Canoe

Last night I went to dinner with a friend at Canoe. WOW!

The setting is the 54th floor of the TD Bank tower, right in the heart of downtown. We were seated by the window and had a view of everything to the south, down to the lake. It was pretty cool at night, and I can only imagine that it's magnificent during the day where you can see more than just city lights.

We shared a starter plate which really wasn't big enough to share, in spite of costing more than I would normally pay for an entree anywhere else. It was the Canoe Plate, which consisted of torchon of foie gras, tuna tartar, and chilled lobster salad. These were all pretty much bite size, and everything was yummy, but I would have liked to have another bite. The tuna was especially fantastic, served inside an endive spear, with a very spicy sauce.

For my main course I had the Pinenut Crusted Rack of Lamb, which came with braised violet kale, goat cheese pie (with potato) & spiced mint sauce. It was absolutely fantastic, although I could take or leave the mint sauce. My friend ordered the Organic Arctic Char, which came with black lentils, leeks & chanterelles. I only had a small bite of that, and wasn't blown away, but my friend thought it was great.

For dessert, I ordered the Fireweed Honey Butter Tart with roasted plum sauce, which was incredibly rich and delicious. P had the El Rey Chocolate Ganache Cake with blood orange caramel & cappuccino ice cream. I took a small taste of it, and the blood orange caramel was unbelievable.

Overall, a wonderful experience. The food was fantastic, the service excellent, and the setting spectacular.

Posted by raptorgirl at February 7, 2004 08:42 PM