Here's the Winterlicious Menu. Auberge is certainly not the cheapest lunch out there, but $30 is a pretty good deal for one of the top restaurants in T.I really liked the locale - an 1860's cottage in historic York Mills. Ian liked that we got seated by a window with sunshine (and a heating vent) to warm us up after a "got there too early walk around the neighborhood outing/snowball fight".
Bread (crusty french and cinnamon spiced) with artichoke tapanade was especially good.
Ian looks on with an Auberge sparkler in the foreground (fruit juice and soda). Not fantastically cheap for $4.95, but certainly tasty with a strong tangerine flavor. To bolster the Winterlicous cause and to avoid feeling really cheap, Ian went with a $10 glass of Niagara Pinot Grigio.
The salad was particularly good - fresh greens, raisins, walnuts and great dressing.
Ian went heavier with a parsnip veloute with cardamon and creme fraiche. This is definitely amongst the top soups I have ever had!
My roast chicken with cornmeal polenta, mushrooms and maderia jus was fantastic, although I might be inclined to lose the chicken skin. I have to admit it did make the dish look really good and it tasted even better, but for healthful purposes, I left half behind. Polenta was a nice change from the usual potatoes etc that often frequent meaty dishes at nice restaurants.
Ian's grilled salmon with greens, potato with sauce bois boudran was perfectly cooked with lots of flavor. A pretty hearty portion too for lunch winterlicious!
Our waiter recommended the spice cake with frozen creme fraiche and cranberry orange sauce. This was certainly a good call - it was like dark fruitcake minus the fruit but tastier and better looking with a fun sugar thing on top.
And for the piece de resistance - Brioche Pudding Jiggles with extremely insightful and witty commentary.Final bill was $96 for two including tax and tip. Well worth it and we might even come back sometime for a regular celebration dinner of some sort!
