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| - I'm speechless. And in the most delightful food coma - can one get drunk on food? Ruby Watchco might be one of the most pleasing dining experiences I've ever had. Why? The food is just made with love. The place oozes a calm, confident generosity that makes you want to stay all night (although that could be the four course meal talking).
Waitstaff are that great combination of funny, down-to-earth, attentive (but not overbearing) and knowledgeable. They anticipated my every want (more water? Thank you! Another buttery chive biscuit? Don't mind if I do!) Our server took extra care with everything. Case in point - as she placed our first course plates on the table, she must have noticed that one wasn't spotless. Without a word (or a beat), she went to get another one so everything would be perfect. That while cracking jokes about (and with) her fellow servers. I guess I would also be that warm and happy if I got to eat those biscuits every day.
Drinks: Fabulously delicious margarita. Fresh lime and elderflower with a sweet/salt rim that was a revelation. They blend rock salt and rock sugar on the rim so that you first get a hit of salt (because they dissolve at different speeds) and then it's immediately followed by a hit of sweetness. Beautiful.
Dinner: The meal was a pork bonanza tonight. Salad with buttery lettuce, roasted tomatoes, cucumber, crispy croutons and caramelized slab bacon all in a light ranch dressing. Lynn Crawford does such a great job at playing with different textures and flavours. I was in heaven.
Main course: Juicy and tender pork chop with sausage sauce (!!), spicy escarole with perfectly cooked pork belly, asparagus, barley and mushrooms. Everything was delicious. Everything was overly generous. I wanted to hug everyone.
Cheese course: Aged local goat's cheese served with grilled, chewy and crusty bread and an eggplant, pepper and pine nut side. I was losing my battle against the food at this point. Sooo good. Sooo full.
Dessert: Homemade cinnamon ice-cream and a rhubarb crumble. Again - sweet and sour, crunchy and creamy, hot and cold - all playing together.
Sigh. Does food get better than this??
Vegetarian Score: I have no idea. I have no doubt that they treat vegetarians well if you tell them ahead of time. They asked me while I made reservations if my party had any food restrictions. But since I only had the bacon-fest, I'll have to go back and see.
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