Oh Lee- you could've been so great!
The more Yelping I do, the tougher I get it seems. I am an eternal optimist, so therefore have great expectations for most every new restaurant I visit.
Chef Sisur Lee is one of a kind. A gem. A guru in Toronto and abroad. Hence my expectations for Lee Restaurant were sky-high. My date and I shared roughly seven dishes of various sizes and flavours. We were only impressed with one! The Black Cod (though named differently on the menu).
We found every portion over-the-top huge and starchy to the max. On an a la carte menu, I don't think you should add potatoes to a red meat dish. Let the customer choose a starch from the a la carte menu to accompany. We also found everything extremely sweet; syrup-like in fact. The Watermelon Salad was more like a dessert than an appetizer.
The Positive? Lee offers really, really great cocktails with unique mixtures of liquor and fresh fruit. But we didn't come for the cocktails..
In this competitive market of Toronto Fine Dining, you gotta impress me a lot more to earn my repeat business. Unfortunately, Lee won't be getting my second visit any time soon.