Our culinary experience last night a Rush restaurant was incredibly good! The restaurant itself is very romantic and cozy for such a large space. The tasting menu at this restaurant has a choice of what you would like but instead of making a choice of the two that they had for each course they just served one to the hubs and one to me so we could taste it all! It was a great way to do it.
plus the service was impeccable!
When we sat down to our table I was giving a cute little purse hook to hang my purse on.
They think of everything!
We started with some water.
I had sparkling and the hubs still.
We were also served the most delicious mini breads.
A cute little brioche and a chewy fig and rosemary bread. Yum!
First up they served us an amuse boche of a small tuna cake. It was very good.
After this the tasting menu moved along at a pretty good pace but not too fast. They had it timed quite good and there was not a long wait between courses.
First Course:
This was served with a really nice white wine that I cannot remember the name of and did not snap a picture of…oops!
This was a cantaloupe reduction with prosciutto ham in the middle. It was an interesting way of having it. It was very refreshing and tasted wonderful.
Second Course:
Two wines for this one. They did a small pour of each. One was a red and the other a white. They were both delicious!
I was giving the pouched octopus this was to go with the white wine.
The octopus was cooked to perfection and was not at all tuff. It was served with olives and squid ink croutons. It was so good.
Hubs got the white bean ravioli to go with the red. This had the most delicious ham sauce on it. It was rich tasting and the red wine went with it wonderfully to cut the richness of the dish.
We each at half and then switched.
Third Course:
A lovely red wine to go with suckling pig with apple and brussel sprouts. This also had the crispy skin with it too…I did taste that as well.
and a very tender beef medallion with a very tasty gravy. Sorry I cannot describe this better as the tasting menu changes all the time and the descriptions online are not the same as what we had last night.
Needless to say this was also very good. I did however prefer the beef over the pork.
Fourth Course:
Another lovely white wine to go with this.
Sesame crusted sable fish with Swiss chard and a carrot broth. This dish was sooooo GOOD! The fish was tender and flaky with a perfect crust of sesame. Loved it!
Fifth Course:
We took a picture while waiting.
This was a cheese course and was served with a port.
It was so good. It was spicy and had a lovely caramel flavour. It was great with the cheese.
We dug in right away and almost forgot to take a picture. But also by this time a lot of wine was consumed and we were starting to get a bit goofy! This was a mini fondue type dish with the most awesome crackers to put it on. It was pretty cheezy and rich!
Finishing up the wine from my last course! Chug…chug!
Palate Cleanser:
They placed a pair of scissors in front of us…interesting…….
To cut open this. A freezy of pureed passion fruit. It was so darn yummy! The server said that the chef was being a bit cheeky serving it this way. But it was fun!
We thoroughly enjoyed it!
It was a great way to get prepared for dessert!
Sixth Course:
Finally dessert and it was a good one!
Served with a dessert wine that the server described as a fancy fruit juice as the alcohol content was very low. It was very good and so was the dessert!
A chocoholics paradise! Chocolate sorbet, Hazelnut chocolate cake and a flourless chocolate cake. It was all so very good. The Hazelnut chocolate cake was my favourite it tasted more like a brownie and I loved it! By this time I was getting pretty full and had to leave bit of the sorbet and a few bites of the flourless cake left. I just could not fit anymore in my tummy.
Cheers! To a wonderful dinner!
We had a great time and my Dad was kind enough to pick us up and drive us home. Thanks Dad!
I however, did wake up this morning feeling a little worse for wear that is for sure. I don’t usually drink that much wine so I was a bit dehydrated and hurting. Plus I now have a cold thanks to J.
We have been having a really hard time kicking the colds out of our house! I sure am hoping it ends soon!
Well I am stuffed up and coughing…I think a hot bath is in order for me!
Night!
Restaurant looks fantastic, hair looks great