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| - I was dazzled when I first arrived to the restaurant. A huge historic looking house with extravagant Victorian interior and decor. I'd say this is the place to impress a girl. Friendly staffs helped us with our coats at the counter and then led us to a table near the fireplace. So far, the experience was good until we ordered our food.
I ordered a medium rare prime rib for my entree which came with a choice of a soup or a salad. I got a little bit frustrated after repeatedly asking our server if we could pay the price difference to substitute the soup in our meal with a French Onion Soup. Instead, we found out that we had to pay the full price for a supposedly 'substitute' instead. So, in the end, we had to order the soup on its own and settled with the extra salad in our meal. At this time, my meter bar had slightly gone down.
As starters, we were served a platter of olives, dill pickles and cottage cheese with a refillable basket of garlic bread. We kept munching on the garlic bread because we liked to soak our bread into the soup. Though, I wished the bread were fresh from the oven. They weren't warm at all.
Our French Onion Soup was great and rich in flavour. When my prime rib arrived, I was disappointed. It was not cooked medium rare like what I asked for. It was all cooked in the center. They replaced my prime rib and it came out perfect the second time. However, the meat was not as tender as I hoped it to be. It wasn't really juicy either.
Their dessert menu was also on the safer side. There wasn't a huge selection to choose from. Again, I was disappointed at first sight. It did not look like classic tiramisu but looked more like a giant piece of sponge cake. Then when I had a bite of it, I realized I was wrong. The tiramisu tasted heavenly and super smooth. We also ordered the Spanish Coffee that was prepared at our table. It had Brandy, Tia Maria and whipped cream in it. Quite entertaining to see how the coffee was put together and tossed into flames!
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