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| - There is nothing I can add to the long list of glowing reviews of Alo that hasn't already been said. But I will continue to add because this place deserves all of the praise it is getting.
It is elegant and upscale without being stuffy and pretentious. Yes they ask you choose your own napkin, and everything from the food to the wine is explained in detail that you question everything you thought you knew about food.
But take one bite out of a beautiful dish of broccoli and lemon that is so complexly created yet flavours so familiar, every thought will vanish.
It is a 4 course menu, with a choice of two for each course, but they also sneak in two amuse bouche, a bread course, a palette cleanser, and then a dessert. For $95 it is an absolute steal considering the quality and execution of the food. my palette cleaner was a sunchoke sorbet... sunchokes! it was fantastic. Amuse bouche 1 was the most amazing gougere I had ever eaten - little pops of heaven. There was also beef tendon chips, mussels, lobster and duck - all excellent.
We got the light wine pairing (wine paired with your 4 mains, none with dessert or the bread) and a little cork snuck into my glass. I didn't even notice it was there, but as soon as it was poured it was whisked away for fresh glass. The attention to detail was spectacular,
Even the washrooms are beautiful! with the softest toilet paper.
Make a reservation, enjoy real food prepared by people who know how to treat everything with respect. Drink the wine. And feel so incredibly happy that a world class restaurant is in the best city.
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