Auberge du Pommier

Auberge du Pommier
Yonge and York Mills
The complete package: Romance, scrumptious food, great service...

It's great to know that you don't have to drive all the way downtown to find a romantic restaurant with amazing food. This French restaurant exceeded every expectation and was a fantastic dining experience.

The decor was classically simplistic. Two main rooms and one private dining room. The two fire places gave the rooms a 'warm' homey feel. The walls were not decorated much with paintings, but rather with small little wall lamps that gave the restaurant a rather nice ambiance. One thing I would recommend however is for the restaurant to paint its ceilings...wouldn't want chippings to fall into my food...

We had arrived a little earlier to grab a couple of drinks at the bar. FYI, they make AMAZING apple martinis!! I really liked how they carved little apples out and put them on the stir stick, really nice touch. Compliments to them!

We were then shown to our table by the corner of the restaurant. Our table was by the window looking out into the terrace, it was nice, but a bit chilly. The manager gave us complimentary sparkling rose wine (it was my birthday...it also helped that the bf was consulting for the O&B chain!). For appetizers, we had the escargots and wild mushrooms wrapped in a cabbage leaf and foie gras terrine. The foie gras terrine was the best that I have ever had and I would go back just for that! It wasn't on the regular menu but rather the tasting menu (but you can order it separately - don't know how long the same tasting menu will be there though). I really don't know how to describe it but imagine a creamy foie gras ice-cream...smooth. The escargots were good too (below)!

Then the server brought us two Cappuccino de Truffle appetizers, compliments of the chef! This was a pureed wild mushrooms soup presented in a cappuccino glass. Very very tasty, in fact I was deciding on that and the foie gras, so now I got both. But this was very filling. Everything was so rich. I couldn't finish it so I gave it to the bf.

Our main was the Homage Glacage - butter poached lobster with citrus salad. By that time, I was pretty stuffed and barely finished it. In fact, I had to pass some over to the bf. The salad added a nice touch and helped balance out the richness of the dish (they gave us citrus flavoured ice earlier to clean the palate before the main) because of the citrus and terragon mousseline sauce.
It was very sad...I couldn't have dessert because I was so full!!! I was in pain or else I would have had something! But the restaurant was so great that they brought out two bite sized desserts (size of my thumb) with "Happy Birthday" written on the plate.

I have to say that Auberge is the BEST restaurant that I have been to so far. Special treatment or not, this restaurant deserves to win "most romantic" restaurant in Toronto (and it has!). I will have to make a reservation to go back and have one of their desserts...and try out other drinks...