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Top Ten Restaurants 2009 - Page 10
The ROM’s avant-garde gamble paid off: C5 is refined, stylish and
distinctly Toronto
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It’s a bold decision to go high-end, pricey and avant-garde with a museum restaurant—and to hire a virtual unknown as chef—but the ROM’s gamble has paid off. Ted Corrado’s cooking shows all the local-seasonal loyalty, cosmopolitan freedom and technical finesse of the new Toronto cuisine, but it also has a stylish personality of its own. He takes risks: rabbit with nori paste and a foie gras bonbon is an unexpectedly triumphant amuse. He also brings farmers and winemakers to his dining room, striving to integrate C5 into the city’s foodscape. Now that he has started a catering operation and taken over the museum’s cafeteria, expect the ROM’s gastronomic stock to rise even higher.
STANDOUT DISH: Halibut becomes part of a seaside narrative, the silky fillet set in what looks like a rock pool shared with littleneck clams and mussels. A scattering of bottarga and salmon roe boosts marine flavours; fingers of abalone mushroom are a lovely pun. Garlic foam and bittersweet rapini complete the illusion. 100 Queen’s Park, 416-586-7928.
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Hey I'd love to go have a meal at Eigensinn Farm or Langdon Hall, so how about one of you Toronto Life guys post here how I get to either of them via the TTC.
I mean, nobody would be so stupid as to include restaurants that aren't even in the city on the list of the city's best restaurants, right?
March 29, 2009 | by P88I'm still waiting for an explanation why 2 of the "top ten restaurants in Toronto" aren't even located in the GTA.
Will I get one?
Or do so few people visit this site that Toronto Life staff don't give a sh1t about the comments?
April 1, 2009 | by P88I can't believe the lack of imagination or thought that went into this trite article. It should have been titled "top 10 restaurants for pretentious wannabes". I'm not arguing that many of them are great restaurants, but really, there's definitely been a very limited perspective taken here.
May 1, 2009 | by jps2009For instance, given the never-ending line-ups outside Terroni, I suspect the dining masses of Toronto, know a little more than this writer.
Please, try and put a bit more effort in next time.
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August 18, 2009 | by cookeeOf course, any such list like this is very subjective. But I think that "Stonegrill" Restaurant in Cabbagetown (Parliament and Winchester) is unique enough in its own right to be on any top-ten list. Any top-10 list needs enough variety to not seem boring or repetitive. Hence Stonegrill.
The Stonegrill method presents your selection on a heated lava stone from Australia, and cooks before your eyes to the exact level you want. The ambiance and wine list are luxurious enough to qualify for fine-dining, while the pricing ($25 and up per entree) is manageable enough to invite most through its doors. I highly recommend.
April 20, 2010 | by david_maurerHere is their website: http://www.stonegrillonwinchester.com/ho...