Eight years in YYC and I only just now make it to this famous, oh so famous restaurant!
WELL WORTH THE WAIT.. (or time lost?)...
With tickets to the CPO Lord of the Rings event (Amazing btw..) we went to Teatro for supper pre-show to give it a whirl...and its 10 steps from the Epcor center.
Immediately wowed upon entry.. how beautiful, and refined, and glamorous, and old, and.. they let me actually in...good start. Service is amazing right off the bat, but thats going to be expected. We're seated close to the kitchen with a nice big round table for eight of us. A ridiculously handsome server asked for some drink orders, introduced us to the menu and allowed us as much as we needed for anything...it was clear they were giving us the evening.. it was quite nice. We ordered a number of wines/beers and started on the menu. For a high end resto it was bigger than most and of course EVERYTHING looked amazing. Picking stuff out is ridic challenging at times.
It was cool to see almost everyone order something different. I chose the pickled root veg for my appie and the sable fish for the main (FOTD). My appie arrived like art on a plate. It was a bunch of tiny veg standing upright in a circle with some local bits of goat cheese and some japanese white liquid that I simply cannot place a name on at the moment. It was literally beautiful. The oysters arrived pretty amazing looking with some caviar on the side and a mixture of sauces. The fish for the main was also quite amazing and perfectly paired with delicious veg. My partner had the salmon with lemon foam and lentil accompaniment. A couple of us shared a stuffed pasta that was provolone stuffed for half and mushroom stuffed on the other half. This was also beautifully checkerboard plated and was very rich and mouth watering. This was highly recommended as a share plate - 10 out of 10 on this for sure.
As we had time, we did a round of desserts that were clearly winners!! The creme brûlée was heaven, the tiramisu was some of the best I have ever had and another person ordered a salted caramel sorbet that was not on the menu but was A-MAZE-ING!!!!
This place lived up to its name for sure. Food was outstanding, service was perfect and the atmosphere was kinda relaxed and romantic for such a classy spot. Great location for a night out or specifically a date night to go "sharesies".