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| - After hearing great things about this place, my boyfriend and I decided to venture here for Winterlicious. At $20 for lunch it seemed like a steal. While waiting for our first course we were served bread with the most amazing spread - beet butter! The beets added an intense magenta pink colour and a sweet and savoury flavour. Unfortunately we were only given two small pieces of bread each. To be fair I didn't ask for more bread, but isn't it the servers job to be on top of things like this? It's a good thing I didn't hold my breath, because no such offer was given.
For my first course I ordered the smoked duck and was disappointed by the very small portion that included 4 or 5 very thinly sliced pieces of duck. It was nevertheless delicious. The celeriac remoulade and lambs lettuce paired perfectly, but the dainty portion was so unsatisfying. I was looking forward to my entree, which was an ocean trout served with a soy glaze, baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, red onion, and a lime caramel sauce. However, I was puzzled to see my trout served skin side up after seeing it plated skin side down for other guests. Whether this was intentional or not I do not know. Despite the presentation, my main course was very good. The fish was perfectly cooked and the flavours were clean and well-balanced. The portion again was a little on the small side, but after reminding myself that I'm getting 3 courses of quality food for only $20 the portion sizes didn't bother me as much. For dessert I had the pumpkin spice bread pudding. It was surprisingly bland. I expected much more after eating such flavourful food during my first two courses. I ended up swapping dessert with my boyfriend who ordered the maple-pecan tart. The tart was rich, sweet and buttery. It was a great way to end a light meal.
Overall, the food was a hit despite the portion sizes. Service on the other hand was absolutely horrible! Our server was excruciatingly slow and inattentive. We were seated for a good 10-15 minutes before our drink orders were taken and our food order wasn't promptly taken after dropping off our drinks. She made us wait another 10 minutes to order! It was unacceptable! I'm sorry to say that the exceptionally bad service overshadowed the exceptionally great food. With so many other great restaurants around the city, you can bet that I won't be coming back to Pangaea.
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