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I had an impromptu friend-dinner-date last night and basically strong-armed him into coming here, after I called and heard they had some open tables. The menu format seems to have changed a bit. As another reviewer noted, they have a sort of 3x4 matrix where you pick one option from each row, ending up with 4 dishes for $45. I had the "vert", the trout, the terroir and the berries.
As almost everyone has noted, the portions are small. Like, seriously small. These truly cannot be meant for sharing. However, they are certainly tasty. The vert was a composed salad which used milk as the main liquid for the dressing. It was very tasty, and went with my incredible, just incredible...did I mention it was incredible? Ontario chardonnay. My trout was cooked perfectly (i.e. not overdone) and the terroir was a surprisingly tasty plate of basically just undressed vegetables, some cooked, some raw, and some pickled with sauces on the side.
The highlight was definitely the dessert. My berries came with frozen, almost freeze-dried elderflower ice cream crumbled on top. My friend had the spruce, which was spruce ice cream under a pyramid of meringue, surrounded by what can best be described as salty hazelnut sugar dust. The salty-sweet-creamy-crunchy contrast was heavenly.
Would I come back? For sure, eventually. It's a great date spot. But let's just say the waiter wasn't surprised when my friend mentioned he was ready for some pho...in fact, he recommended a good Malaysian place down the street!
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