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| - Came here on a random Wednesday night, luckily my boyfriend and I were able to get seated at the bar right away.
All the better to enjoy the nice ambiance of the place and watch drinks get mixed! Definitely has a great atmosphere, from just the calm lighting, beautiful walls and counters, and the little pickled jars sitting on the shelves.
But.... not too hot about the food itself. Maybe we just so happened to order the not-so-great things off the menu, but then again, it was based off our server's recommendations.
From the daily small plates menu:
1) Pork belly tacos: the pork belly had a good flavour and I loved the cactus inside, but oil kept dripping out everywhere and the tortilla tasted really bland.
2) Doubles: I was intrigued by this because I've wanted to try West Indian food.. but this wasn't great. Two pitas sandwiching chickpeas, with tahini yogurt sauce on top. It tasted alright, but it was really too heavy for a "small plate" and got boring to eat after a few bites.
3) Salt cod: This was probably the best of the 3. Really good flavour to the sushi rice and the salt cod, and the inari was a perfect vessel. Yummm. But again with the carbs!
I didn't like the fact that each plate seemed particularly heavy on the carbs, but maybe we just happened to choose those ones. Compared to Guu, I much prefer their more sensible portion-sizes though.
My friend says I'd better off trying the tasting menu though -- I will be back for that!
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