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An upscale bar that combines art with their drinks! I came here towards the end of 2017, this place has a policy of seating you when 75% of your party has arrived - so if you know someone who show up late to hang out all the time, make sure you don't come until their here too, or else you'll be standing at the door for ages! The ambience of bar chef is an upscale dim lit spot for Toronto people to hang out after work or a fancier night out with friends.
I ordered the Pastels of Violette, which was "A juxtaposition of the iconic London Fog featuring our vanilla bean charcoal cream, lavender infused orange'd cognac, juniper and rosemary, Earl Grey." I just checked out their recent menu and I didn't see it anymore - I guess it wasn't too popular of a drink.
Sitting down, I was fascinated by all the people who received their drinks and orders as their display of the drink is a work of art! Each drink comes with an additional piece and occasionally dry ice, which makes it even more fascinating.
When I finally got my drink, the hostess was explaining to me the drink very quickly as the dry ice began to dissipate - I wonder if they timed it, cause right after she said the last sentence, the dry ice was basically complete, and she took away the pretty art piece, leaving me with the drink only. I noticed that this seemed to happen with other tables. Frankly speaking, I wasn't even really listening to her speak as I was fascinated with this art piece, and was quite disappointed when I really only had 30 seconds with the piece before I was left with the drink only.
The drinks alone costing $25-$30, I would have appreciated if we would have more time with the art piece instead of promptly taking it away.
I personally was not a big fan of this drink myself. I felt that there was too much charcoal cream added to it that it had a burnt smokey hard taste when drinking this. I really like the lavender and earl grey mixture as it was really light.
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