Scaramouche – Toronto – 2016 04 02 – Dinner

02 Saturday Apr 2016

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Basil, Beet Salad, Blood, blood orange, bread, bread crumbs, brioche, brown, Butter, caper, carrot purée, Cheese, Cherry, Chive, Chives, Coconut, Cod coquette, crispy, crust, Daily Soup, Fennel, fine olive oil, Foie Gras, frisée lettuce, Glaze, glazed, gnocchi, Goat, grapes, house made, Italian meringue, jelly, jus, lamb rack, Leek, leek and potato, Lemon, lemon cream, lime, Lobster, maple, maple jelly, meringue, Mustard, Myer lemon, natural jus, Nova Scotia, orange, parisienne, Parmesan, pecans, Pickled, pickled curry, pickled grapes, Potato, Purée, radicchio, Radish, Radishes, red onion, reduction, relish, runner beans, Sea Salt, shortbread, soft, Sorbet, sour, sour cherry, Spicy, spicy eggplant, swiss chard, Tarragon, Terrine, toasted, tomatoes, Vanilla, Veal, Walnut, whipped, wild mushrooms

Foie Gras Terrine Sea salt brioche, pickled grapes, maple jelly and sour cherry glaze. $28

Scaramouche Restaurant, Pasta Bar and Grill

Midtown One Benvenuto Place Toronto Ontario +1-416-961-8011

$$$$ French Romantic, Private Parties

hours of operation are:
Monday to Saturday, dinner only, from 5:30 p.m.
Closed Sundays, but Scaramouche can be rented for private functions.

Scaramouche is pleased to offer complimentary valet parking

Executive Chef Keith Froggett
Chef Carolyn Reid
Pastry Chefs: Dianne Louise and Nesreen Mrouch

: House made bread – three varieties

: House made bread – three varieties

: Cod coquette, basil Myer lemon purée, radish, chives, frisée lettuce

: Cod coquette, basil Myer lemon purée, radish, chives, frisée lettuce

: Daily soup leek and potato, Nova Scotia lobster (priced accordingly) ($16)

: Daily soup leek and potato, Nova Scotia lobster (priced accordingly) ($16)

: Daily soup leek and potato, Nova Scotia lobster (priced accordingly) ($16)

: House made bread – three varieties

: Beet Salad blood orange, fennel, soft whipped goat cheese, radicchio, red onion, fine olive oil blood orange reduction. $19

: Beet Salad blood orange, fennel, soft whipped goat cheese, radicchio, red onion, fine olive oil blood orange reduction. $19

: Spicy glazed pecans

: Spicy glazed pecans

: Foie Gras Terrine Sea salt brioche, pickled grapes, maple jelly and sour cherry glaze. $28

: Foie Gras Terrine Sea salt brioche, pickled grapes, maple jelly and sour cherry glaze. $28

: Veal Tarragon chive gnocchi parisienne, runner beans, radishes and wild mushrooms. Caper brown butter jus and crispy Parmesan. $42

: Veal Tarragon chive gnocchi parisienne, runner beans, radishes and wild mushrooms. Caper brown butter jus and crispy Parmesan. $42

: Lamb Rack with crispy mustard crust. Swiss chard, pickled curry cherry tomatoes and carrot puree. Spicy eggplant relish and toasted walnut bread crumbs. Natural jus. $48

: Lamb Rack with crispy mustard crust. Swiss chard, pickled curry cherry tomatoes and carrot puree. Spicy eggplant relish and toasted walnut bread crumbs. Natural jus. $48

: Lemon Meringue Lemon cream, Italian meringue, vanilla shortbread crust and coconut lime sorbet. $14

: Lemon Meringue Lemon cream, Italian meringue, vanilla shortbread crust and coconut lime sorbet. $14

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: The Menu 2016 04 02

: Dinner for two $270.52 (Gratuity $40.00.00)

