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| - I haven't been to many gastropubs, but if they are anything at all like Black Hoof, I'll need to start going to more. We heard that this is a pretty popular joint - and there's fairly limited seating - so we showed up a few minutes before opening time and were third in line to get a table. The menu with the day's offerings is on a chalkboard by the back, and they have a nice little drinks menu as well. Service is decent, with the food being brought out as it's finished. While you could probably order your own dishes, it's easy enough to share amongst others.
Holy cow - the food here is good. First, if you're the drinking kind, the Spearhead IPA is a really solid beer. Some IPAs are too light and don't work well, but this is a nice full-bodied pale ale that really is nice to sip on with the food. As for the dishes - there is some truly funky stuff on the menu that I probably wouldn't ordinarily try, but I gave it a shot. Tongue on brioche? I've never really thought about eating tongue when I've seen it elsewhere, but the meat is very thinly sliced and is extremely juicy and flavorful, and it works well on the slices of toasted brioche it's served with. Another daring try was the spicy horse(!) tartare, which turned out to be absolutely divine. I'm not a huge tartare person when it comes to meat (I prefer the seafood kind), but I'll be damned if this wasn't better than almost any other tartare I've had. The horse meat actually tasted a bit like tuna but with more depth to it, and the spicy sauce works really well to season the meat. The bone marrow was delicious - very rich and full of flavor, and it worked very well as a spread on bread. The last dish really blew me away - the foie gras with Nutella. Who the heck would ever think of putting those two in the same dish?! But as a dessert, it was incredibly mind-blowing. The rich fatty flavor of the foie gras amplifies the richness of the Nutella, and combined with the hazelnuts sprinkled on the side, is pure heaven. It's one of the more expensive desserts you'll eat anywhere (it's a cool $25), but it is worth every single (Canadian) cent.
I didn't have a chance to sample the higher-end fare when we were in Toronto, but I don't care - this has to be one of the most interesting restaurants I've visited, and they absolutely deliver on the quality of the food. It's not just unique for the sake of putting ingredients together you wouldn't think about - the food tastes absolutely incredible as well. When I'm back up in the Great White North, I will definitely be coming back here.
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