Rivoli Action

We headed out on a dinner fish eating Good Friday mission this evening. First stop was Jules, but it was closed. Next stop was the Rivoli on Queen W.

To start things off right, we got the primo table right at the front by the window. Ian of course got a bit freaked out by all the people walking by wearing skinny jeans and boots. I kinda have to agree - it's warm and there is no snow so what's up with boots???

For drinks, I went with a moderately priced 14 oz of Amsterdam Amber for $4.61 to start. Ian stuck with tap water. The beer wasn't quite as cold as it should have been.

Ian had a corn chowder. It was corny, tasty, vegetably and creamy all in one soup. Pretty good value for $5.00.

The main courses were the real star of this outing.

I had the squash & ricotta striped stuff pasta. Ian was easily impressed with the particularly vibrant stripage on the pasta. I really liked the creamy pesto sauce with mushrooms, pea pods and tomatoes thrown in for good measure. It really was more pasta than one person should eat, so Ian helped me out quite a bit. The price wasn't too bad at $15.

Ian went with a special - seared tuna, mango sauce with veggie tempura and a veggie rice risotto.

Once I assured Ian that seared tuna was indeed supposed to be somewhat raw on the inside, he chowed down pretty quickly. He really liked the tempura and it's perfect amount of coating.

The final bill came to $56 including tip.