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| - I had my eyes on Hawthorne for many months after learning about their farm-to-fork (=locally sourced ingredients) concept and commitment to supporting employment training - very cool! Tonight I was finally able to make a dinner reservation for Winterlicious '17 (a miracle since they are usually totally booked out, which made much more sense after I saw how small the restaurant actually is).
5/5 stars for the flavors and quality of the dishes! I truly did enjoy the food here and they are vegetarian friendly. Unfortunately all the portion sizes were SO TINY... I definitely left still hungry. I guess this is Winterlicious after all, but I felt like Hawthorne may have interpreted this to a new level. My partner and I ordered the Daily Croquette Poutine and Sunchoke Trio for starters. The croquette dish can be made vegetarian by asking them to not use poutine sauce, but I would not recommend getting this dish since it was literally just 3 potato balls sitting on a bed of grass. Sorry, but the flavors weren't there. I would recommend getting the Sunchoke Trio however! It was also so tiny, but the texture of the potatoes was so crispy, yet chewy (perfection) and the grey SAUCE tasted amazing. I ordered the Whole Roasted Carrot Ginataan main (vegan!) and again it was so small, but they used the same yummy sauce and the crispy onions (?) were delicious. The carrots were undercooked however and the presentation was a bit lacking since such a tiny portion was served in a huuuuge, deep bowl... Why. After being thoroughly teased by my super small, but delicious appetizer, I was so excited when I saw the size of the massive entree bowls until I saw the actual amount of food :')
The dessert was my favorite! I took my Lactaid, so was able to have the Winter Vegetable Cheesecake, which did not disappoint! The sauce was not overly sweet at all and retained the earthy flavor of beets like it should. The carrot cake crumble was perfect too in that it tasted freshly baked and had large strands of real carrot. The cheesecake itself was not too sweet and was rather light with a hint of pumpkin.
3/5 for the service since they were pretty slow, but all the servers were very friendly and their smiles made us feel very welcomed :)
Also pretty LOUD here - I had trouble hearing my partner from across the table.
I would come back again one day, but maybe order from their regular menu next time for a more satiating meal!
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