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| - Tango, you're a cozy little bistro. Modern decor, a crackling fire place in the far corner, hard wood floors, semi round booths and an array of different tables and seating arrangements.
I love that I was greeted promptly at the door (though it was 530 and still rather early for dinner) and that our server (thanks Ian!) gave us a little spiel about how a tapas place is meant for sharing, so nothing comes out in full meal sizes.
Service and decor, Tango's got that spot on. 4.75 stars all the way.
What I wasn't as impressed with was the food. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but it was 3 star good, like ok food trying to be fancy just not quite making the cut.
What you need to try: the wild mushroom soup. I am a lover of mushroom soups. Since I was 3 yrs old, my favourite meal has been a bowl full of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup. Well, this little bowl full of awesomeness blew that out of the water any day. That's saying a lot for my favourite food of the last more than twenty some years.
The wonton crusted prawns. They were big, they were just battered enough and I enjoyed the sauce they came with.
What was just ok: The poutine. It was a big beautiful bowl full of fries, cheese curds, and mesquite chicken. Instead of gravy, it was supposed to be mesquite sauce. Something needs to change with that sauce. I felt like all they did was pour a bunch of BBQ sauce over the fries. If you're trying to do something different with a classic like poutine, you'd better blow me out of the water. This didn't.
The gnocchi. Call me spoiled, the first time I ever tried gnocchi was in Italy. I usually don't eat it if it's not a super food snob Italian preparing it. This reminded me why. Again, it's not that it was bad, it was actually quite flavourful and I loved the bits of sausage on top. The pasta itself though, waaaaay too squishy. Yes, it was squishy. Gnocchi should not be squishy.
Come on Tango, step it up. You're three quarters of the way there, I feel like you're the smart kid in class who knows they're smart and is coasting on through on a B- when they've got the makings of an A+ valedictorian.
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