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| - A friend at work made a list of top restaurants in Toronto to check out and Alo was at the top of that list. I decided that I wanted to take my wife there for our anniversary, so I started planning by putting a reminder in my phone exactly 60 days before our anniversary. At midnight, 60 days before my anniversary, I was able to get a reservation for 8:30 PM through OpenTable. That's when the countdown began...
We started reading reviews, blog posts, articles and started getting even more excited, but a part of me thought that we might ruin the experience by setting our expectations extremely high!
The day before our dinner, the restaurant called me to confirm our dietary restrictions. I don't eat beef and my wife is vegetarian who also doesn't eat eggs. When we arrived for dinner, they confirmed our dietary restrictions, asked if we wanted to do the wine pairing (which my wife did) and then started us off with some appetizers. The food, from appetizers to dessert, was amazing! My favourite dish was the Quebec foie gras with sunchokes, hedgehog mushrooms, and chicken jus. The wine was supposedly really good too. We kept cleaning our plates to the point where our waiter said "you guys don't leave any prisoners" and he was right! The staff were easy to talk to, polite and very helpful. This dinner will hurt your wallet, but the experience is a must, especially for all people who love food that are from Toronto. BELIEVE THE HYPE.
We loved Alo and will definitely go back for another big milestone in our lives!
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