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| - Probably one of the best restaurants in Toronto right now. Oh, Dailo. So totally delicious. The decor, so funky, so beautiful. Enter and there's a stairwell to an upstairs bar that looks like you're walking up tl a spaceship... sick first impression.
Service was awesome. Server bearded man loved the food, new the menu cold, was helping us figure out what we wanted, killer suggestions, watched our table and took care of what came our way -- truly good service. The way he described the food also really reflected how much the Chef and the kitchen staff invest into ingredients, flavor, and taste. It's not just a list of items on this menu.
The food... This morning I wished I didn't brush my teeth because I wanted to still taste what I had. So goddamm good.
1. Drinks: Tom Yum Booze - spicy, light, coconut water, spicy, light, coconut water. Drink, repeat. It's like you just hit that combination over and over. Not super boozy, spicy, a bit biting, refreshing.
2. Plates: Octopus tacos - beats out anything from Grand Electric, La Carnita, whatever. On a jicama shell which made it into this unique tortilla, and the fried octopus, and aioli, and pork belly ... delicious. Pumpkin dumplings - total knockout, and was like my first taste of love for Dailo. The dumplings are good, really good, but the sauce? Butter, truffle oil, soy, white rabbit candy glaze (wha?). You just think about what brown butter and truffle oil must taste like and you can imagine how good that must be. I was drinking this with a spoon. Forget the dumplings ... just the sauce.
Halloumi - probably the weakest thing we ordered but still very good. Got this with the tofu, and the black bean sauce is salty, different, with these pieces of tofu that give a nice chew. It's very good, but the black bean sauce is just a bit overpowering for the rest of the flavors. All very relative to everything else we had that night, of course... Singapore Curry Cauliflower - this is where you see the asian coming out.
3. Mains:
I swear these two dishes made Dailo one of the most memorable dinners I've had in months. We got this tip from our server to get the cabbage with a remoullade of a cheese, in a sauce, along with the 90 day aged 12oz rib eye. Seriously no words. It's an expensive item ($44 for the rib eye) but the beef ... that beef ... Thd word "succulent" is made for moments like this. The rib eye had a green chutney aioli drizzled on top, these pickled mushrooms, this bok chop, the steak was seared on the outside, totally breaking apart in your mouth. Then you take the cabbage remoullade and put it on top... and it's like all three of us at the table were falling out of our booth. One of the best dishes I might have ever had. Memorable would be an understatement.
Just loved this place and for a restaurant that's apparently "new," you wouldn't know it. Dailo has got to be one of my favorite restaurants of the year. Understated, the food is truly perfection, service just exudes a respect and love for that menu, and it's worth the experience. Delicious spot. Maybe one of Toronto's best right now?
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