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| - Ended the year 2012 with a 9 course tasting menu at Colborne Lane:
For $99 per person, I was comfortably full at the end of the meal. We were there from 8:30 till about 11PM! The bread to start was warm and fresh, accompanied by honey butter, which was delicious! A woman needs her carbs!
Okay, so here's the menu:
1. Oyster - The oyster leaf actually tasted like oysters with fish roe on top and the nori snow had a hint of onion to it. It came out on a log, which the oyster shells fit onto perfectly.
2. Tom Yum Soup - the soup was poured from a separate tea pot and has a tinge of coconut to it. There's two large pieces of prawn, braised baby turnip, straw mushrooms and a piece of tofu, but the soup itself was not spicy enough.
3. Foie gras mousse - comes with warm bread and hibiscus & cherry purée, along with candied walnut + brioche. Wasnt a huge fan of this - the combination was a bit weird for me. I would have just preferred Foie Gras by itself and not in mousse form.
4. Caramelized Carrot - with sliced radishes and carrot cake crumble & crystallized ginger. Pretty much like a salad and kind of like a dessert.
5. Arctic Char - creme fraiche + charred scallions & side of miso cream pomme purée and homemade potato chips. The fish was very good and cooked just right with the middle a little raw. The mashed potato matched well with the filet. One of my favorite dishes!
6. Braised Beef Short Ribs - smells amazing! Salsify + side of celery root purée + fried aspiration + pickled garlic scape. The ribs were super tender but way too salty. Not a fan.
Dessert:
7. Chocolate Orange - a chocolate truffle with huckleberry gel and icing sugar. When you bite into the truffle an cold explosion occurs. Definitely a cool experience!
8. Rocky Road - roasted marshmallow Ice cream made with liquid nitrogen + caramelized peanut brittle + cocoa + huckleberry. Very cool show to see the server making the ice cream at your table!
9. Tiramisu Bomb - They sure use a lot of liquid nitrogen! We were instructed to place the truffle into our mouth and suddenly the vodka and Kahlua just pushed out of the chocolate coating.
When my date went for a washroom break, our server practically ran over to fold his napkin and change our cutlery. Wow, talk about good service ! He even also offered red wine on the house! (not sure if it's because he saw me drafting this review)
Wow, this is long!
Okay, the TDLR; Great presentation & service, but the taste of the food itself wasn't amazing. Extremely loud inside, have to yell across the table. Would visit again to bring guests for the experience!
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