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| - I had dinner here over the winter with another foodie friend.
Their menu looked good, but we had seen mention of a tasting menu on their website somewhere, but there was nothing about it on the menu itself. So we asked if they could do anything like that - the waiter disappeared to ask the chef, and returned to say they could do it.
It was quite a unique experience. The waiter asked how many courses we wanted, how crazy we wanted to go, and how we wanted to do drink pairings. More than anywhere else, at Muse I totally felt like I was in the chef's hands. We were eating whatever was fresh, and I feel like when a chef can just do something like this, he or she is obviously very passionate about cooking as well as talented and confident.
The food was good - I might've even given it 5 stars, but I recently ate at Capo. Capo's definitely more traditional (no telling the chef to go absolutely crazy and surprise you), but the food is also a lot better.
The bill ended up being roughly $200 after tax/tip, which really isn't that bad for a 5-course meal for each of us as well as a couple drink pairings. They even went crazy on the drink pairings, by pairing rye and soda with the foie gras au tourchon. I was expecting an icewine or something, but this was new.
Anyway, Muse is good. If you want a slightly different experience in Calgary, do ask them about a tasting menu.
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