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| - having visited (and in some cases, lived) in enough cities with tall towering landmark structure where you can either get ripped off by the admission fee or by overpriced and underwhelming food and drinks, i would've thought the hub's BFFL would have steered away from the restaurant on top of the CN Tower. Why? Cos (1) these places are by default tourist traps and locals would rather starve then fork out the amount of money they are charging for sub-par food and drinks and (2) these guys' better not be scammin' the hub because they really are BFFL in the traditional sense (L in this case being since grade 3).
But they did suggest the 360 Restaurant, and I didn't wanna be the diva and judge on something i've never had before. so i kept my expectations low and followed along.
Sure enough the whole thing at the beginning felt like deja vu: the security check, the lines at the elevators, the cheerful guides in uniform, the mandatory picture-taking in front of the green screen for the usual chroma keying exercise, and of course the too-fast elevator up the tower shaft (the only difference was the entire elevator was freaking out when realizing that the floor that they were standing on was transparent and they could see the ground rushing away from them as the elevator ascended).
Everything was pretty much like any other top-of-the-skyscraper restaurants until I saw the massive wine cellar - apparently the world record holder for the tallest wine cellar in the world, and full of non two-buck-chuck wines. some of those ports date back to 1970's. don't ask how much they cost - if you have to ask then you can't afford it.
Then i started noticing that the menu is a bit more expansive, the service was much better, and neither the bread nor the butter was not stone-cold. The hub and I shared a 1-lb rack of lamb, a 10-oz NY cut (rare), fries with truffle aioli and sauteed mushrooms. they were fantastic. like i-would-come-back-again-and-pay-that-kind-of-money fantastic.
Once we got the food, the wine and the service right, the rest of the night just went beautifully. The view was definitely what ppl went there for - 360' view of Toronto. I couldn't care much for the south view - vast expanse of dark Lake Ontario water (and, as if on cue, the AC in that part of the building is much colder than the rest), but I definitely appreciated the tall, recognizable landmarks of the amazing city to the north of the tower.
Now if only the temperature wasn't 36C (with humidex) in the summer and -15C in winter time, I would probably consider living here.
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