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dateCreated	2016-11-07 00:00:00 (xsd:dateTime)
itemReviewed	Soco Kitchen and Bar
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rev:text	I came here on a Saturday evening for a friend's birthday. Soco is located inside the Delta Toronto hotel on Lower Simcoe but the street entrance is on the Brenmer Blvd side. Being part of the building of 75 Simcoe and being the main restaurant in the hotel you can also access the restaurant from the hotel lobby. Soco has a couple seating areas, one facing Brenmer, an outdoor section which is seasonal and the main dining area which consists of the bar, lounge area with long couch seating as well as low and high top tables. We were seating adjacent to the lounge area with attached tables and although the seats were pretty much touching one another, the seating was very comfortable and the chairs are wide so that it created "buffer" space simply by being as wide as they were. The tables were large enough for all our drinks and the wide variety of starters we had coming our way one after another while Alex our server had our drinks well taken care of. At one point I had just finished my drink and Alex came by like a ninja and asked me if I'd like another. I was so surprised I almost had trouble saying yes. The variety of starters we sampled were all very good. The cheese and crostini was first with a variety of soft and hard cheeses it was a nice sized starter for sharing. Next came the Mezze which was another share plate which consisted of a smoked pepper and ricotta dip and a spicy chickpea hummus with a generous bowl of olives and a side of warm flat bread. The hummus tasted great and wasn't too spicy. The pepper and ricotta dip although it had a tiny kick it also was not hot and overly spicy but rather a very nice definitive taste. The charcuterie had a nice variety of salami and mustard seed and toast. While the toast was good I preferred the warm flatbread that came with the dips. My wife had wanted to try the corn chowder because it's one of her favorite soups. The bowl came empty with a few kernels of popcorn in the bowl with some cilantro leaves and the soup was poured from a decanter into the bowl in front of her. The soup had an amazing taste of mildly sweet corn but with the smallest of late spice kick of jalapeno peppers. This dish was not too hot for my wife and she normally cannot handle hot at all and it was perfect for her. The soup is more of a thinner consistency but the taste is great. There are small cubes of chorizo to add another flavor to the mix of soup as well so it's sweet and savory with a hint of spice to finish. Amazing flavor for the corn chowder soup... My wife had ordered the lobster tagliatelle as her main but because she ate so many starters she basically barely touched it. I tasted it and it was rich with that lobster while the pasta dish itself is not something I have very often considering I don't eat lobster that often. It now is today's lunch for me. For my main I went with the steak, medium rare. I enjoy a good steak from time to time and this was cooked medium rare as requested, not overcooked and a good size. The potatoes that accompanied the fine cut had a chimichurri sauce but I had wished it had more. It was very light to the point I didn't get too much of a taste of it. The mustard and herb butter compound on the steak added another level of taste to the steak. As it melted it added a nice tang to the meat that wasn't too lubricated but rather nice with the potatoes and asparagus as well. On the side I couldn't resist ordering the 5 cheese mac and cheese and adding the braised beef option to it. The mac and cheese came in a what looked to be about a 2 cup sized bowl topped with bread crumbs. On the menu this mac and cheese dish is listed as a side and it's also listed as the 2015 and 2016 Toronto Mac & Cheese best of festival champion. I'm sorry to say I think those descriptions raised the bar for my expectations in that I was expecting to be blown away and I just was not. The mac and cheese for me seemed rather runny and a touch sweet. I prefer savory and rich mac and cheese over this offering. The braised beef added a dimension of change of texture and flavor of course but not enough to counter the sweetness of the sauce. While it was nice to try I wouldn't recommend it to those expecting a saltier, richer and more savory mac and cheese. Overall the presentation, quality and service of Soco is very good, not quite mind blowing 5* but definitely better than average for their variety and tastes. Nothing seemed overly bold but nothing was sadly tame either. The service we received was exceptional as the staff couldn't seem to do enough for us.
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