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| - First meal at Calgary, first time trying poutine, bone marrow with escargot, and grilled whole fish. And..the meal turned out to be better than expected! It was such a joy to enjoy a good meal with good service after a 3 hr flight and being late to the restaurant for more than an hr and still able to get good food.
We don't have poutine here in LA, we're all about the heart-attack chili cheese fries, but this is like the canadian version of it but with gravy and cheese curd. It was served on a sizzling hot cast iron and fries was cooked with duck fat, though it sounds a little too greasy, but it was goood! It was soo flavorful, i don't even know how to describe it, and most of all, it was still burning your tongue on the last bite.
Since it was a late night dinner, we just ordered the poutine, bone marrow and grilled fish. Don't expect big portion here, it's more like the presentation and delicacy over quantity. The bone marrow came second, it was baked with some parmesan cheese on top and few pieces of escargot, and served with a few pieces of garlic toast. They give you a side of sea salt on the side, but it was salty enough to be eaten with the toast. I never had something like this before, but it was a very good dish. esp good with you eat it with a little of the parsley salad on the side so it doesn't taste as greasy. Very special dish that you don't get in many places.
Then comes the grilled whole fish, which was the rainbow trout. It was served with some grilled veggies, grilled lemon, and some sprouts. Very flavorful and perfectly grilled fish with some very light tasting veggies so it kinda balance the flavors out. If you're not used to eating whole fish, this may be a still complicated for you cuz there are lots of small bones in the fish.
Overall, i think this was a great meal, esp after i've been to other places and tried their poutines, Charcut has the best ones! And not to mention that service was great, the server explained almost all the menu items to us and gave us recommendations, decor and atmosphere is great, definitely a good place to go to on a date or just friends get together.
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