This... is a pretty awesome little place. Neat concept, well executed.
Came here for my girlfriend's birthday, because she has been really into the idea of this place for a while but we haven't made it out to Leslieville to try it.
We tried:
- cretons (with horseradish mustard)
- stilton with caramelized apple
- pickled mushrooms
- pickled quail eggs
- creme caramel
- chocolate cake with mascarpone ice cream
All were excellent. And the bread was good. This place is wildly satisfying because you get to slather cheese and meat onto bread in a way you never would at home. The quail eggs and pickled mushrooms tasted very similar, but were both great, and both came with equally tasty pickled garlic. The mushrooms also came with onions ... fantastic with the cretons. And speaking of which, where else can you get cretons? Mmmm. I didn't think I would like it but really did. Think tourtière as a spread, topped by a layer of fat.
Creme caramel is a bit odd out of the jar, since instead of the usual sauce-on-custard configuration you dig through custard to get to a rather thick layer of sugar soup. But still delicious. Chocolate cake was your usual chocolate cake, but the scoop of mascarpone icing on the side was fantastic.
Just drank the house white, at $13 a jug it's what a table wine should be.
Try this place!
If you sit at one of the sewing tables, there are pencils and post-it notes in a secret little spot. You can write down your wishes and put them in one of the drawers. For the wish fairies.