Yesterday was Lindsay’s birthday, the first time in a couple of years we haven’t spent it in Europe. It was a much more low-key day, but had a seriously delicious ending. We went back to Maple Leaf Tavern for the first time since we went for my birthday last year and, frankly, we killed it.

• bread (red fife, sourdough, potato Focaccia) and butter
  • cocktails
• whole Ontario Burrata (virgin canola oil, Baco Noir balsamic, seasonal garnish, toast)
• risotto (pumpkin, duck, and sage butter)
  • Domaine Baud Pere & Fils ‘Brut Sauvage’ Cremant de Jura
• 7oz Wagyu flat iron w/ tarragon butter
• 20oz ribeye w/ red wine sauce
• honey & cumin glazed carrots w/ parsley yoghurt
• Hasselback potato w/ truffle butter, chilled foie gras
• broccoli w/ chili, anchovies
  • La Lecciaia Sassarello 2012 ‘Super Tuscan’
• sticky toffee pudding w/ caramelized white chocolate, birch syrup, vanilla cream
  • 12 year old Graham’s port
  • Stratus ice wine
  • The bartender brought over some Tokaj he thought about putting on the menu