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| - The BF and I wanted to celebrate our anniversary with some truly amazing food, and The Harbord Room delivered! Initially, we couldn't get a reservation, but were offered spots at the bar upon arrival. However, when we got there, the hostess very graciously found a spot in the patio in the back, but with a 15 min wait. Perfect, since we just made ourselves comfy at the bar, and ordered a round of drinks.
Drinks themselves are expensive, but not exorbitant. With a description "gentle, beautiful tea notes, yet it carries the ability to knock 'em down quick like a geisha", I HAD to try the Geisha Sour ($12) and it was fantastic! Egg white foam with rosewater on top, gin + lime + matcha tea syrup. Noms. My man got a manly scotch. The hostess gave us periodic updates ..."10 more minutes....5 more minutes", very considerate. Then...we spotted the bartender preparing a HUGE pineapple chalice of drink and decided that's what we're having with our dinner!
For dinner, we ordered Charcuterie Board ($20) to share, Dry Aged Beef Burger ($19) for him and Red Curry Pork Belly for myself ($17). Oh, and a big honkin' copper pineapple chalice full of "Monkey See" - pineapple/banana cocktail that seemed to never end. The Charcuterie had lard, tongue/cheek terrine, duck liver pate, chorizo, multiseed mustard, pickled beets and okra, and toasted bread. So so fantastic. It was an amazing way to start the meal, and everything was house made. Highly recommended!!
The burger was absolutely delicious. Juicy juicy juicy! It had caramelized onions, cheese and on egg bun, comes with fries. They also had house-made ketchup...interesting. Our tastebuds are too geared towards Heinz ketchup, so it's a nice change! The pork belly came as a deconstructed dish, with egg crepe, basil, pickled beets and radish rounds. The curry had a good bite to it, and the crepe strong enough to stand up to the curry sauce (aka LOGISTICS!)
For dessert, we split a brown sugar cake, that came with rosewater ice cream, panna cotta and fig jam. That rosewater ice cream...was so delicate and rose-y. It was definitely strong in the taste arena. The dessert worked best when you have a bit of everything in one bite, otherwise the cake on its own was way too flavourful.
Amazing amazing service, hands down. And that Pineapple punch lasted all through the meal too!
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