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| - The four stars above are based on only one visit, but there will assuredly be more to come and I will update accordingly. First, with all due respect to the first reviewer, this is a bar that is very much about Vodka. If you like Vodka, I will be willing to bet you will like this bar. If you do not like Vodka....well, who the fuck doesn't like Vodka. Silliness. Everyone likes Vodka, and therefore everyone will like this bar.
The Vodkas: I highly recommend getting the deluxe (or whatever the most expensive category is) of the three-vodka sampler to start. It will run you about 30 bucks, but you will get a wonderful selection of Vodka's I'd be willing to bet you had not encountered. I wanted to try three I had never have, and with the bartender's recommendations I tried: Kissui (Japanese, extremely smooth, clean and with very little sting ), Ciroc (French, very interesting, floral taste, not my favorite but my friend loved it) and Akvinta (Croatian, really good, complex the hint of non-sweet fruitiness behind a very strong bite reminded me a little bit of Rakia but maybe that's just because I knew it was Croatian). All of these were very good (well above grey goose, which is often served for more money), and were served with bread and pickles for cleansing the palate between samples, which were nice and tasty in their own right.
In a category unto its own: Holy Jesus Christ in a blender is Ultimat the best vodka in the fucking world. Seriously. Our lovely and, while not exactly *nice* (all the waitresses have that awesome Eastern European dont-fuck-with-me-ness), very cool and reason-to-go-back-worthy waitress, after we asked her about her favorite, brought over a massive blue bottle, slammed it down on the bar and proceeded to indoctrinate us in the ways of Ultimat. 1. It comes in a fuck-off huge CRYSTAL bottle. 2. It is some 5 times distilled pure and wonderful etc etc filtered vodka. 3. It is the only vodka in the world to be made from Potatoes and Grain (it is Polish) 4. It is 20$ a shot.
Now, 20$ a shot is obviously excessive, but, you know, I've spent more than that on shitty Australian wine that has been sitting in its bottle for a day and a half at some idiotic restaurant, so, if this is really the best Vodka in the world, why not?
This is the best vodka in the world, it is almost impossibly creamy in its texture, is simple and perfect in its taste and clean in its finish. It is like, the platonic form of vodka, where all others are merely imperfect appearances.
Woah, getting a little carried away here, but, umm, yes, you should go here because they have some pretty good vodkas. So if you like that sort of thing, head on over to Leslieville, and prepare for good times.
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