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| - This restaurant is beautiful. The service was wonderful and food was incredible.
Upon arriving the hostess kindly checked our coats before having one of the waiters lead us to our table. The waitress who was taking care of us was cheerful, welcoming and friendly.
I went for winterlicious, I'll definitely be going back to try their tasting menu after this.
For the appetizer I ordered the duck croquettes. The filling was all meat, which was a pleasant surprise. It was flavourful with a soft, rich, juicy filling and crispy shell. The parsnip remoulade offered a crisp bite and added a wonderful creaminess to the dish. The torched orange and pickled pear lent the dish a bright taste that was refreshing after the richness of the duck and creaminess of the remoulade. The plating was beautiful, I especially lived the (delicious) dabs of bright orange sauce.
My mother had the rabbit and pork hock terrine. It was rich and the ginger bread was very crisp. It was beautifully plated and she enjoyed quite a bit.
For the main course I ordered the Cornish hen. It was incredible! First of all the truffled cassoulet was amazing, the deep earthy flavour of the truffle was lovely and so comforting. The Cornish hen was moist with a delightfully crisp skin that was well seasoned. The mushrooms and the reisling reduction lent the dish a bright counter point, that kept the flavour of the cassoulet interesting. The only thing that I wasn't thrilled about was that the beans were at different levels of firmness and a few were a tad crunchy, not enough to be unpleasant but with how wonderful everything else was, it was noticeable. Other than that though it was fantastic and I'd love to have it again.
The beef tenderloin was beautifully plated. The pomme puree was very tasty. I can't say too much about this one because they were preparing the meat as medium rare but my mother gets squeamish over red meat so she insisted on having it well done. I'm sure the beef would have been amazing if not for that request.
The dessert was tasty as well. We had the lemon tartelette and the chocolat. The lemon chamomile curd was fantastic, such a bright, sunny flavour and the bergamot meringue was a wonderful counterpoint to that. The tart shell was a bit too hard to cut through with a fork though.
The chocolate ganache was incredible rich! I absolute loved it. The mouth feel was just dreamy and the muscovado crisp and caramelized bananas were great too. I just wish they had toasted the cashews in the cashew crumble or something though, the raw cashew flavour jumped out in a way I didn't quite enjoy.
We finished dinner off with a pot of mint tea and left full and happy after thoroughly enjoying dinner.
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