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| - Came here for The Big Taste YYC 2015. I love when I'm able to reserve online ahead of time with such ease! We hoped and prayed that we would be able to find street parking, but sadly not. Luckily there is a parkade right across the street, and evening rates were not too expensive.
We were sat on the second level overlooking the convenience store and parkade across the street. We had quite a good time people watching throughout the night. As we waited for our meals, we were provided with a bowl of truffle oil popcorn; which we ate in quick time.
Course 1 of our meal was the "mini lobster poutine". It was decadent to say the least. There were actually whole chunks of lobster which we had not expected. I was craving for more of the "lobster gravy" though as the poutine felt a bit dry at the end.
Course 2 was the "brant lake waygu - 5oz hanging tender, mashed potato, garlicky green beans, jus". The steak was cooked perfectly. We found the steak to have a bit of chew to it though. I didn't enjoy the 'jus' part of the dish as it overwhelmed the plate way too much, way too heavy on the pepper. I ended up relinquishing a majority of the plate to the bf to enjoy.
Course 3 was the "callebaut chocolate mousse". This dish really confused me. Never have I had mousse so stiff. It felt more like soft fudge, the presentation of it was really cute though. We were given very large spoons to eat with, which did not do well for my experience as it was very difficult to get the "mousse" off my spoon; couldn't get it to fit in my mouth.
Overall, I don't think we got a full experience with our visit here this time. After reading other reviews, I think that if given the opportunity, I would give their steaks one more try before writing it off in my books. Will take note to visit again next time I'm In the area.
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