Thanks for looking at the food pics

[trini]

Thanks for looking but only 750 votes and some negativity i think we can safely say this is a fast food place.

[Fobulous]

been here twice: the foods presentation and service are all top notch. would gladly go back when it opens back up

[deep]

The presentation looks more than fine for a meal under $20....

I'm not a fan of small portions, but those pics are making me hungry!

[DJXP]

great im salivating now.

[felixdd]

Don't really like the presentation on the last plate (is that a piece of sirloin?)

Don't mind to threadjack...but is one of the dishes fois gras? Where can one obtain fois gras in Toronto? St. Lawrence doesn't have any.

[trini]

What part of its not the final presentation don't you understand?
when you are in a kitchen with hungry people waiting to eat you think they give you time to take photos?
The last thing people want to see, a guy with a camera when there is work to be done.
This is taken when we are passing the plates around for the various stations kimosabe.
While you may not like it and not everyone will it is planned and supervised by award winning Chefs and people who know what they are doing and who live and enjoy what they do.
Nothing but the best leaves that Kitchen.

Foie Gras while is not illegal to be served in restaurants is illegal to be sold in stores in Toronto at least because of the method and so forth so what you find usually is a substitute for it, mind you in my opinion they all taste the same especaially when add champagne and so on to it.
This you see here is the real deal.

[felixdd]

What part of its not the final presentation don't you understand?
Calm down man I know it's not the final presentation...but I still don't like it because the food seems all over the place. Unless the final form has no resemblence to it whatsoever I probably still won't like it. Didn't mean for it to be offensive..sheesh.


Foie Gras while is not illegal to be served in restaurants is illegal to be sold in stores in Toronto at least because of the method and so forth so what you find usually is a substitute for it, mind you in my opinion they all taste the same especaially when add champagne and so on to it.
This you see here is the real deal.
I thought so...I was wondering why you can only buy it in Quebec (or so I was told).

[Emancipated]

I didn't even know what Foie Gras was until I read it up.

http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/factory_farms/foie_gras.html

n 1992, the HSUS sent a veterinarian to investigate a New York State foie gras producer, which resulted in a police raid and cruelty charges against the farm. Necropsies taken of the dead birds revealed many painful conditions: The force-fed birds had chronic heart disorders; ruptured liver cell membranes; cirrhosis; traumatic esophagitis; and lesions in their gizzards and intestines. Dead birds were found with food filling their esophagi and spilling out of their nostrils.


Sounds barbaric.

[felixdd]

I didn't even know what Foie Gras was until I read it up.

http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/factory_farms/foie_gras.html

n 1992, the HSUS sent a veterinarian to investigate a New York State foie gras producer, which resulted in a police raid and cruelty charges against the farm. Necropsies taken of the dead birds revealed many painful conditions: The force-fed birds had chronic heart disorders; ruptured liver cell membranes; cirrhosis; traumatic esophagitis; and lesions in their gizzards and intestines. Dead birds were found with food filling their esophagi and spilling out of their nostrils.


Sounds barbaric.

It is...and IMHO it doesn't taste that great either. But I just wanted to know; my parents wanted buy fois gras one time and couldn't find any.

[Blazin_Sunfire]

don't catch them after they get their marks back, they might be so upset that they spit in your food lol

[trini]

Marks are posted when you finish this particular session just so you know.
Furthermore we dont permit that sort of Low Life behaviour of spitting in peoples food its better to spit in your face and get it over with.
Eyes are always on you as well.

Restaurant is closed for renovations until 2nd week in Sept i forgot to mention that.

[Headhunter]

I knew a dude who took this course, he works as a graphic designer for a Chinese newspaper now... :-0


don't catch them after they get their marks back, they might be so upset that they spit in your food lol
Heh heh, inappropriate but amusing. :lol:

[duckdown]

wow, trini needs to calm down

[evoviii]

i'd give this a try, how reasonable are the prices?

[royaljelly]

Gotta agree with felixdd that the presentation is still lacking some refinement (although it was mentioned by the poster that this is not the final product). I've eaten at many fine restaurants around the world, including the CIA (Greystone) at Napa Valley and presentation is key.

There also seems to be a frequent use of what looks to be chinese bok choy in a lot of the dishes... is there some asian fusion influence in these chefs?

On a side note, is that real truffles that I see on top of the fois gras? If so, it'll be hard to believe that you can get it for a $20 meal, especially with pieces sliced so thick.

[j6p]

i must say that this looks like a "try hard" attempt to be fancy
it might be a good deal but it certainly doesn't look good.......to me at least. but i don't mean to insult you, i know you are students

[mlc2000]

On a side note, is that real truffles that I see on top of the fois gras? If so, it'll be hard to believe that you can get it for a $20 meal, especially with pieces sliced so thick.
MAybe tofu sprayed with truffle oil.
if tht was real truffles, they'd be losing $100 per plate on this meal.

I've eaten foie gras 3 different way, each more foul than the previous.
Yech.

[trini]

Nope truffels are real that was for us students not for the public, we get treated well.

Us being students is the most ignorant statements we've been hearing, I've been expecting it to be mentioned soon.
I wont be suprised if you are one of those 12 year olds on the site pretending to be an adult.
That you see there is Canadian Standards that we have to conform to.
As for the student part, my business is over a Hundered Years old in the Caribbean not vey many Canadian Rest and Bars can make a claim like that, there are also Chefs from Rain, North 44, CN Tower and four Seasons just to name a few so the notion of us being only students just shows you level of intellegence.
Most of us are there for a piece of paper thats all.

[kawai]

Hey, that looks good, I might want to try this when I come back to DT in september.

how much for lunch/dinner?

alochol included too? :D

[felixdd]

Nope truffels are real that was for us students not for the public, we get treated well.

Dayme...I also thought they looked like truffles...but couldn't believe that they'd serve it for $20.

If they did, I'd be there this very instant :razz:

[sammy]

food looks great! :)
how many people does the restaurant seat, trini?
i plan to book a reservation later this year.

[brwnhaggler]

I don't get what ppl don't like about the presentation. some of that stuff looks top notch, there is a nice mix of colour, there is a variety of shapes, things tend to generally mesh together on the plate.

this is the art of cooking, taste can be there, but presentation is the final coup de grass. I love to cook, but I lack on the presentation side, i know it's a hard hard part of the meal, and I think those dishes have it.

For me, it all looks great trini, congrats and good luck. Let us know where you end up in TO.

[trini]

Thanks.
I would say about 150 people or so.

[Suresh]

I will definitely check it out when you re-open