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| - Bar Buca is embedded in the affluent neighborhood of Portland.
Instead of taking the streetcar to Distillery like I was suppose to, I went the opposite direction and landed on Portland. Perhaps it was my lack of direction sense, perhaps it was my olfactory, something lead me there that night. It was probably the best mistake I had made that week.
Bar Buca has many unique offerings. It considered "adventurous" or "daring" in the Toronto Italian food scene. In Asian food world, it's another walk in the park. The pizza with housemade sausage was exceptional. Bigoli duck egg pasta, with duck offal ragu, venetian spices, mascarpone, basil ($21) was in a league of its own. The ragu was creamy. The gamey flavour of the duck complimented the mascarpone well. Desserts were wonderful. We thoroughly enjoyed the tiramisu, corn gelato, and crisp Italian pastry with cream and berry compote. Corn gelato is the least favorite among the desserts. It's lacking in the richness and smoothness of gelato. Tiramisu is our favorite dish of the evening. It's textbook tiramisu with a twist.
The main departure between Bar Bucca and traditional Italian food is its portion size. My companion jokingly said, is the other half of the dish still in the kitchen? An Italian grandmother would have never let this tiny dish out of her kitchen.
Aside from potentially offending an Italian mother, Bar Bucca is an awesome place to dine.
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