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Atmosphere: Urban loft feel, with an earthy twist - wooden cabinets here and there with shop made preserves - the same they use in the menus, metal shelving by the kitchen with more preserves.
An earth wind and fire vibe - the fire being the staff. LOL - the wait staff delivering "table side romance" expertly (as Chef David Adjey puts it) - aka - explaining the dishes in all their fabulous-ness, which they obviously enjoyed their tasting prior to service, and it showed.
Speaking of chefs - Chef Lynn Crawford was there our night (tuesday) in a low-key fashion donning a cuban style military cap, taking care of the front of the house, accepting in guests, brought food to our table, and even set one of our place settings. It shows she loves what she does, and does whatever is needed in the moment. Kudos to you Lynn for being so grounded.
The daily menu was laid out as if it were acts of the play programme that we consulted while consuming - referring to it time and again... and between courses relishing the next "act" by reading the synopsis.
Food profile - combinations were outstanding - who could pull off roasted new and sweet potatoes with jalapeno and dill aioli without having one overpower the other.
or, sweet and sour peppers as the accompaniment to charred broccoli ... being normally a lover of broccoli stems alone, when one sears the tops with butter to crispy perfection I'm now a converted soul.
And while not a huge fish fan - the super light flavour of salt baked rainbow trout - well "lemoned", watercress, grilled yellow and green zucchini with buttermilk dressing was hands down fantastic. Nothing outshone the others - as each flavour was perfectly matched in intensity to the other - such as the 4 tenors would be to singing.
Family style serving works perfectly for us, as my companion was gluten free and sans soy - we made our reservations in advance also noting this... as most restaurants would roll their eyes and groan... Ruby Watchco took it in stride, made us feel quite at home, and not an inconvenience by one iota...
So much so they made a special dessert just for him was better than mine (although mine was excellent!) who could resist a bourbon rhubarb strawberry sauce over a meringue pavlova.
And were happy to double check there was no soy oil in any of the dressings/sauces etc!
I could go on, but hopefully you're hungry enough to go check it out for yourself by now
haa haa
you're welcome ;)
PS - oh - and the waiter upon hearing us gush a little about Lynn - we asked if we could keep the daily menu and he came back with a signed copy! Awesome.
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