On the
steps of the historic hill on which grows the massive Casa Loma estate is a home-turned-restaurant
as quaint as any. It is reminiscent of rustic farmyard cuisine and countryside
wineries (Anne of Green Gables, anyone?). The beautiful Victorian décor in the
summer night is wonderfully inviting. A fellow patron approached us afterward to discuss the American colonization of Liberia of west-coast Africa. Funny enough the only other time this happened to me was at a similar restaurant called "The Gables" 200km away in the small town of Brighton. (http://www.david-kong.com/2011/09/gables-brightons-hidden-gem.html) As with that of the Gables, the food is always rich, heavy and
plentiful but altogether not particularly inspiring. Three decently sized
shrimp lie isolated from a watery and poorly presented salad, both parts under seasoned
and under-flavoured. The roast beef striploin is significantly better; it is
cooked to a blushing medium rare, portioned generously and coated in a
beautiful red wine reduction. Yet the standard mix of fingerling potatos (a few
too many) and green beans leaves a little more to be desired. The dessert hit
all the right notes, but again, tasted of French toast from breakfasts past and
future. So while the food might not win any awards for originality, the
experience itself was pleasantly novel.
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