I love places that play with the whole tapas concept. You get to try several dishes without breaking the bank or wasting the food if it wasn't to your palette! This place kinda falls in the middle with a good portion of dishes tapas style and the rest typical dinner sized.
Ambiance : Modern and has all the right elements for a fine dining joint. But nothing stands out as it plays safe, which is fine. The place where we sat had a long couch lined up against the wall , split up to accommodate several tables, but you could easily get the vibe of a community dinner if you sat in the front middle :).
Service : Decent, not bad not great. Our server/s took a little longer than expected to kick things off but eventually got the dishes on time. They never bothered to ask how did we find the food/dishes. We were though informed about each dish before being served.
Food : We decided to avoid the larger plates and play around sampling the smaller ones. We ordered Crisp Pork Belly & Black Fin Tuna, Tempura Bacon-Wrapped Cheese Curds, Lobster Mushroom and Foie gras (Forgot the actual name) and for dessert Rhubarb Crisp
The pork belly dish had 3 actors - the pork belly, foie gras and tuna. All three are champions of subtle flavor so although this dish was very tasty, it missed a "punch or dynamic" element to balance it.
The cheese curds were our favorite! The combination of bland cheese and salty bacon was spot on! And the trio of dips had a fermented fish sauce which elevated this "stick" food to a whole another level!! A must try if you come here!!
The Lobster mushroom dish was our least favorite. The mushrooms were a bit too earthy and hard for our taste. Not to mention the raw flavor did not go well with the otherwise excellent foie gras. And I wasn't a big fan of the sandwich toast bed even though it did absorb the sauce like a sponge to help the flavor when you ate it all together.
Lastly, the dessert was another star for us. We love Elderflower. We love rhubarb. Pair them together and you get sweet dreams!! Yummm
Not perfect, with room for improvement (lobster mushroom no no) but a certainly one of the better joints in the city!