"6"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ . "In the swank domain of the Hotel Le Germain, Victor occupies what was once Rain's Italian sister, Luce. Under new ownership and culinary skills of David Chrystian, Victor strives to satisfy Toronto's (and out of towners) craving for the latest locavore fare. \nIt prides itself on sourcing from local Ontario farmers as much as possible and for emphasis on fresh seasonal dishes. \n\nWe arrived on a Friday night to a surprisingly empty room. I was somewhat disappointed to notice that while the menu was decidedly local, the wine list suffered from a lack of Ontario wines. Surely, wine and food would go hand in hand on a localvore menu. \n\nService got off to an awkward start but was quickly redeemed to be quite good. \n\nAs for our food, delicious but for two quite major missteps. Someone in the kitchen has quite a heavy hand with the salt as both me and my friend found the fish way too salty which ruined an otherwise beautiful dish and nice cut of black cod. \nSecond misstep, after having a little deliberation, the striploin was ordered on the rarer side of medium-rare but turned up at our the table on the well side of medium. Recognizing our disappointment, our server offered to take it back and another piece be prepared to our friend's liking. Reluctantly, we agreed as we didn't want to be too much bother.\n\nA word about ambience, it seemed that Victor was unsure of what it wants to be. It's a very elegant room, with a gorgeous feasting table but the hockey game above the bar and the slightly too loud lounge music made you wonder whether we were at a sports bar, casual eatery? or was it a nice restaurant. It's as if your rumbunctious little brother suddenly takes over room after you've moved out. It was just as well since we almost had the whole restaurant to ourselves and could just chill and chat to no abandon."^^ . . "2009-10-19T00:00:00"^^ . . .