Birthday Recap - The Lunch! Or, I can see America from my lunch!

For my birthday lunch I decided I wanted to go to Canoe after reading about Teena in Toronto going there for cocktails.  I had been there many, many moons ago and had forgotten all about it!

It was a beautiful sunny day!

The view from the bar.

I was quietly trying to keep my vertigo in check!

The Toronto Island airport.

I couldnt get a good picture of them but I could see buildings in Rochester across the lake.  So, just like Sarah Palin...I could see America from my lunch!

This military plane going past a couple of times did nothing to encourage a sense of well being.  If I had seen it a third time I was getting the heck out of there!

Bread was served with miso and they kindly brought me wheat free crackers.

Goat cheese on braised fennell - the richest goat cheese I have ever had!

An egg poached in pork stock served on carrot slaw of some sort with panchetta and ceasar salad.  I found the dishes to be a bit too sweet when they just needed to be savoury.  There wasnt a salt shaker in sight and I had a feeling Michael Bonacini would've refused to bring me salt if I had asked for it.  I appreciate the purity of great ingredients but c'mon....eggs need salt!

The Suburban Prince's lobster club.

And his mushroom soup.

My birthday dessert.

It was a flourless cake with caramelized bananas, coconut sortbet and a toffee thingy.  The sorbet was a refreshing treat on a wintery day but I dont really like bananas and the cake was so-so.  But super cute presentation!

The kitchen after the lunch rush.

All in all I dont think I would go to Canoe again for anything other than drinks - the food didnt blow me away like I thought it would even though the service was pretty great.  I did notice they kept taking my napkin off my chair, folding it up and putting it on the table, at the left side of my plate, any time I got up from my seat.  I think at those prices servers should be taught napkin etiquette.

Hav a fabulous day!