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we came to TO to spend the weekend with friends, this place has been voted top 5 restaurants in Toronto two years in a row, they have been a couple times and raved about it, we introduced them to yelp and went through some reviews with them on the place - it was ranking at 3.5 stars and i was trying to figure out why
service and price seemed to be the two biggies for people poo pooing the place - however the elite yelpers were ranking 4 and 5 stars - and there were a couple 2 star people that have done like 5 reviews or less, so you take those with a grain of salt.
so anyway, off we go - Tapas style spanish restaurant on young buried in the back of a little mall courtyard, reservations are for 8:30 - they seat us right away and take drinks orders as we cruise through the menu and it's suggested that we pick between 10 - 12 items to fill the 4 of us up.
we ordered the chipotle-caramel popcorn and warm marinated olives to start - i'm a popcorn freak and had to try - amazing, can't stand olives so i passed on the other one, the other 3 enjoyed those
i'm going to focus on 2 or 3 dishes because everything was 4 to 5 stars in my book
The Foie Gras was supposed to be outstanding so it got ordered, and we finally opted for the 48 hour brisket.
The Pincho of Gamay-Poached Foie Gras with Prune Plum Mostarda was so delicate and smooth it was incredible, the Foie Gras was literally sliced onto a crustini, and then topped with the mostarda which you spread over the Foie Gras - our vegetarian friend tried it as well and everyone absolutely loved it......the 2nd best thing on the menu maybe.......
the best thing was the brisket........and trust me i know brisket! my friend and i both had a "brisket off" 8 weeks prior - one method was a 24hr brine, 1hr BGE smoke, and then a 24 sous vide cook, the other method was a dry rub marinade, and then smoked on the egg for 8 hours at approx 225 degrees, both were amazing......we know our brisket and frankly originally poo pooed the brisket because who could make it better then us. we were still alittle hungry when we were getting down to the end of the menu, so we opted to give there's alittle try.
OMFG, absolutely like butter in your mouth, i couldn't believe it.....so much so we started in on the waitress, how was it cooked? was it brined? what temp? how can they get a oven that low? was it cooked in a broth? (had to be we figured, no way to keep it that moist), on and on, so finally they said the chefs would love to talk to us.......away we went with our wine - and started chatting with them at the pass, totally in the way of the servers.....sorry about that. They were super friendly and gave us all the details......which we won't share, as we are going to try and replicate their technique.
the service all night was amazing, fantastic food, great little spot - we drank two bottles of wine, one round of cocktails, and ate probably 10 dishes including dessert and the total bill with tip was around $110 each.......frankly for any great restaurant, that's a deal.
i don't understand these other reviews giving this place a two star, but then i realize that anybody can use yelp and that can be the down side......look at who's giving this place 4 and 5 stars and you be the judge.
enjoy toronto you are very lucky, we'll be back next time we're in town
from a super foodie elite yelper looking to pass on great finds.
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