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| - First of all, all those that gave this place a bad review, you're crazy and petulant.
Victor's Restaurant deserves all the praise it gets and then some.
I made reservations for my wife and I for Saturday at 7:30pm recently (Oct. 25/14). It was her birthday and I wanted to treat her to something special, we were NOT disappointed.
First impression is just WOW.
The decor and ambiance is perfect, the service staff very good, friendly and attentive.
We were seated and presented with the menus.
I had decided ahead of time that I wanted to try their tasting menu, and I know my wife LOVES lots of little dishes so she can try a lot of things without having to fill up.
We decided that we were going to both do all 7 courses of the tasting menu and when we told this to our server, he kindly explained that even though this is a "tasting" menu, the courses themselves were appetizer size, so 14 dishes would probably be way too much for us. Talk about honesty! Most places I know would have let you order all that food just so they can make more $ from you.
So my wife and I picked out 5 of the 7 dishes we really wanted to share preceded by 6 oysters, drank our cocktails and waited with much excitement.
First we received a wonderful couscous Amuse-bouche which was just right, followed by the oysters with a fantastic mignonette which really elevated the experience.
Following the oysters we got our first 2 tasting menu dishes, the Samosas and the chilled spiced pork.
Simply saying "delicious" would be the understatement of the century. The dishes were both complex and simple. It was just wonderful how everything tied in together. My wife still can't get over how great the Samosas were, her favorite dish of the night.
The 3rd course was the de-constructed fish tacos. For me, this dish was ridiculous in how good it was, by far my favourite. The tuna melted in my mouth, the tortillas were perfectly crisp, the pickled vegetables, amazing. If someone was to tell me I can only eat one dish for the rest of my life, this is what I would choose.
I normally don't even like fish tacos at all, but to call this dish a fish taco is like calling the Mona Lisa a doodle.
The 4th course was steamed fish Callaloo which was gentle and delightful followed by the 5th course of roasted cépes and an amazing duxelle. Both dishes, a home run.
Through out the night our server explained not just all of the dishes, but also each component of the dish, his knowledge and explanation of all our questions was very insightful.
I had also let him know that if was my wife's birthday and he had arranged for a delicious and absolutely stunning desert trio (which they didn't even charge us for!! Unexpected and totally amazing)
Having a service background (15 years as a server) I know what good service is and usually pick apart every little detail when I go out (though not out loud :)).
Our server this night was the best I'd had the pleasure of being served by in a long time.
Overall, the food, service and venue are all top notch.
The prices aren't just reasonable for what you get, they are a steal!
I will most definitely come back here again and again and strongly recommend this hidden gem to everyone that will listen.
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