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| - Came here for their Sunday Supper for an early Valentine's dinner with my gf. Reservations for an early dinner done through OpenTable.
I've always wanted to try the Sunday Supper here since it was $35 per person (now it's $40). The three course menu changes every week and is themed (French Bistro when we went). Even though it's three courses, it's technically more than three since they serve several appetizers, several sides with the main of the day and a dessert.
The starters were: Saucisson on Brioche, Roasted Leeks with anchovies and egg, Celeriac soup with remoulade.
The saucisson was interesting. It was reminiscent of Pocket Dawgs from the Saddledome and it came with baby pickles, mustard and onion garlic jam. I didn't find the dish particularly exciting since the sausage was not overly flavorful and lacked the savoriness (salt!) to balance the sweetness of the brioche. The gf had this as one of her top dishes though.
I found the roasted leeks to be a bit bland, however it was nice and refreshing. I found it went great with a dollop of the onion garlic jam from the other dish. The leeks were roasted and tender, with a sliver of anchovy on top and sprinkled with a medium boiled egg that was cooked great. I enjoyed this dish because the egg was cooked in a manner that was kind of like snow and melts in your mouth to form a sauce, adding some richness to the dish.
The celeriac soup was our favorite starter. It was a creamy, velvety soup topped with an herb oil, remoulade and fried onions. It was almost too salty, but I think it was just right and the texture of the soup was perfect.
The main was Pot au Feu, which was served with a bone marrow sauce. Sides: Ciabatta bread, Carrots Amandine, Brussel Sprouts Gratin.
Pot au Feu is essentially beef stew. In this case it was beef shank which was cooked nice and tender. I love shank since there is a ton of soft gooey collagen when cooked right, however it appears I ended up with the piece with less collagen (gf said hers had lots of collagen running through it). Regardless the meat was perfectly tender, the marrow lent it's richness to the sauce which had some potatoes, turnips and pearl onions in it.
The ciabatta bread was one of our favorite dishes of the night. The outside was so crispy, yet the inside was so airy and light. It was absolutely awesome with some marrow jus or the creamy gratin sauce. We really wanted to ask for more bread but we were stuffed. But seriously the bread was très délicieux.
Carrots amandine were interesting. First time trying this and I know it's a French dish, but it was a bit odd to have toasted almonds on top of roasted carrots. The carrots were roasted well and the toasted almonds were great, but it didn't really come together for me.
Brussel sprout gratin was tasty. There was an abundance of rich creamy, cheesy sauce (great with the bread!!) and the brussel sprouts were not overcooked. If I had a critique on this one, it would be that I would expect a gratin to have a bit more of a crispy element (usually breadcrumbs) to it and it lacked that.
The dessert was a lemon tart. The filling was a perfect balance of sweet and sour, with good lemon flavor which cut through the rich buttery tart shell.
The table layout is a little weird since there are tables on the side which are very close to the bottom of the stairs. The atmosphere was quaint and nice, we liked that they played music which went with the theme (French). The tables had real candles and they had candles on the wall, lightning was not bright but not too dim making it a good date place. Even though the individual portions might look small, the food was more than enough to fill us and scrap our plans to try Made by Marcus.
Although the service was good and attentive, the gf didn't like that halfway through dessert the waitress dropped off our bill. I didn't really mind it, however I will agree that we weren't just lollygagging around and we didn't ask for the bill yet so it felt a bit like they were rushing us out. We ate as the food came out and for a higher-end place it was a bit odd that they would do that. Without that, I would've went for a 4.5 or 5 star on this review.
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