXACTLY was INSIDE, but I decided to trust the confident woman.
Also, for the expansive menu of options available (many which are not great "to go" dishes because they are so messy), I think this place is having an identity crisis. It wants to be a fancy seafood restaurant but doesn't have a menu that describes their complicated (and palate-confusing) dishes or proper, comfortable seating. I think those are a must when you're paying $13-16 for a main dish with no side dishes!! I mean, Tim Horton's at Y and E has a better dining area and that just makes me sad.
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