We were interested to dine at this restaurant as we walked pass the theatre area at King Street West. The restaurant looked busy and buzzing with the locals. There must be something special about this place.
As we got in, we were seated on one out of the last two tables available. Just in time.
Nice atmosphere, we found. A little bit small but cozy. The table was tiny and we kept getting bumped into by the waiting staff passing by either side, but we did not mind.
Minutes later we were given the brunch menu. Errm.. Could we have a proper lunch menu please? A question that popped out in our heads immediately. But apparently that was the actual menu. Ok.. Let's not get too bothered about it.
We chose steamed mussels with white wine, garlic sauce and spinach and a plate of house cognac pate with crostini. The mussels were almost perfect. We could taste fresh mussels right away, but the sauce was blend. All we could taste from it was the a trace of salt. No wine, no shallots (we found chopped onions on the sauce, but no flavour), no garlic, no parsley and too little creme fraiche. The cognac pate had no hint of cognac. Again, only a trace of salt. We were not sure it was home made.
Continue from there we had a portion of grilled salmon with tomato basil salsa, rice and seasonal vegetable and a plate of Toulouse sausages in a mustard sauce served with mashed potato instead of frites. Oh My Goodness, they were so salty! We thought we have eliminated the possibility of excess use of salt on french fries by replacing it with mashed potato. It did work. But we could not get away from the sausages. So salty we could not finish it. Honestly, Toulouse sausages sold at Carrefour would taste ten times better. So bad even the mustard sauce failed to disguise it. The salmon was ok, but since it was drenched in salty seafood sauce, it became horrible. We passed our complaints to the waiter, he was very apologetic which we did appreciate, but at the end of the day, nothing could be corrected though. Unless they change to ingredients that does not have high content of salt. It means fresh produce.
As we were supposedly sitting at french restaurant having a fine dining experience, we would not end our meal without a cheese platter. The waiter informed us that they did not have a great selection of cheese, so he recommended deep fried brie served with fresh apple slice. So we went for that. Yet again we got disappointed. Their idea of deep fried brie were frozen cheese fingers out of a package. At the end, the profiterole and creme brulee were the only two things that were accepted to our taste.
Maybe this was a canadian thing that we were not used to or maybe we were spoilt by the real stuff???
Le Saint Tropez
King Street West 315 Toronto
+1 416 591 3600
www.lesainttropez.com
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