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| - I've been on a bit of a groupon kick lately, so when I saw the groupon for a 4 course meal for 4 people for $75, I jumped on it, since it is quite a good value!
earth has two floors available and is very spacious (seems like the type of place that would be really good if you're booking somewhere with a fairly large group.) the decor is nice & trendy.
We went around 6:45pm on a Saturday, and while it was steady it definitely was not packed, and we felt that service was a bit absent and could have been more attentive, but the servers were very friendly & knowledgable.
We started off with the charcuterie board, meant to be the shared first course for all four people (I feel that for four people it was a bit small.) It came with your general array of pates, meats, and cheese. We only had four extremeeely small pieces of brie on the cheese front, and we felt that the potions could have been a bit bigger on that end, or at least a bit more varied. It also came with falafel balls - which were a nice unique addition to the board!
I had the cauliflower soup garnished with pancetta for my main - it was super flavourful and delicious - also not too heavy as to weigh me down for the rest of my meals. 3/4 of my party had the soup and it was gone extremely fast - a hit for everyone that had it. My boyfriend had the pork croquettes and described them as "deep fried meat paste" - the table all tried it and I don't really think anyone were fans of this dish.
I had the striploin for my main - it wasn't bad, though I had asked for it med-rare and it came much closer to the medium side - other than that I don't really have complaints about it, but it did not wow me in any way. I wasn't a fan of the creamy polenta that came with it - reminded me of eating some flavourless paste (second paste reference of the night - not always a good sign!) - I've had much better polenta elsewhere.
Let me tell you though, my boyfriend had the pork two ways, and it came with THE. MOST. DELICIOUS. cheesy scalloped potatoes I have ever eaten. I may or may not have stolen the majority of them :). There's the wow factor I was looking for!
I finished my 4 course meal with the milk chocolate custard - it was yummy, but again, sort of lacking anything special.
Overall, some hits and some misses, though as a few other reviews have described, we were a bit underwhelmed. I may try this place out for the yummy looking brunch, but I don't see myself coming back for a dinner service, especially sans groupon. I will however be thinking about those incredible cheesy scalloped potatoes for a while - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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