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| - Visited on Dec 6,2014. Party of 7. Reservations are a must, they only have one seating per table per night. It was a bit difficult to make reservations as they aren't open on certain days to answer phone-calls and didn't promptly return messages. It's good to make reservations at least 2-3 weeks in advance to ensure you can accomodate a large party on the day you want. Some of the earlier reviews are different when the resto had prices and menus. The concept of no no prices and no menu is what drew me to this place.
The place was very dark and looked closed from the outside. It felt like a private dinner for the first hour as the other seatings were there for another hour. The service was excellent. The length of dinner was something that we had to negotiate. I usually allocate 45 min to an hour for a dinner. This could have easily stretched to 2.5 to 3 hours but we wanted to check out another event afterwards. We ended up asking Mary to speed up the last 2 courses to keep dinner within 2 hours. Discuss this with the server in advance.
Even though there is no menu they do have some general guidelines. Mary the part-time server mentioned they generally have no red meat or chicken. Most of the items are purchased from local markets like Dufferin Grove. Nathan was able to accommodate a lactose and cashew free meal. A unique beer they had was Chimay, never tried that one before. i got the Mill St organic.
First course - Squash soup, ghost peppers, persian spices, lentils. It was very creamy and slight heat with a floral taste.
Second course - Salad with cheese, cauliflower which was smoked over charcoal, poached egg. The smoked cauliflower was a highlight of the meal as most of us had never tasted this before.
Third course - Smoked trout with a jerk broth, kimchi garnish. I didn't taste the jerk in the broth. The fish was wonderfully prepared.
Fourth Course - Jasmin honey custard, apple pecora, grains of paradise and shaved apples. Not too sweet and a fitting end to the night.
I don't consider myself a foodie as you can tell me reviews generally do not include an essay about each dish. I think the food was one of the best I've had in Toronto in terms of uniqueness and taste. I felt it was worth of $50 -$75 dollar meal. I pride myself on being unique and paid $0 for my dinner. I opted leave me business card and barter for my dinner. I personally emailed Nathan to provide value to him other than paying for my dinner.
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