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| - Myself and 2 gf's met for dinner here a couple nights ago, I will call us the Calgary Tripod lol. After a quick Yelp search I came across this beauty, and suggested it to the tripod, we all agreed it would be a great new place for us to try in yyc!
Service :
Nothing short of amazing. Upon arriving, I was greeted with warmth and a smile. We had reservations and I was early, but I was seated right away; although the restaurant was quite busy. Our waitress was incredibly nice, and very attentive to us, and all her tables. She was knowledgable of the menu and was honest with her recommendations. I wish I caught her name, I will call her Red lol (her hair was a really pretty red colour). The manager, Corey, was very attentive & engaging to all tables around the restaurant too, that's always such a nice touch. I honestly love that, very hands on. He was good-humoured and genuine, so that definitely added to the experience. :).
*side note: the fact that they have a few dishes on the menu that "give back" to the community, that's simply so special. It gives a whole new remarkable addition to the experience. We loved hearing about it, and this fact alone makes me a repeat customer.*
Taste :
Wow. Where the heck do I even begin. K, HAND ROLLED PASTA *dropsmic* lol Enough said, right?! . Wow . It was FANTASTIC. I had the hand rolled pasta with broccolini & chicken in a garlic cream sauce. All of the pasta is home made! My noodles were a little thicker than fettuccini, & so fresh omg they were perfect. The cream sauce had such fantastic depth of flavour, it wasn't too rich, and Jst so On point. The broccolini was very green and "al denté", clearly they were treated right and cooked to perfection. I won't lie tho, my chicken in the pasta was a tad overcooked. They were rather small pieces, so I can see how they can over cook easily. . That's my Only criticism for this dish, but everything else about it was so beyond perfect I really can't complain. It's still what I'll be ordering next time I go, I have pure love for that dish, which it was actually Red's main recommendation! One of my gf's had the local sausage appy dish.. It came with 2 different types of sausage, pickled veg, & grainy mustard. Them sausages were so succulent, juicy, & flavourful .. I want more sausage. Seriously. lol. My Pig ordered the pesto fresh angel hair pasta: noodles fab, of course, but as per her comment, "sauce needed a little more flavour", she says. I didn't try, I was too infatuated with my dish.. And sausage Hahha so I can't quite comment lol. We ordered one desert, and it was delicious. Very mesmeric and I couldn't wait to try.. I will touch on that more in my "Overall experience"..
Presentation :
Presentation of the plating was simply delightful. It was creative, clean, and strategic. Incredibly aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and just as delicious. Presentation of the restaurant: Definitely clean cut and up kept very nicely. It's a new place with some character to it, with alluring decor and inviting style. We approve! :)
Atmosphere :
Very charming atmosphere, the crowd this place lures in is definitely an attractive one. Well dressed, "white collar" type of crowd. The dim dinner set lighting, and classy look to the place, made me feel very comfortable and relaxed. Music was at a perfect volume too, not bothersome or intrusive at all. Ambiance on point, I must say ;P.
Overall experience :
My overall experience was so close to 5 star, I would say a 4.75. I almost feel like I have to doc something (even if it's jst .25) for being mislead about the pumpkin cheesecake in the desert menu hahha . Although, as I mentioned, the desert was incredibly good and Presentation was fabulous , I was still expecting one thing and got another. I'm only mentioning because I'm just a human being roaming this earth obsessed with cheesecake Hahaha . I truly KNOW my cheesecake, making fab cheesecake literally runs in my family ok lol . So my only constructive criticism would be to change the name of the pumpkin "cheesecake" to pumpkin "pie". I would have suggested maybe adding some cream cheese to the filling to make it a cheesecake, at least texturally, but the crumble on the outside was resemblant to a pie crust crumble .. So it still would have that pie feel to it tbh lol therefore, quickest fix : change the menu name lol. Regardless, that's so minor in comparison to the overall experience, needless to say, I will be back. And I cannot wait for that pasta again.
M.M.
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