Hubby and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary last month. We never got around to going out for dinner though. It had been a busy few weeks and weekends never seemed to be working out. We had planned this dinner so many times but something always came up.
Maybe not planning dinner in advance is the way to go. We decided in the afternoon that it would be the perfect evening for date night and our belated anniversary dinner. We had a voucher (yes, I love my deals) for Teatro and I had been itching to use it for a while. I had been to Teatro once before but it had been so long since I had been there, I was looking forward to going back.
Our wonderful server Mitch started our evening off with an amuse-bouche, tuna tartare. The tiny morsel tasted fresh and left us wanting more. We were also served little chewy focaccia buns that we devoured with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
We chose to go with the Alberta Bison Tartare for our appetizer. Topped with a quail egg, this was served with a tiny crostini with triple creme brie as well as a small arugula salad. The flavours of the bison were incredible, especially paired with the arugula. Our only complaint was there wasn’t enough of the crostini to eat up all the tartare with. Mitch happily brought us some focaccia bread which was a great accompaniment.
Our next course was also a sharable – the Pappardelle. Noodles coated with a green curry mayo, tossed with avocado and topped with grilled lobster. This was an amazing dish but very spicy. Even hubby who can actually eat spice found it quite spicy. The taste was amazing though and it would be a dish I would have again.
By this point, we still had our main course to eat, but we were completely stuffed. For my main, I went with the Honey-Rosemary Seared Duck Magret. This was served with polenta verde, caramelized cippolini, and fig fricassée. There was also supposed to be some pancetta which they happily left out for me. This dish was so delicious! The duck was moist and the flavours were incredible. The pesto in the polenta went really well with the duck. I was very happy with my choice.
Hubby went with the Milk Fed Veal Striploin alla Milanese. This was served with creamy spaetzle, green olive, spicy rapini, and fried capers. The meat was moist and the tasted amazing. We found that this tasted even better the next day. Of course, there were leftovers!
Despite the fact that we were full, we couldn’t leave without having dessert. Tempted by the creme brulee, we decided on chocolate instead and shared the Chocolate Varieta. This dish had chocolate three ways with chocolate marquis, milk chocolate semifreddo, and a cocoa ginger madeleine. You have to love chocolate to enjoy this dish. It was a great way to end a fantastic meal!
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