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| - Where do I even start... Let's be real, Cafe Boulud is one of the top 20 restaurants of Canada for a reason. A modern french bistro located in the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville that serves spectacular french food. That's it!
I thought just how good can this place be? Why the rave?
We visited this restaurant about a month and a half ago after just returning from Europe. After having tasted some of the best foods over there, I was not expecting too much from Cafe Boulud. But boy was I wrong... SO WRONG. We had the steak frites, quenelle de brochet, and the cauliflower. I am still thinking about that cauliflower to date. Cauliflower will never be the same again. The steak and frites was exceptional - juicy and tender medium rare steak with duckfa fries. Quenelle de brochet in lobster sauce tasted like nothing I've had before - simply, finger-licking good. I was blown away by the first experience.
Fortunately, I had the pleasure to revisit the restaurant for lunch recently. We had the escargot puff pastry, beef cheeks and the white truffle pork sausage. The escargot puff pastry was alright, not their best. BUT, please allow me to rave a little about their white truffle pork sausage. It was not what was expected at all. The sausage was light, fluffy, creamy, and airy in consistency. Not dense yet flavourful and aromatic. The whole dish took me by surprise, and left me wanting more.
Cafe Boulud will remain as one of my personal bias in Toronto until I can find a place to top it. It is simply delicious. Please keep up the great food, and I will be back!
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