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| - This was a special trip out to Calgary/Banff for my mum's birthday. She rarely eats good steak, and so I wanted to take her somewhere nice! We decided to get two main entrees as well as their duck fat poutine. This specific poutine was something that I personally was looking for on this trip:
prime rib with onion rings and bone marrow
bison brisket served with mashed potatoes
duck fat poutine
Prime Rib with onion rings and bone marrow: by far the best prime rib that I've had. The marrow was exceedingly great as well, almost as good as having seared foie gras.
PROS
-perfectly cooked to order (we had it at a nice medium)
-super tender, juicy : my mom's face was priceless
-definitely shareable for two eaters
CONS
-too much batter on the bone marrow. It was tasty, but after the first three bites, we ended up picking off the batter
-too much fried things in general when you add in the onion rings.
Bison Brisket with Mashed Potatoes
PROS
-ridiculously tender
-not overly seasoned so you can get the full flavor of the meat
-mashed potatoes was so creamy!
-those bacon bits were amazing: super crispy, almost no fat and shaved super thin. I want to say that they were prosciutto instead of bacon!
CONS
-none. Almost too filling if you get the poutine!
Duck fat Poutine: I am comparing this to the duck fat fries from Annabel Lees tavern in Baltimore, MD. THAT was some seriously good duck fat fries there.
PROS
-huge amount: definitely shareable for the table
-great gravy: I love gravy so this was just amazing
CONS
-not enough duck fat flavor
-worse: not enough cheese curds! I only saw ONE cheese curd on the top of my poutine. I know that the majority of the curds had melted, but seriously, I wanted nice chunks of cheese curds to chew on during my meal!
All in all though, I had a fantastic meal, and my mum was so happy and so wow'd by the food. Best of all was the service. It seemed like a fancy place but as we were on holiday with our main purpose of hiking in Banff, we only had jeans and sneakers to eat in. However, the staff still treated us like kings. Thank you for that :) it made my annual mum's birthday meal extra awesome. Definitely would love to come again the next time I visit Calgary.
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