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| - For a lunch that spanned 2.5 hours I expected a little more. Mind you this was for Winterlicious and there's always a stigma that because of this said event, we are to expect less as guests. Well, if less is what you can deliver then why not just don't participate? Anyhow, it's a discussion for another day, another time.
I can sum up my experience at Sassafraz as underwhelming; food and service. I do applaud them for a fantastic varied menu all at an amazing price considering we are in Yorkville. I am going to start with a few things I thought were good. The pork chop was nicely done; tender but could use a bit more flavour (though the sauce was nice, it was a little one dimensional and sweet). The fresh loaf of warm bread was a very nice way to get the meal started. I always appreciate warm bread. As for the rest of the menu, well it ranged anything from average to not so great but they all had one common trait; a little bland and a little overcooked. My chicken breast was quite well-done and a tad too stringy but where it's lacking is flavour and a skin to be remembered. I couldn't tell the difference if this was 9 spice or 2 (salt & pepper). My fregola was very al dente, almost raw but charred. It added a little too much chewing and texture to the dish and I would imagine most probably had a difficult timing eating this stuff. Next we have the bison pappardelle where the bison had a lot left to be desired. A little dry, very bland and exceptionally stringy. I have to say this dish was a little amateur in it's execution. It was a sad dish to look at and taste. Last but not least the salmon and I don't have to convince you that it's bland. Though it was somehow tender unlike the former two dishes.
The dessert was well executed and not exactly too memorable. The space is quite nice, classy, clean and comfortable. As I had mentioned, our lunch took over 2.5 hours so I don't think I need to comment on the service, it's pretty self explanatory.
All in all a pretty forgettable meal and experience.
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