I was in Buffalo for business (is there another reason?) and after a frustrating work day my co-worker and I decided to leave Buffalo for dinner and drive to another country to eat. A friend in Toronto sent us lots of recommendations and I picked Lee because, well, I thought chef Susur Lee was pretty cool on the Top Chef Masters TV reality entertainment program (he was in the restaurant the night we were there).
Let's see. Where to start. First: we seemed to be surrounded by awkward first dates. That's not the restaurants fault, but it did make for fun dining.
Cool space - typical urban/modern/fusion/slightly asian decor. Is that a thing?
Food we had:
The Singapore Slaw. I enjoyed this and didn't find it overly sweet as some other reviewers did. Maybe they are tweaking the recipe? Maybe my palate was off as I was coming from the culinary capital Buffalo? My dining guest and I both said that we could eat that salad every day. 19 ingredients!
Peking Duck. Great duck and delicious accompaniments - including a little blob of foie gras. Yup. That was good.
We also had a cod of some sort. That classic cod dish that Nobu popularized. It was fine. We also sweet and sour soup, also fine.
Good wine list and the staff were on the ball. I'd go back.