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  • My friends and I went to Bb33 for their Summerlicious lunch as the menu looked really nice and it was close by making it a perfect opportunity to try something new. We made reservations for two and showed up with an extra person and they accommodated us which was wonderful. The servers were friendly and efficient which again was another point for them. Now on to the food. Starting with the appetizers, the wild mushroom bisque was full flavoured and had the beautiful earthy flavors of wild mushrooms that any good mushroom bisque should have. I had the salad with Shaved Chèvre Goat Cheese, Aged White Balsamic and Pink Grapefruit Vinaigrette. The flavours worked nicely together and the toasted pine nuts added the extra texture and flavour required to create a pleasing finish for the palate. Unfortunately this is where the experience started going downhill. We had the Salmon and Zinfandel gastrique with the truffle mashed potatoes as well as the braised short ribs. I'll start with the salmon first as it was the better of the two. The salmon itself was done perfectly and the caramelized pecans added a lovely touch of texture along with an appropriate amount of sweetness that was paired well with the salmon. The potatoes were very dry and not very flavourful which is a shame given the quality of flavour that truffles can add to potatoes. Unfortunately these potatoes left me wanting something with more flavour and perhaps a creamer texture to them. The Braised short ribs, I'm sorry to say, were just plain awful. The braising process is meant to allow the short ribs to not only become tender but to also accumulate and impressive amount of flavour. Unfortunately the kitchen staff mistook, roasting for braising. The short ribs as a result were dry, and grossly rubbery in texture. It looked as if they had been sitting under heating lamps for a couple of days. Now on to desserts. We tried all three options being the Macadamia Nut and White Chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding, the Dark Belgium Chocolate Crème Brûlée as well as the caramel sponge cake. The bread pudding somehow tasted like orange marmalade with walnuts and a gooey white sauce that was supposed to be a crème anglaise. The Dark Belgium Crème Brulee was actually a chocolate mousse that tasted of Ovaltine rather than real chocolate and the sponge cake left us dreaming of some PC sponge cake from the supermarket. I should say that we did speak to the restaurant manager about the quality of the food and he did thank us for our input and provided us with some coupons and his card for next time. Unfortunately first impressions are extremely important and even though the service was good, the food was definitely not something I would be willing to try again. Not in my foodie dreams.
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