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| - When I heard this place had opened in Brookfield Place, I was excited because, well, I love cheese. The thought of an all-cheese restaurant may sound equal parts simple, ridiculous and stomach-achey. But, alas, it is pretty damn good.
I went with a fellow cheeseloving co-worker for a little dinner out. We had a platter of smoked mozzarella (which actually tasted like what I assume wood tastes like, but cheesy), a really soft buffalo mozzarella and a couple of other things I don't remember now, because I was kind of cheese-drunk.
The provide you with an array of sauces (marinara, etc.) which you can use to jazz your cheese up a bit. To their credit, Obika offers a diverse menu of salads and pastas, but if you're going there, you're going for cheese.
Here's the one (or two) little thing(s) that keeps this place from getting a higher score:
1) The atmosphere. I was distracted by the lineup of theatregoers checking out Marche (every time I see people lining up there, I feel like yelling "the food isn't free!" or "do you know you have to WALK around and get your own food???!! (and then pay $40 for dinner???!!!) but I don't because that's not cool.
2) The waiter who kept calling it "moozarell". First of all, it has one "o" and there is an "a" on the end of the word. While I'm not Italian or a cheeseologist, I can read and it would appear he was mispronouncing it all night. Someone should tell him.
3) The price! $78 for appetizers for two people and no alcohol! That is a problem, as far as I'm concerned. I know cheese is expensive, especially when you elect to fly it to your resto from halfway across the Earth, despite the fact that Canada has no shortage of dairy farms (this is the angry eco-me talking), but it seems that they cannot do well when their pricing is so inaccessible.
In sum, if you feel like spending $80 on 4 pieces of cheese, this is the most delicious place to do it! Moozarell!
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