Langdon Hall – Cambridge – 2015 08 08 – Tasting Menu Dinner

08 Saturday Aug 2015

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Alsace, Amuse Bouche, asparagus, B.C. spring, BC, Berkshire lardo, black radish, bread, Butter, buttermilk sorbet, Caviar, Chilled, Crudité, Cured, dessert, Domaine, Duck Fat, Executive Chef, Foie Gras, forage, Fried, Gewurztraminer, goose egg, grapes, Halibut, hazelnut gribiche, house made, Jason Bangerter, Lactose free, lamb, lamb tartar, Langdon Hall, Lightly cured, Lobster, maple sugar, marinated, Monforte Dairy, morel, Mushroom, mustard pickle, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Purée, Quebec, Salad, Salmon, seeded bread, snow crab, Sourdough, Spot Prawn, spring salmon, Sprouts, Sturgeon, sweet peas, Tartar, terroir, True Blue, vegetables, White Asparagus, wild, Zind-Humbrecht

Ontario Asparagus – early garden sprouts, sturgeon caviar, squid ink aioli

Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa

1 Langdon Drive Cambridge Ontario N3H 4R8 +1-519-740-2100

Virgilio T. Vea – Director of Food and Beverage
Jason Bangerter – Executive Chef

Reservations: 1-800-268-1898 or 519-740-2100

Twitter: Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa @Langdon_Hall
Twitter: Chef Jason Bangerter @chefbangerter

Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa Reservations

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Information e-mail: reservations@langdonhall.ca

: House made butter

: House made butter

: House made sourdough bread

: House made seeded bread

: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer 2012 Alc. 14% by Vol. Alsace $65.00

: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer 2012 Alc. 14% by Vol. Alsace $65.00

: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer 2012 Alc. 14% by Vol. Alsace $65.00

: Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer 2012 Alc. 14% by Vol. Alsace $65.00

: Tasting Menu amuse bouche – chilled Nova Scotia lobster, peas and garden purée

: Tasting Menu amuse bouche – chilled Nova Scotia lobster, peas and garden purée

: Ontario Asparagus – early garden sprouts, sturgeon caviar, squid ink aioli

: Ontario Asparagus – early garden sprouts, sturgeon caviar, squid ink aioli

: White Asparagus – cured goose egg, chive flowers, hazelnut gribiche $22

: White Asparagus – cured goose egg, chive flowers, hazelnut gribiche $22

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Lightly cured BC wild spring salmon – blanched young vegetables

: Chilled Nova Scotia snow crab salad – fragrant vegetable nage cured Quebec foie gras, grapes, sumac

: Chilled Nova Scotia snow crab salad – fragrant vegetable nage cured Quebec foie gras, grapes, sumac

: Langdon Hall Terroir – foraged leaves/flowers/lettuce weeds/berries, buttermilk sorbet

: Langdon Hall Terroir – foraged leaves/flowers/lettuce weeds/berries, buttermilk sorbet

: Ontario marinated lamb tartar – black radish crudité, mustard pickle, wild ramp pickle

: Ontario marinated lamb tartar – black radish crudité, mustard pickle, wild ramp pickle

: B.C. halibut & spot prawn – morel mushroom, sweet peas, Berkshire lardo, pea purée, prawns

: B.C. halibut & spot prawn – morel mushroom, sweet peas, Berkshire lardo, pea purée, prawns

: Coconut chocolate ganache with coconut ice cream (Lactose free dessert)

: Coconut chocolate ganache with coconut ice cream (Lactose free dessert)

: Coconut chocolate ganache with coconut ice cream (Lactose free dessert)

: Ontario Monforte Dairy True Blue – duck fat fried sourdough, maple sugar, candied walnut

: Ontario Monforte Dairy True Blue – duck fat fried sourdough, maple sugar, candied walnut

: Ontario Strawberry consommé – farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar

: Ontario Strawberry consommé – farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar

: Ontario Strawberry consommé – farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar

: Ontario Strawberry consommé – farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar

: Ontario Strawberry consommé – farmed and wild berries, rhubarb, lavender sugar

: Executive Chef Jason Bangerter

: Executive Chef Jason Bangerter

: Executive Chef Jason Bangerter

: Executive Chef Jason Bangerter

: Selection of cheeses

: Selection of cheeses

: The Dining Room Menu 2015 08 08

: The Dining Room Menu 2015 08 08

: The Dining Room Menu 2015 08 08

: The Dining Room Menu 2015 08 08

: The Dining Room Menu 2015 08 08

: Dinner for four $663.31 + $82.59 = 745.90 (Gratuity $125.00)

