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| - I came here last night for Winterlicious. The place was completely packed. Even though I had a reservation for 7pm, we still had to wait about 20-25 minutes for our table. Either they were waiting for a table to finish or something in the kitchen backed up their service. That wasn't a good start to the dinner.
I ordered the Smoked Trout Rilletes, Cassoulet and the Spice Cake. For the rilletes, the smoked trout rilletes were prepared beautifully with enough smokiness and saltiness. You might've thought the star of the dish was the chips since it had more of the plate than the trout. Spread around it all was a bearnaise aioli. I took chips, a bit of the rilletes and the sauce altogether and it all came together!
For the cassoulet, it might've looked small at the first glance but with the beans on the plate, it was pretty filling. The duck confit was mixed so well into the beans that each time you stuck your fork in, you would have small shreds of duck.
To end the dinner, I had a spice cake with vanilla creme fraiche on top. It appeared that the parts that did not have the caramel or creme fraiche on top were a tad dry. But there was enough to spread it all across to moisten everything up. Yummy!
Throughout the service, there were many little things that turned this review from a 3 to a 4. When my two friends went to the washroom, the server came by and folded up their napkins. When I went to the washroom, my napkin was also folded. As well, the server gladly took a moment to take 3 pictures for us even when it was very busy.
Overall, we left the night feeling very healthy!
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