Had great company over Thursday dinner. It was a really mixed crowd there. We were thinking back the atmosphere and the patrons were a bit different from Studio Cafe. It didn't feel like a Four Season's dining restaurant, it was a bit laid back casual , perhaps resembling our city and Daniel Boulud's DBGB crossed with NYC Cafe Boulud?
Service was wonderful as expected. A bit of a hiccup when they took my friend's scotch order. They took care of that with ease. I had a really nice glass of their pinot gris.
We had a 830 seating and it was still rather loud in there. When the crowd gradually left we felt more comfortable talking and enjoying dinner.
Bread basket - not memorable at all. I miss the old bread basket at Studio Cafe
We also heard wonderful things about the beet salad but opted to try:
Crispy duck egg (excellent choice by my friend),
fluke ceviche (I will not order this again, the fluke should be finely sliced or diced in smaller portion. This bigger portion have it more of the fleshy texture that bothered me that needed more seasoning)
rabbit porchetta (inice!)
Main
Poulet Vinaigre - it was lovely! I rather had the stuffed leg than the chicken breast at the end.
Lamb - I forgot to ask my friend if he liked the belly part. The eggplant garnish was simple and refreshing (pickled perhaps?)
Dessert
I think my friend had a coconut pinapple dessert of some sort ... he devoured it.
I had the wild cranberry vacherin. It was amazing and light! I was so happy with it. love the bit of tartness and the meringue consistency was just right for this dish! I bit of crispy texture from a sheet of cold syrup.
Too bad about the fluke and we didn't know what to expect with the atmosphere, simply found it a bit difficult to talk int he beginning. The service was great (as expected).