Dead of food

So, Summerlicious has started in Toronto, where 150 restaurants of various types, from up-market to modest, put on special menus and let you try their wares for around $35 for a three course dinner. And tonight being the first full pay day for [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], he treated Lauren and I to dinner at Bistro 990, a rather nice French restaurant that's just a few doors down from work.

For starters I had the crab and shrimp spring rolls. Not bad, real crab, not the fake stuff, but nothing that would knock your socks off. The entree/main for me was pork tenderloin, and here there was sock explosions. Basically it was so tender I barely needed to chew, wonderfully coated with a black pepper crust that was just lovely. The mashed potato made with goat cheese was also gorgeous, if pound-inducing. Dessert (yes, I had dessert, it was part of the meal!) for me was rhubarb and strawberry compote with rosemary vanilla ice cream. The compote was lovely, although a tinge sweet for my tooth - a little less strawberry, a little more rhubarb would have been good, but then again, I like tart flavours. The ice cream... oh my. I've never had the 'herbal' type ice cream before, so to taste just a hint of rosemary amongst the sweetness of the ice cream was a surprise. A very pleasant one - it left a light, fragrant aftertaste in your mouth without being cloying.

Of course, now I think I'm going to explode. Some quality 'dead on the couch' time while I digest.

And yes, more Summerliciousness to come. :) I've come quite a way from my "food is fuel" college days!