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| - We went to Tati with friends for dinner. In a nutshell:
Service was friendly but overworked. It took forever to get drinks and water, then even longer for us to order. This wasn't because they weren't trying, there was simply not enough staff on the floor.
The wine list is good, and decently priced if a little light on the low end, with an emphasis on French wines. They obviously know and cater to their local, well heeled, market.
The food. This is where it gets difficult.
Our meal was perfectly fine, until the bill arrived. For the amount of money we paid the food simply wasn't good enough. Now, don't get me wrong, dinner was just fine in a French bistro neighbourhood restaurant kind of way. What it wasn't, was fine dining, which is what we were being charged for.
My steak tartare starter was too cold. Now I know that there's a fine line between food poisoning and flavour, but this was fridge cold, with caused the meat flavours to disappear completely. The steak was served with croutons, as I had requested, but that was it. No cornichons, no quail egg to mash into the shaved meat. I am all for purism, but this just struck me as a lack of imagination from the kitchen.
One of our friends ordered the snails, which arrived with a mushroom stew. Like with the steak tartare this gave the impression of having been left standing in the kitchen for too long, with the juices having seeped out of the mushrooms and drowning the snails. The restaurant was very busy and I can understand that the kitchen had been pre-preparing dishes but this was beginning to affect the quality.
My main course, black cod, was excellent and the truffled mashed potatoes complemented the dish well. My friend's sweetbread on the other hand was heavy and oily, a sign of the pan not being hot enough when they were being fried. My wife's steak was good but unremarkable, the cassoulet was good but not great.
In fact, I suspect that the cassoulet had been microwaved, judging from the fact that the sausage (handmade and very good) was so hot that it was impossible to eat until it had cooled down considerably.
Dinner came to $100.00 a person. For that kind of money in Toronto I can get food that is considerably more sophisticated than what Tati offers.
Tati is a cute little place with decent food, but the staff was very much overworked and the food was overpriced. I don't think we'll be back again.
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