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| - The latest hip addition to Calgary's food scene, Ten Foot Henry is mentioned in conversations left and right. My first question is: Who is Henry?
Regardless, the ambiance of this restaurant is lovely. Bright white space with a humble feel delivered by the wooden furniture, which is complimented by an abundance of green leafy plants found throughout the restaurant. They have a small open kitchen at the back where all patrons can sneak a peek at the action happening. Service was friendly and attentive. I was greeted by a hostess who stood at the entrance when I walked in and my server was quick to give me a glass of water while I waited for my party to arrive.
Everything started off gravy... and then came the food. The menu looked great! But as we got to sampling the food, everything sort of went downhill unfortunately. We ordered the Henry salad, salt roasted potatoes, baked yam, yakitori chicken, and the side egg yolk, serrano ham, toast, fondue.
The Henry salad was super sour, the vinaigrette dressing used was way too overpowering. We had to mix bites of the salad with the other dishes to mellow out the sour taste. I like to think I have a high tolerance for sodium as I'm a savoury person, but the salt roasted potatoes had me reaching for my water between each bite. The salt was not evenly spread out and some bites made me feel like I should down the entire communal water bottle. The potatoes were served on a generous bed of mayo, which was good but in the end I felt like I could've remade this dish at home (with a more healthy dose of salt). The baked yam was good, nothing wrong with it but also nothing outstanding. The yakitori chicken was decent, but not as strong flavoured as it could've been. And lastly the egg yolk/serrano ham/toast/fondue was good, but again felt like something I could order at another restaurant. So to sum up my food experience, the "best dishes" of my visit was the baked yam and egg yolk/serrano ham/toast/fondue dish, but was it good enough to warrant a return? Ehh.. I don't think so. If the best dishes we had were nothing spectacular, why bother. My friends and I were bummed out with the food. I'm not sure what happened, can someone tell me if we ordered the wrong dishes?
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