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| - Each year, my one my food highlight is the arrival of Toronto Life's annual Eating and Drinking list. They comprised a list of the five best gourmet burgers in the city. Marben's John Burger just happened to make the list. We were able to grab a table on a Sunday night. Upon walking into the restaurant, it was less busy then expected. The vibe was very New York, with the low lighting, and the lit votives encompassing the space. We started our meal with wine and cocktails, i had the Raspberry Royale, for $10. The combination of bubbly, chambord, and elder flower was very satisfying. My one complaint, was that the elder flower was lost in the beverage. After putting in our order for our entress, we did wait quite awhile four our food, we were glad that we had the cocktails to sip on while we waited. After finishing our drinks, we had nothing better to do than people watch in the restaurant. We were slightly put off, after watching the bar tender continuously put bottles to his nose. I can understand that they are looking out for the customer. They do not want to serve wine that has turned, however the turnover rate of liquor should be high enough to eliminate this concern.
I ordered the John's Burger, which was topped with Branston pickle, and aged cheddar. One word to sum of the burger was tender, it was lacking any texture. The idea of the Branston pickle is that it is a new and creative way to replace ketchup and mustard, and it was successful. The picture in the magazine definitely illustrated more cheese than in reality. The bun was a great vessel for the burger. I just wish that their was something fresh on the burger to prevent it from being one note. My sis had the sausage stuffed quail with sweet potato puree. The quail arrived, and it look and tasted wonderful. Since quail is traditionally lean, we welcomed the extra fat and flavour provided from the pork. The puree was velvety and delicious. One complaint was that that the dish was garnished with crisp shavings of vegetables. After resting in the puree, the crispness dissipated, and they became soft.
Our server throughout the meal was very friendly and quite informative. After he left us with the cheque, it was as if he forgot about us. Our table was directly across the bar, which was where he was stationed. Not only him, numerous other servers continued to walk by our table with the credit card clearly sitting atop the bill. One of my biggest pet peeves in a restaurant is to have to ask to pay.
Overall, the main reason i came here was to try quote unquote the best burger in the city. No doubt that it was good, but do i think it deserves that title, probably not.
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