Richmond Station *.

My boyfriend and I came to Richmond Station for dinner and we both loved it! :) 
5 stars goes out to the quality of food and service. 
Our waitress was very friendly and attentive to our table.

We ordered the TASTING MENU, the chef chooses your dishes for the night and surprise you :) When you order, the waitress will ask if you have any food allergies / things you would not want as part of the chef choices. I requested not to include blue cheese / goat cheese :P

DRINKS:

WHITES - NV RONDINELLA BIANCO "IL BIANCO" x 2

OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL (5/5)
(house condiments, horseradish, lemon)

Mmm.. so yummy and fresh! Great light start to our tasting menu.

CRISPY POLENTA FRIES (5/5)
(truffled aioli, parmigiano, chives)

This is my favourite dish out of the tasting menu. The fries were delicious - very crispy on the outside. My favourite part of this is the truffled aioli - LOVED it!!

MARINATED TOMATO SALAD (5/5)
(red pepper puree, garlic croutons, arugula, cucumber, red wine vinaigrette)

I'm not a big fan of tomato salads.. but this got me like D:!! I really want to know how to make the red wine vinaigrette for this salad. It was light but flavourful. After you finish, it leaves you feeling healthier haha. Also, the garlic croutons were huge!

MUSHROOM AGNOLOTTI (4/5)
(summer greens, truffled goats cheese, basil, pickled shiitake, fried sourdough)

The display of the agnolotti pasta was pretty. Placed on a hot plate - kept the pasta nice and hot. One big pasta roll was enough because we were already getting a bit full from the previous chef selections (actually maybe only I was getting full, my boyfriend eats a lot haha).

GRILLED SALMON (4/5)
(asparagus purée, beans, asparagus)

Crispy on the outside and tender in the inside. Loved the asparagus purée pairing because it wasn't too thick and it doesn't cover the freshness of the salmon flavour.

DUCK CONFIT (5/5)
(onions, radish, house sauce)

Whatever they marinated the duck confit with, it was so good. Usually when it's marinated, it becomes too salty, but this duck confit was perfect. The onions and radish for the sides also made it a good palette cleanser.

DESSERT:

CINNAMON AND ORANGE SORBET (5/5)

I always look forward to the dessert menu at Richmond Station because they never disappoint me! For the tasting menu, the dessert was a cinnamon and orange sorbet. I personally is not a big fan of oranges (I don't hate it though), but they made the orange sorbet so good!! There was a great mix of texture as well. There's a combination of crunchy cookie bits and nuts, meringue and whip cream-like sauce. So yummy!! 

Will definitely come back :)

Richmond Station

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1 Richmond Street W
Toronto, ON M5H 3W4

Richmond Station *.

I gave Richmond Station 4/5 stars before, but I'm updating my review to 5/5 stars :D

DRINKS (great selection for wine list!)
White Wine 2010 CHARDONNAY & Beer

HALIBUT CAKES (5/5)
These were delicious! The sauce that came with it was amazing too. 

CHARCUTERIE (4/5)
The meats that were part of the meat board set were towards the lighter end of taste buds - very delicious. Especially when you dip the meat with the mustard sauce!

BEEF DUO (4.5/5)
Omg loved the sauce, was it the Hollandaise sauce? :D 
There were different textures of the beef that was cooked three different ways - very interesting.

DESSERTS 

DESSERT WINE (3/5) 
It's too bitter for me - first time trying this drink (forgot the name! haha) It has an orange peel in it. My boyfriend liked it though :S 

HAYDEN'S CHOCOLATE BAR (5/5)
Richmond Station has the best desserts - everything I tried so far has been 5 stars.
The crust at the bottom of the dessert was amazing. Not overly sweet. Would definitely reorder this! :)

Richmond Station

1 Richmond Street W
Toronto, ON M5H 1W2