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| - Heard a lot about this place as the place to go try in Toronto.
The atmosphere was cooL, and i loved the loft feeling, but it was so empty on a wed. night - given it was a rainy wed. night out in toronto.
i was pretty disappointed with what i got for what i paid for.
ordered the 6 course tasting menu. - super expensive, (for ~150/person, i can get a PARTY in my mouth in an equivalent style restaurant in NYC) i guess i expected a LOT more.
service was good but SO So Slooooow and strange for the experience/amount we were paying for. (i was confused since there was about 4 ppl serving us, our waiter explained 1 of the 6 courses, our empty dishes sat at the table for a good twenty mins before someone (not our waiter) would come and ask if we were done with that course, the manager busted one of the courses out, not much was explained, ppl just walked by our table esp our waiter, glanced at it, and walked away)
two and a half hours later, we got our 4th course of the service, on a not so busy & empty wed night.
i got bored of eating by then and just wanted to get the rest over with, which is never a good thing when you're having a chef's tasting menu
i had a glass of riesling, and it came with floaties and it tasted like it had gone bad. but they were quick to change that.
the food lacked seasoning and wow factor. maybe i'm just bored of the standard (lamb, quail, veal) proteins of standard western/french cuisine, i wanted to be WOWED --
but the flavours were really subtle - which can be great, but i guess you expect a lot of POW with asian ingredients especially if you're going to experiment with them with conventional cooking methods and western style proteins.
everything came out in 3's and almost one of the three was something with foam. the plates were cool, and looked as though they were designed for the specific courses, but the three different components of the entire dish felt disjointed. why is everything served in 3's? give me one good thing that's amazing. -- maybe i was better off picking one dish from the menu a la carte. but since our waiter suggested that we should pick a few apps and a few entrees due to the small portions, price wise - it made more sense to choose the 6 course tasting menu instead. and usually tasting menus are supposed to be the best items on the menu that represent the chef's spread of dishes. (and not just what's not selling that night, esp at a place like this)
i didn't say MMMM, during the entire meal, (everything lacked wow, lacked seasoning, and lacked a BAM factor) -- UNTIL I GOT THE LAST COURSE -- which was the dessert course -- THE TRIO of APPLES -- THAT I HAVE TO SAY SAVED THE ENTIRE MEAL, and my entire experience there. it was awesome. (and made sense to learn that the dessert menu was prepared by a separate pastry chef)
i should've just had that dish. it would've saved me a lot of time and money. and i would've been happy with just that all night.
but instead, three and a half hours later, i left with a 300 dollar bill not including gratuity and tax, and i was stuffed with mediocre flavours that i had forgotten about the moment i stepped out of the restaurant.
(i should've spent my $300 and 4 hours at PER SE in nyc, and had 14 courses of wow)
eh~
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