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| - This restaurant is a solid 5 stars. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our dinner experience and would definitely return. The ingredients were all perfectly cooked and the chef was a master at balancing flavours in each and every dish.
We came here on a Wednesday night and were given a cozy table inside the restaurant. They have a tapas style menu, so expect portion sizes to resemble more of an appetizer. We started off our meal with some cocktails. I cannot recall the names of our drinks, but I really enjoyed mine which had a nice kick with jalapenos in it. We also found the waitress to be very helpful. She knew the menu well and made some great recommendations
We ordered the following dishes:
- Baked oysters with shrimp hollandaise ($3 each) - Although we couldn't really taste the shrimp in the hollandaise sauce, it was still refreshing and complemented well with the fresh, slightly baked oysters.
- Bread with cultured butter ($3) - We ordered the bread mainly to make good use of the sauce that came with the mussels. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the butter, which was dusted with caramelized onion powder on top. Needless to say, we finished the bread in no time.
- MUST ORDER: Mussels smoked in pine needles with pine ash butter ($17) - This was our favourite dish for the evening. Each mussel on the plate was plump and cooked to perfection. The sauce was absolutely heavenly. It was flavorful with a nice smokiness to it, yet it was light enough to still let the mussels be the star of the dish.
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Grilled mushroom salad ($14) - This salad was incredibly flavourful, yet light. The ingredients were simple, consisting of a mix of 2 to 3 types of mushrooms (perfectly cooked, of course), sitting on top of a light watercress sauce with small pieces of fried hazelnut corn cake that added a nice crunchy element.
- Roasted duck breast ($19) - This was another delicious dish. The duck breast was extremely tender and the roasted beets and sweetness of the cranberries complimented the protein very nicely. The dish also came with some mini sausage meatballs, which were tasty, but nothing special.
- Roasted trout ($17) - Initially, we wanted to go for the beef cheek cabbage rolls, but they didn't have it that night, so we opted for the roasted trout. Again, the protein was cooked to perfection. However, the flavour profile was similar to the grilled mushroom salad, so I would not recommend ordering both together. With such an inventive menu, I would prefer to try out dishes with different flavour combinations.
We ended the night with 2 desserts, and both were absolutely amazing.
- MUST ORDER: Liberal cake with conservative sauce ($9) - The cake was light and fluffy, with a texture similar to a buttery muffin. It was lightly drenched in a delicious caramel sauce with whip cream and oatmeal on the side. We enjoyed the complexity and multiple layers of flavours in this dessert. There was a subtle hint of basil in the cake batter which cuts the richness of the dish. We also found the dessert to be surprisingly balanced, as based on looks, we expected it to be overly sweet. Boy, were we wrong. The level of sweetness was just perfect.
- MUST ORDER: Bird's nest pudding ($9) - This fried butter scotch pudding was absolutely heavenly. When paired with the baked apples and creme fraiche ice-cream, the sweetness of the butter scotch was very well balanced out.
Overall, we really enjoyed the meal from beginning to end. The menu is a bit on the pricey side, but it was worth every penny. We found the desserts to be especially good value as there were quite a few elements in each dish that formed a harmonious and delicious combination.
As mentioned above, the portion sizes are more like appetizers. The 2 of us weren't full by the end of the meal, but it was intentional as we wanted to save room for Bang Bang Ice Cream after.
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