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| - Went to Cafe Boulud for summerlicious with much anticipation! The restaurant is located a floor above D-Bar. The ambiance is... okay. To be honest the furniture was a bit weird, with office chairs and glass tables and mismatched themes. The food, however, was fantastic. We started off with bread and salted butter and an amuse bouche which was similar to a tater tot - the best tater tot I've ever had. We each had a cocktail which was good, but also cost a hefty $18!!! In fact all the drinks were obscenely expensive.
For appetizers we shared the lamb terrine and the heirloom tomato salad. The lamb terrine came with a piece of flat bread that nearly broke my teeth and was impossible to break into smaller pieces. The salad was fantastic - refreshing, loved the melon sorbet, great combination of flavours.
Then for entrees we both had the cumbrae beef which came with a piece of roasted watermelon, kimchee, and a rice cake. The beef was delicious, but I'm not convinced that all the elements on the plate really went together (beef with watermelon?! maybe my palate isn't refined enough...)
Finally we had dessert, which was definitely the best part of the meal. I had the chocolate gateau which I cannot sing enough praise about! It came with a brown sugar tuille, chocolate mousse, salted peanuts, peanut crumble, graham crumble, homemade marshmallows, and toasted marshmallow ice cream. It was a work of art (see photos) and every single bite was heavenly.
In summary, despite a few misses, it was overall a great meal.
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