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| - I don't know why the general consensus of Spice Route tend to be on the negative side, but I had an AMAZING time here last night.
My journey with Spice Route actually began a week ago, when I made online reservations via Open Table. My guest of honour, a VIP in my life, "Prince Wills" couldn't make it until after 8PM and the only option on the database was 8PM. So I selected it and under the comments, I asked if I could have a table near 8:45PM or 9PM instead. I followed up with a phone call to the resto-lounge itself and left the same message inquiring about a 9PM dinner RSVP for 2. They promptly called me back and told me that a table would be ready for me at my prefered time. The Spice Route rep had to manually slot me in, but she still made it happen!
Fast forward to this week, I made several telephone inquiries with the restaurant itself in order to prep for my dinner for my friend. I wanted things PERFECT because 1) He's TRES important, 2) it's his silver birthday pre-celebration. Each time I called with questions, I was greeted with the utmost respect and recieved a satisfactory answer.
My first inquiry was about a birthday dessert. I wanted to bring one in and I wanted to know if they would hold outside food for me and serve it after dinner, cos it's a special occasion. They told me they would, with a $3 plate fee per person because they have desserts. But they said I could pre-order dessert and they would bring it out after dinner. I wanted to bring in a special tiramisu, but then I decided to go for their "lollipop cheese cake." I also requested that they write "Happy Birthday William" in full for me. The rep suggested "Happy 25th Birthday William" and I agreed -even better.
My second inquiry was if we could be seated at a prettier place in the restaurant because I wanted my friend to have a splendid dining experience for his birthday. The rep made a note of it with my reservation, and said the hostess will see it upon my arrival and will do her best.
My last was about parking. I hate parking downtown, but I was going to dress up, and decided I'm going to be too pretty for the TTC. The rep told me that they have parking around the restaurant and at a lot by Starbucks. Perfect answer.
Rewind to last night:
I came in to the resto-lounge at 9PM after searching forever for parking on King St. W. The hostess took me to my table but I didn't like it and asked for one of their big squared booths, because it was more spacious and had a pretty background. She gave me the booth as I asked.
While I was waiting for Prince Wills to arrive, the server brought me menus to look at and when I asked for water and lemon, he returned with 2 glasses of water and a cup full of lemons and lime.
When my guest of honor arrived, we ordered drinks, he had Tiger beer and I had a Pinot Grigio. While we were looking through the menu, the waiter brought over 2 sweet buns with dipping sauce, compliments of the house!
What we ordered:
The Dim Sum Platter -We picked this appetizer coz it was the only one that had something we both could have. The veggie dumplings were ok, nothing spectacular. I think the ones Scarborough and Markham taste better, they're bigger too. My friend said the shrimp siu mais were ok, I'll take his word for it.
The Mushroom Efoo Noodle Soup (Pot) -a simple broth with mushroom and efoo noodles. The waiter told us that every plate is meant for sharing, so we shared the soup, after the server split the soup into 2 smaller bowls for us.
The Seared Rare Yellow Fin Tuna -This took the longest and my friend kept wondering why it took them that long to sear a tuna. But when it came, he said it was very good, better than he expected.
The Bday Dessert -came after dinner -as planned. It came with a lit candle and had "Happy Birthday William" written on the plate in full. They missed the 25th part, but it's ok, the message came across.
We had a really good time here. I'm not sure why people say the service sucks, coz it was excellent. The staff was kind, attentive and satisfied ALL of my requests. The waiter even listened when I secretly told him to hold the bill until I came back from the washroom -Prince Wills' money is no-good when it's my party for him. My friend seemed happy last night, about the food, the ambiance, service, etc.... and that's all that matters to me.
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