Twice a year the city of Toronto offers almost 200 restaurant options in the city for 3 course fixed priced menus for lunch and dinner. It is a great time to experience new restaurants you have wanted to try. It is also a great time for restaurants that you may have only been to for a special occasion as it is a high end experience. Such is the case with the restaurant experience the ladies who brunch had at Auberge du Pommier.

Auberge is owned by O&B Hospitality Group which is Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini. It is a privately owned company that is one of the largest restaurant and event space groups in Canada. As quoted on their website about their food – ” As devout foodies, we purchase only the best ingredients from suppliers who share our commitment to quality. Our common, unwavering love of food can be tasted in every dish we serve.” This is 100% true of the food experience we had this week. O&B have 13 restaurants that are participating in Summerlicious 2019.

If you have ever been to Auberge Du Pommier you know that your experience starts as you walk up to the front door. You feel like you are walking into a cottage in the French countryside, not just off the business and crazy of Yonge Street Toronto traffic.

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Foodies, but not limited to, like to go on line and review menu options so that there is an idea of what your choices are before you get to the restaurant for ordering excitement. We all did that ahead of time.

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We had the discussion of ordering different items so that we could all sample the food. It worked out well. Lots of wonderful tasting options in a cucumber gazpacho, and anise-cured salmon and a beautiful salad with mixed greens, crisp bright green haricots vert, sliced radish, dried cranberries and almond crumb. The highlight of this simple yet elegant salad was the dressing, a champagne mustard vinaigrette.

Our main courses were equally as beautiful on the plate as they were to taste.

Gnocchi – sweet peas, asparagus, Parmigiano-Reggiano, lemon thyme cream.

Thon Nicoise – albacore tuna, black olive tapenade, new potato, anchovy, green beans and cherry tomatoes

Boeuf – flat iron steak, charred broccolini, crispy shallots, pomme puree, sauce au poivre (side note, the crispy shallots were out of this world, would have been happy with a bowl of them on the side).

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For dessert two of the ladies had Clafoutis – wild blueberry, lemon Chantily, almond crisp and the other two had Tarte au Chocolat – graham cracker crumble, cocoa nib tuile, creme fraiche ice cream .

In the photo you will see a cup of coffee. All of us agreed it was the best cup of coffee we had tasted. We were so impressed we asked our server what kind of coffee it was. She said it was Canterberry.

As I said at the top of this post, it was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Not only do I recommend that you have an Auberge du Pommier experience, but I also recommend you get out in the city and try to have a summerlicious experience. It is running until July 21st, and it is not too late to get into some great restaurants in the city.

Bien manger mes amis – Good eating my friends!

“We aim to leave lasting, positive impressions on each and every guest through our intelligent, enthusiastic and emotional service. ” – Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini