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| - I've been here twice. My first time was for the Winterlicious 2015 Dinner ($45).
My second time was on a regular tasting menu ($180).
This review will cover both experiences.
This place is definitely high-end so you should be willing to spend when coming here.
The interior is actually not that fancy for a high-end place but the mood and atmosphere is.
TASTING MENU ($180)
The overall experience was a hill.
It was uphill (good) from start to mid, but then started going downhill after.
First thing they did when they sat us down was they gave a complimentary glass of sparkling wine. A win!
All the seafood courses were great. Vey fresh and flavourful, and they really gave the good stuff!
There was only 1 meat course and the meat was so small. I was very disappointed. I thought this was the course that would at least fill you up, but unfortunately no.
There were also 2 courses that were just veggies, which was also disappointing for me.
The desserts are where it really disappointed the most.
- The macarons didn't have the chewy merangue. It just crumbled upon bite.
- The toasted mashmallows had a very rancid oil taste. And what was so bad about it was when we told the server about it, we were simply brushed off like we didn't know what we were eating. They just told us that they don't expect everyone to enjoy every dish. They didn't bother replacing it with something else, and took away the dish.
- The silver lining during dessert time was they provided a whole bottle of El Dorado Rum (12 years) to accompany the desserts. It's up to you if you want to finish the bottle or not, which totally did to make up for the bad ending.
I really expected top notch service, not a snobby one for such a high-end restaurant.
WINTERLICIOUS 2015 DINNER ($45)
The overall experience was a disappointment.
As this way my first time here and I heard so many things about how creative their dishes are (bordering molecular gastronomy), I didn't find anything special about this at all.
To be honest, after this experience, I wasn't planning on coming back.
APPETIZER:
Victor's Foie Gras Parfait - Apple, Celery, Raisin & Brioche
- This was my favorite for the night in terms of the courses. The foie gras went amazingly well with the burnt bread that came with it. Mix that with the sweet flavors of apple and raisin, you really get a different levels of taste.
Lobster Mac & Cheese - with black truffle
- It was good but not worth the supplement price since the lobster pieces weren't much
Duck Poutine
- Irremarkable
MAIN:
Smoked Pork Belly - Sweet Potato, Beet and Granola
This was OK. It started out good, but it becomes too heavy and oily in the end.
DESSERT:
Lemon Meringue
On the Winterlicious website, they had posted a different dessert menu. So the one I really wanted wasn't actually being served. This was also irremarkable.
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