Winterlicious - Boulevard Cafe

Although Ian has been to Boulevard Cafe before, this place seems like an incredible deal at lunchtime during the Winterlicious promotion. It is nominally Peruvian, but the majority of the menu appears to be items that you might not typically find in Peru!

El Plebeyo or El Fogon are much more authentic, albeit not as 'fancy' as the Boulevard.

Ian had the soup of the day - it was billed as a pureed yellow split pea, but was actually more of a shrimp soup in a yellow split pea kind of broth. Pretty tasty all around! Ian was delightfully surprised by all the seafood.

I went with salad - egg, avocado, artichoke heart, olive, onions, carrots on lettuce with delightful creamy dressing.

There was a mussels or chicken quesadilla option for the main course, but we both went with the tilapia fish of the day. It was a rather large piece of fish, pan fried, with some mango salsa thrown on for good measure. Came with some tasty roasted potatoes and more salad.

For dessert, my key lime pie was very creamy and had a very strong lime flavor. There were some berries and whip cream too. Ian had a flan de leche with an unfortunate bitter sugary sauce which was not all that smooth.

For $15 a piece, lunch was very good. The rather small dining room was packed - so I guess other people in Toronto agree with us?

Aside from the flan, the only other upsetting thing was that they automatically put a 17.5% gratuity on the bill. Do they not think winterlicious people tip? Then, on the credit card thing you sign, they have another opportunity to tip. Seems a little shady to me! I wonder how many people don't notice and end up leaving a 30% tip??