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| - I visited Peasant Table for the Northern Italian Pasta tasting event organized by Toronto Common. In my experience, all events held by Toronto Common provide very good value, but I will focus the review on the food here.
We got to taste a mixed appetizer dish, along with all 4 of the pasta dishes featured in the restaurant's menu, and a dessert:
Wagyu beef carpaccio with black truffle crema, rocket (arugula) and parmesan; Black ink cod fritters with smoked paprika aioli; Polenta fries with roasted red pepper salsa; and Octopus carpaccio with dill veloute and pickled vegestables - This was basically 4 appetizers shrunk down in portion size and made into a single dish. I quite liked the fact that I get to taste so much and the portion was perfect and think this should be on the regular menu. The stand-out item was most definitely the beef carpaccio with the truffle crema (delicious!). The other items were okay, it was a great starter nonetheless.
Orecchiette (small shell) pasta with basil pesto, grilled asparagus, semi-dried tomatoes and fresh ricotta - this was the lightest tasting pasta of the night. This is an "okay" dish. Personally I prefer pasta with meat/seafood in them but other guests really like the fact that it's clean-tasting and light.
Nero di Sepia: Squid ink fettuccine with grilled calarmari, shrimp, roasted tomatoes, chilli and parsley - I really like the squid ink and the seafood combination. The chef was a bit heavy on the black pepper and that distracted from the taste of the dish. Overall this was an "okay" dish as well.
Crab meat carbonara linguini, with pancetta, peppercorn, lemon cream and quail egg - the presentation was perfect with the quail egg on top. This was my favourite dish of the night and I like the creamy pasta and the combination of crab meat & pancetta.
Animale pappardelle pasta, consists of a 3-meat ragu (lamb, pork and veal), porcini and tomato - Most of the group were full at this point including myself, so I had only a bite of this. My impression of the dish is that is a great pasta dish for meat lovers, and I thought the tomato sauce on it was of good quality and tasted "homemade". I would rank this as the second-best pasta of the night.
Cinnamon and delce de leche panna cotta with candied orange - I like the smoothness and creaminess of the panna cotta. The candied orange was a nice and interesting touch. Delicious overall and a great end to a meal.
Looking at the prices on the regular menu and considering that the somewhat big portions I received were "downsized", I would say the Peasant Table provides very good value with respect to their pasta dishes, which are all under $20.
The restaurant had a nice modern and welcoming vibe and is definitely a great neighbourhood restaurant to have around. The food (at least for the pasta) here will not "wow" you, but it's solid, hearty and comforting. Negative reviews centre mostly around brunch, so perhaps that is not their strong suit for now. I would recommend coming here for dinner.
Peasant Table is "A-Okay" (3-stars)
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