Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
Issue link: http://read.dreamscapes.ca/i/606819
new job, or in my particular case, an evening where one's simply looking to dig into something decadent. The show began with pomp and panache as flaming rum and sherry pepper sauce poured into a tiny bowl of classic Bermu- dian fish chowder. After a quick sip I indulged in a perfectly seared wagyu striploin topped with confit tomato, adorned with soy caviar. The French onion soup arrived at the table covered in a crusty casing, a medley of four cheeses, which offered a playful, stringy mess while poking through to dis- cover sweet veal broth muddled with caramelized onions. I ordered the plate of beef carpaccio not because I felt I needed more beef (heaven knows we would be dig- ging into a massive steak later on) but because I couldn't pass up on an opportu- nity to cut through buttery burrata. I didn't quite realize how excessively we were eating until a half-kilo "cowboy" ribeye topped with garlic shrimp and slathered in ginger beer sauce was placed gently at the centre of the table. I ensured our arteries clogged while gobbling up decadent butter and fromage-enriched three-cheese potato gratin, which was served alongside a steaming ramekin stuffed with rich truffled mac & cheese. By the time we had polished off the savoury dishes I urgently had to unclasp my belt in order to simply breathe. Of course, the marathon is not over until the fat lady whimpers so, with gusto and perhaps a wee bit of pained enthusiasm, I grabbed a tiny spoon to tackle a trilogy of sweets. And here is the lesson we take away today. All too often folks who dress up fancy to indulge in the romantic ritual of the steakhouse stuff themselves silly on the salty without putting much thought into pacing. While I might have been sporting a gut, which read "gluttony," the kitchen's pastry chef wowed with a steaming sticky toffee pudding, an inventive homage to the Snickers bar, and a pecan-and-marshmallow- adorned signature mud pie. One waddles home from these sorts of races. DS