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| - The food is inventive, but poorly excecuted.
First of all, we came on a nice summer evening so we sat outside. Real chill and comfortable. Not sure how the indoors seating works, it looks like it's part of "le Cinq"?
Service was relaxed, but they seem to come at the wrong times. We got asked if everything is okay by a different server every single time, so that was a bit amusing. When we wanted to get the bill (we had a movie to catch), the people seemed to appear a lot less frequently.
We started with the duck confit blueberry nem rolls. Basically two spring rolls filled with duck, with a blueberry sauce on the bottom. They were really one dimensional, I thought the duck confit would be amazing but it turned out kind of bland. The sauce wasn't very complimentary either, it was a bit bitter, I was hoping for a tart and sweet flavour to boost the dish. 2 rolls for $12. hm
Next, we got small size poutines in mao zhe dong and fidel.
Both poutines has great flavours, but for the price we're paying, I do hope there were more toppings!
The Fidel was supposed to have shrimp and scallops, but everytime we thought we found a piece...it was just a cheese curd. I think in total there were 4 tiny pieces. The flavour was delcious though. The lobster bisque that stands in for the gravy was a good choice.
The mao zhe dong have barbeque pork, and foie gras. Also the same complaint here, too little toppings! We got 3 extremely thin slices of pork :( Then again, the foie gras infused sauce was delicious.
Anyways, the poutines were very filling because of all the fries (we could only finish half of it). Since the restaurant feels more high end than regular poutine joints, they should focus on the toppings that really make the dishes stand out. Keep doing what you're doing with the sauces though!
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