Friday, 23 May 2014

Park Restaurant

Just before I left Montréal, my lovely roommate and I decided to try this restaurant that was on our to-do list for ages. It was a friday night and the place was packed. So make sure you reserve if you decide to give this fusion resto a try.

We didn't go for their tasting menu but before we got our seats at the bar, the previous customers were raving about the tasting menu. They said that each dish was presented beautifully and highly recommended us to try. However the tasting menu did not include much of sushi/sashimi that we were hoping to try. We got the maki, sushi and sashimi plate enough for 3 as well as a deconstructed salad.

Deconstructed Salad

3 different sauces
From the left to right
Edamame, Mango and Sesame
(I've shortened the description of the sauces.)


The deconstructed salad was a mix of seasonal greens, shredded carrots, turnips, okra, some housemade kimchi and various other delightful cruchy vegetables. It was fun playing mix and match - pairing your favourite dressing with any greens of your desire. 

Clara devoured half a dozen of oysters. Actually, she generously gave me one and the vinigerette sauce really elevated the flavours of the oyster. The flavours of the sea blended so well with that sauce. It was like an oyster shooter. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the oysters. I would come back for the oysters one day.



The plating was a piece of art. The sashimi was plated as a waterfall which really displayed his knife skills. The salmon belly just melted in my mouth. Anyways all the sashimi was of great quality. Park did a great job in selecting their fish. If you are novel to raw fish, I would not recommend the sashimi plate since they are for the more adventurous foodies that would not mind accupunctured fish, caviar etc. If you are generally a salmon, tuna kind of person, simply just get those.

Sashimi

Sushi

Maki
One of the best maki that I've ever had.

Group picture with Park - celebrity chef and great company for the night.