Alo Restaurant – Toronto – 2015 08 01

01 Saturday Aug 2015

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163 Spadina, 2014, acidic, almond, almond oil, Amuse, aoli, B.C., Belly, Berries, berry, berry chips, Bitter, bitter almond, Black, black pepper, blanched, Bonito, bread crusted, bream, bulgur, Burnt, burnt onion, Butter, butter bar, Buttermilk, Cake, Caramel, Caramelized, Carolina, Cerignola, Chanterelles, Chantilly, chard mustard greens, Charred, charred grapes, Chicken, chicken fat, chips, Chive, Chocolate, choux, cippo, cippo onions, cockscomb, cocktails, Confit, Corn, crab, Cream, cremeux, Crudité, Crumble, crusted, Cucumber, Cultured, Cultured Butter, cultured cream, Cured, cured cockscomb, currant, currantpâté choux, delikatess, diced, Dry, Dungeness, dungeness crab, dust, Egg, Egg yolk, Eggplant, English, English Pea, fat, fleur de sel, foam, Foie Gras, Fresh, Frisée, Ganache, Garlic, garlic scapes, Gold, Gold Rice, Golden, golden plum, grain, Granite, granola, grape vinaigrette, grapes, Grated, greens, Hamachi, hollandaise, Honey, honey cream, Hot, hot mustard, House, House bread, Jam, Japanese, Juice, King, King Oyster, kohlrabi, Kombu, kosho, Lailey, lamb, lamb shoulder, Lemon, lightly steamed, lime, linzer, Maitake, maitaki mushrooms, malted, malted meringue, Matthew Betsch, meringue, Milk, Milk Chocolate, milk jam, mushrooms, Mustard, mustard seeds, nasturtium, Niagara Peninsula, Nick Bentley, nori, Oil, olives, Onion, Onion Rings, Onions, Ontario, Oyster, pain au beurre, Patrick Kriss, Pâté, Pea, pea dust, Pea shoots, pearl, pearl onion, Pemaquid, Pepper, Pickled, Plum, plum purée, Pomme, pomme soufflé, Pork, Pork Belly, Potato, potato rounds, powder, Pre dessert, Preserved, preserved ramp, Puffed, puffed bulgur, Purée, Quebec, Rack, rack of pork, Radish, ramp, Raspberry, Red, red ribbon, ribbon, rice, Rings, Roasted, roe, rounds, Salad, Salmon, samphire, sauce, Sauvignon Blanc, scapes, Sea, Sea Beans, sea bream, sea spinach, Seeds, segments, shallot, sherry, sherry vinegar, shoots, shoulder, Sorbet, Sorrel, Soufflé, sour cream, Spinach, sprayed, stew, stout, stout cake, The bar at Alo, thyme, toasted, toasted walnut, Trotter, Vanilla, Veal, veal trotter, veg, vegetables, vinaigrette, Vinegar, Virgin, virgin butter, VQA, Walnut, watercress, whipped, White, white wine, wine, yolk, Yorkshire, Yukon Gold, Yuzu, zest

Linzer Delikatess Potato, Salmon Roe, Bonito, Corn

Alo restaurant

163 Spadina Avenue, 3rd Floor Toronto Ontario M5V 2L6 416-260-2222

Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday from 5:30 pm

Bar Alo, the restaurant’s 20-seat section manned by John Bunner Tuesday to Saturday from 5 pm to 1 am

Executive chef Patrick Kriss
Sous chefs Nick Bentley, Matthew Betsch, and Kevin Jeung)
Pastry chef Cori Murphy (ex-Canoe) @corilmurphy
General manager Amanda Bradley

alo restaurant
Hospitality ([hos-pi-tal-i-tee] Origin: French; Hospitalité; The quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, generous way.
Alo [‘a.lo] Origin: Latin; Alui altum; To nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain and keep.
It is our intention to get back to the roots of hospitality. We want each and every guest to feel welcome in our home, and that home is ALO. A destination for classically prepared, meticulously thought out French food and service. This no-nonsense approach to fine dining with our combined experience working behind-the-scenes at some of the world’s best restaurants has led us to this point. We welcome you to ALO.

