Description: We had a drink in the bar area before our dinner reservations. C5 is located in the pinnacle of the new Daniel Libeskind designed expansion at the Royal Ontario Museum and is very contemporary looking with angular walls and windows. When you enter, there is a striking looking art glass installation by local artist Jeff Goodman, whose work looks somewhat like some of Dale Chihuly’s pieces. Another of his big art glass pieces forms a wall inside the restaurant. From the windows by our table, we could see the buildings of the University of Toronto and the CN Tower in the distance. It is a very attractive venue.
The set up of C5's menu is rather unusual. We opted not to do the tasting menu and instead had our choice off the ala carte menu which is set up with a number of options to make up a five course meal many of them involve sharing platters or boards with a variety of bites.
There were three of us. I split the charcuterie board as an appetizer. It was very tasty and included some unusual items like horse meat. The three of us then shared two servings of the meat sharing platter and two of the vegetable sharing platter, again, both very tasty with very interesting variety. I knew I was in trouble because I could have quit eating before my main course, a handmade linguine with mushrooms, had arrived. The pasta had excellent texture and I managed to eat some of it but a cheese course and dessert was out of the question, even for my fellow diners, two men with good appetites. Instead, we finished the last of a bottle of wine from a rather quirky wine list which covered a lot of countries and a fair range of prices yet was not a very long list.
For our final meal in Toronto, we had an enjoyable time and left feeling very sated.
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