Chiado
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416-538-1910
w: http://www.chiadorestaurant.ca/
The service is flawless—people have come to expect that from restaurateur Albino Silva—but it’s the genuine sense of hospitality that has kept regulars coming back for 21 years. A warm welcome by the fireplace greets diners before they are escorted into the plush dining room, where fado music plays amid polished wood, crisp linens and gold-framed oil paintings. Soon olives and good oil arrive, then a complimentary cheese plate with truffle honey. The fish selection of the day is duly presented: dourado bream, fillets of tuna, cod, tilefish and more. To start, steamed clams are plump and meaty in a white wine broth. The kitchen does cephalopods as well as any in the city, but it also has a way with meat. A thick loin of beef crusted with peppercorn is ingeniously partnered with pickled peppers and thick, olive oil–fried potatoes. The pure, cool simplicity of a pear poached in Madeira wine with cinnamon and saffron makes dessert as elegant as the setting. Mains $30–$48.
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Vegetarian: Yes
Price Range: Dinner for more than $130
Editor's Star Rating: 3
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