Twitter: Alo restaurant @AloRestaurant
Twitter: Patrick Kriss @Patrickkriss

Information e-mail: info@alorestaurant.com

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: Alo Restaurant 163 Spadina Avenue (east side just south of Queen Street)

: Alo Restaurant 163 Spadina Avenue (east side just south of Queen Street)

: The bar at Alo Restaurant

: The bar at Alo Restaurant

: The bar at Alo Restaurant

: Cocktails at The bar at Alo Restaurant

: Cocktails at The bar at Alo Restaurant

: Puffed grain granola for The Bar at Alo

: Puffed grain granola for The Bar at Alo

: Cerignola olives, lamb shoulder, eggplant $8

: Cerignola olives, lamb shoulder, eggplant $8

: Pork belly, black pepper, sherry vinegar $8

: Pork belly, black pepper, sherry vinegar $8

: Crudité vegetables, buttermilk $8

: Crudité vegetables, buttermilk $8

: Lailey Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Niagara Peninsula, Ontario VQA dry white wine 13% a/c/vol

: Lailey Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Niagara Peninsula, Ontario VQA dry white wine 13% a/c/vol

: Pomme soufflé, black pepper and sherry aoli

: Pomme soufflé, black pepper and sherry aoli

: Pomme soufflé, sour cream

: Pomme soufflé, sour cream

: Amuse – buttermilk sorbet, English pea purée, almond oil, pea dust

: Amuse – buttermilk sorbet, English pea purée, almond oil, pea dust

: Japanese Sea Bream – samphire, toasted nori, yuzu kosho powder aoli blanched sea beans diced kombu grated radish fleur de sel

: Japanese Sea Bream – samphire, toasted nori, yuzu kosho powder aoli blanched sea beans diced kombu grated radish fleur de sel

: Pemaquid oyster lightly steamed watercress sauce confit Yukon gold potato rounds acidic virgin butter watercress salad, nasturtium, red ribbon sorrel, pickled cultured cream cippo onions

: Pemaquid oyster lightly steamed watercress sauce confit Yukon gold potato rounds acidic virgin butter watercress salad, nasturtium, red ribbon sorrel, pickled cultured cream cippo onions

: House cultured butter bar

: House cultured butter bar

: House cultured butter bar

: House Bread – pain au beurre, cultured butter bar

: B. C. Dungeness Crab – carolina gold rice, sea spinach, lime segments, juice and zest English pea shoots

: B. C. Dungeness Crab – carolina gold rice, sea spinach, lime segments, juice and zest English pea shoots

: Quebec foie gras – cured cockscomb, veal trotter, king oyster, burnt onion, bonito, stew of shallot, garlic, white wine, chive, sherry vinegar and chicken fat, sprayed sherry vinegar

: Quebec foie gras – cured cockscomb, veal trotter, king oyster, burnt onion, bonito, stew of shallot, garlic, white wine, chive, sherry vinegar and chicken fat, sprayed sherry vinegar

: Cured egg yolk, maitaki mushrooms, hollandaise

: Cured egg yolk, maitaki mushrooms, hollandaise

: Linzer Delikatess Potato, Salmon Roe, Bonito, Corn

: Linzer Delikatess Potato, Salmon Roe, Bonito, Corn

: Hamachi – bread crusted maitaki kohlrabi pickled pearl onion rings sherry vinegar, chanterelles

: Hamachi – bread crusted maitaki kohlrabi pickled pearl onion rings sherry vinegar, chanterelles

: Hamachi – bread crusted maitaki kohlrabi pickled pearl onion rings sherry vinegar, chanterelles

: Hamachi – bread crusted maitaki kohlrabi pickled pearl onion rings sherry vinegar, chanterelles

: Yorkshire rack of pork – roasted, chard mustard greens charred grapes veg grape vinaigrette preserved ramp and hot mustard purée frisée pickled mustard seeds/garlic scapes toasted walnut

: Yorkshire rack of pork – roasted, chard mustard greens charred grapes veg grape vinaigrette preserved ramp and hot mustard purée frisée pickled mustard seeds/garlic scapes toasted walnut

