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| - Went to Bistro 990 with a group of 5 other people for summerlicious. Going with a group of friends makes it a little harder to do a food review, but as I sit and think and reflect on the food I think its a can do.
Unfortunately i was underwhelmed by the food, service and atmosphere. To start I ordered the arugula and radish salad with citrus dressing. Admittedly I thought the citrus dressing was actually going to be citrus pieces in the salad itself to cut down on the pepperiness of the arugula and radishes, and 'twas as I feared, too peppery without anything to really balance the flavours on the palette.
Main course was the Mahi Mahi with Quinoa and pineapple chutney. The Mahi Mahi was cooked perfectly, however too salty for my liking. I am also unsure why Quinoa was used, it didn't particularly impart any flavour or texture that complemented the rest of the dish... it seemed out of place. The pineapple salsa was delicious, the only issue i have with it is that the Jalapenos that were used we not chopped up fine enough so at times when you took a bite you would get an extreme heat, now I don't have a problem with heat but i know others do. If you don't have heat tolerance don't have this dish.
Last up Lemon Poppyseed cheese cake....dun dun dun! The crust tasted a bit stale, like it was exposed to air for a little too long before serving. The filling was lacking the "lemon" part of the lemon poppyseed name. The cake itself wasn't as velvety as I am used to, however not awful, I wonder perhaps if it was a ricotta mix which threw off the texture a wee bit.
The wine is also overpriced as compared to other restaurants. The wait staff was non attentive and the decor was not my cup of tea... it seemed rather dated in my opinion.
Overall, not a terrible place to eat, but in terms of what it's "worth"...I would just spend my money elsewhere for better service and food.
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