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| - Our family came here for our anniversary. It turned out to be such a treat for all of us.
Excellent food.
Actually, when the bread basket came with a dish of olive oil that was dotted with what seemed to be only a dime of balsamic vinegar, I was anxious whether we made the right choice coming here. Why would any restaurant be so conservative in dishing out balsamic vinegar? As it turned out, that dark dime nestled beneath the olive oil was not just balsamic vinegar. It was a balsamic vinegar reduction of sorts that gave off such a wonderful, fruity sweetness on top of the sourness. Sigh of relief.
The four of us shared three app's. The mussels, calamari, truffle fries absolutely floored us. Mussels were cooked just right, not chewy and overcooked like they often could be, in a tomato based broth that was crying out to be soaked up by the bread. The grilled calamari had crunchy, flavourful tentacles while the rings were so tender, complemented so well by the baby spinach and vinaigrette dressing. And the kids just loved the truffle fries, that came with a truffle aioli and a balsamic reduction ketchup. Suffice it to say the plates were gleaming clean by the time we were through with what was in them.
The mains were equally good, but we were already hooked by the app's,
For the mains we had a striploin steak that came medium rare just like we ordered, a flavourful braised wild boar sauce with pasta that bounced the teeth, and a savoury pizza. The bone marrow that came with the steak was a beautiful touch, and the steak itself was tender and flavourful. Apparently they also have a 45oz, 75 day dried aged tomahawk steak that gets on the menu every so often.
Excellent service.
Brendon was friendly and professional, and walked us through the dishes making recommendation on his favourites. Sometimes when servers make recommendations, they could come across as being pushy or even disingenuous. There was none of that here. Brendon's recommendations were sincere and spot on. We felt he genuinely enjoyed the dishes he recommended. He was also attentive to the right degree. The water glasses were never empty, the conversation was light, and the timing perfect.
Oh, and on Wednesdays, wine by the bottle is half-priced!
Very glad we came here for our occasion. Will definitely be returning.
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