: Dorset Lamb shoulder – raw vegetables baby turnip gem lettuce, treviso, squash purple mustard, baby fennel, fennel fronds anchovy preserved lemon/pickled ramps, olive oil/ramp liquid, sheep’s milk yogurt

: Dorset Lamb shoulder – raw vegetables baby turnip gem lettuce, treviso, squash purple mustard, baby fennel, fennel fronds anchovy preserved lemon/pickled ramps, olive oil/ramp liquid, sheep’s milk yogurt

: Pre dessert amuse – Caramelized plum purée – golden plum sorbet, puffed bulgur and bitter almond foam

: Pre dessert amuse – Caramelized plum purée – golden plum sorbet, puffed bulgur and bitter almond foam

: Whipped milk chocolate ganache – stout cake, malted meringue, milk jam

: Whipped milk chocolate ganache – stout cake, malted meringue, milk jam

: White chocolate cremeux – cucumber granite, carmelized white chocolate crumble

: White chocolate cremeux – cucumber granite, carmelized white chocolate crumble

: Vanilla honey cream, fresh Ontario berries, berry chips, lemone thyme, raspberry red currant purée & powder

: Vanilla honey cream, fresh Ontario berries, berry chips, lemone thyme, raspberry red currant purée & powder

: Pâté choux with caramel and vanilla chantilly cream $3 per piece

: Pâté choux with caramel and vanilla chantilly cream $3 per piece

: Kitchen staff concentration

: Executive chef/owner Patrick Kriss

: Sous chef Nick Bentley

: Sous chef Nick Bentley

: Sous chef Matthew Betsch

: Executive chef/owner Patrick Kriss and sous chef Matthew Betsch

: Executive chef/owner Patrick Kriss

: Executive chef/owner Patrick Kriss

: The Menu 2015 08 01

: The Bar at Alo Menu 2015 08 01

: Alo Restaurant Cocktail list 2015 08 01

: The Wine List 2015 07 16

: The Wine List 2015 07 16

: The Wine List 2015 07 16

: The Business Card

: Drinks, bar food, and dinner for two with wine $305.10 (Gratuity $52.00)

Chefs For Change # 3 – Toronto – 2015 02 20

20 Friday Feb 2015

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Afrim Pristine, Ale, Apple, Apple Makers, artichoke, Beef, beef cheek, Beer, Blackbird Baking, Blackout Beemster, Blue Elizabeth, bone, bone marrow, bread, bresaola, Brewing, brioche, brown, Brown Butter, Butter, Caledonia, Caramelized, Caviar, celery, Celery Root, Cheek, Chris Brown, cocoa, coffee, craft, Crème, Cream, Cream Ale, creme fraiche, Divine, Dry, Dry Hopped, Duck, Duck Bresaola, Foie, Foie Gras, Fraîche, gnudi, grapes, Gras, Grey Owl, Hazelnut, Herb, Hopped, Jason Bangerter, Jerusalem, Jerusalem artichoke, Joel Rousell, Jonathan Goodyear, Junction, Junction Brewery, Lady, Maitre fromageur, Makers, manchego, marrow, mizuna, Normandy, Northern, Northern Divine, Octopus, Octopus Terrine, Parfait, Pink, Pink Lady, Potato, potato cream, Propeller, Propeller Coffee, Raisin, root, Scallop, Sea, Sea Scallop, Stationmaster, stout, Terrine, toasted, Toasted Brioche, tomatillo, Victor Barry, winter, Winter Herb

Chefs for Change

Propeller Coffee Company 50 Wade Avenue Toronto Ontario M6H 2Z3

+1-416-479-3771

In midwinter the days are short and cold and the nights long and dark.
This January and February we’re planning to bring the warmth.
Over four nights in January and February, +25 of Canada’s most creative chefs will be gathering at Propeller Coffee Roastery (50 Wade Avenue, Toronto ON) to cook together in support of Community Food Centres Canada and their mission of providing good, healthy food for all.
We invite you and your friends to join us for a night of local food, local drink and conviviality that will thaw even the coldest toes. January 23rd & 30th | February 20th & 27th
Arrive at 6:30 PM to mix and mingle; dinner to commence at 7:00 PM and festivities will continue to 12:00 AM