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| - Came with a coworker and we thought they were going to be small plates. They are not small. We ordered way too much for 2 people, but luckily that means more to review.
Nothing we ordered came out looking anything like what we thought it might. We had no idea what many of the ingredients were, but our waiter was pretty knowledgeable.
Sunchoke - really the standout plate of the meal. Clay pepper is apparently something that grows in abandoned train stations in Montreal? I thought it would be like a peppercorn. Regardless, it was a great dish.
Brussel sprouts - I liked it, but it's very intensely flavored by the fish sauce, which my coworker didn't care for. The sprouts themselves are shredded rather than halved.
Hato Mugi - this presentation of bone marrow was interesting. It was on top of some sort of barley and really was a very filling dish due to the richness of the marrow and the abundance of grain. I wouldn't order this again.
Rice Cakes - so I couldn't decide if this or the Sunchoke were my favorite dish. I could probably just come here for this.
Chicken - the chicken was dark meat wrapped in white meat wrapped in skin and then fried. Presentation wise this got an A+, flavor wise it really was lacking. I'm not sure if it's because the other dishes were so intensely flavored, but the chicken was definitely bland. The meat was cooked perfectly, but there just wasn't any flavor. Disappointing.
Chocolate - 5 textures. I'm not a huge dessert person, but this was so good that I made room in my overfull stomach.
I'm not sure if this is a Toronto thing, but our server kept disappearing. He'd bring out a dish, but then not reappear until the next dish was served. That was fine, but after he brought all the dishes, he didn't appear again until we flagged down another girl walking by.
We asked her if we could order dessert and she said, "well the kitchen closes at 11pm." Um okay, but it's 10:55pm, we've been sitting here for 10 minutes while various people have been cleaning up the tables around us and no one has checked on us. Luckily, we were able to get our order in. I think that was my coworker's favorite of the evening.
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