Eight years ago, Cindy in addition to I spent about fourth dimension inward the States of America living amongst a vegetarian couplet - I decided to cash inward one's chips veg for the duration of the trip to run into whether I was upwardly to it and, earlier nosotros knew it, Cindy in addition to I were both enjoying the smugness of beingness meat-free. One of the telephone substitution moments that tipped us into sticking amongst it happened inward Toronto, when nosotros stumbled onto high-end veg house Fressen. It was veg nutrient similar we'd never realised it could survive in addition to has instruct ane of our fondest nutrient memories. So it was amongst a mixture of excitement in addition to trepidation that I used about gratuitous fourth dimension on a function trip inward Toronto to revisit. Could Fressen maybe survive every bit skilful every bit nosotros remembered? Was it exclusively in addition to hence impressive because nosotros were such naive vegos? Or is it really a veg dining Mecca?
Well, skilful intelligence everybody: it's even in addition to hence great! To survive fair, we've definitely eaten fancier food, but Fressen does a similar affair to Shakahari inward Melbourne or (the sadly departed) Sirens inward Hobart - high quality, well-presented, slightly pricey veg meals.
It's a pretty pop house - all the tables were booked or full. Luckily they squeezed me inward at the bar in addition to left me amongst the menu. Which. is. massive. Seventeen appetisers in addition to 10 mains, around of which are gluten-free in addition to all of which are vegan. I had a tough fourth dimension trying to figure out what to swallow - this is the form of house where y'all desire a biggish grouping in addition to hence y'all tin instruct a sense of savor of heaps of dishes. Alas I was forced to select only ane appetiser in addition to ane main.
I kicked things off amongst the spinach blini (warm avocado in addition to corn salsa sandwiched betwixt fluffy herbed poppy seed in addition to spinach blinis, $9).
What a start! The blinis were puffy, soft in addition to delicious in addition to the salsa mix was a fight tangy in addition to a fight sweetness in addition to rich amongst charred corn pieces in addition to creamy avocado chunks. Amazing.
For my primary I was tempted past times the grilled dark edible bean seitan but eventually settled on the battered tempeh (herb battered in addition to fried tempeh, topped amongst a mango coriander salsa in addition to served amongst fresh sautéed vegetables in addition to roasted potatoes, $16).
This didn't quite stair out upwardly to the blinis but it was even in addition to hence a massive in addition to delicious meal. The mango/coriander salsa tasted pretty peachy but was a fight besides liquidy. The tempeh crust was perfect though - crispy in addition to lightly flavoured, housing about first-class tempeh chunks. The veggies were skilful besides in addition to in that place were loads of them. It was a large repast - way besides much on move past times of the starter for me to cheque out the dessert carte (which is a shame, because dessert was ane of our favourite 2004 Fressen memories).
Fressen is wonderful. The service is lovely - friendly in addition to helpful but happy to instruct out me quietly reading my volume at the bar. The vibe is prissy besides - moody lighting, polished woods tables in addition to a buzzy (but non deafening) atmosphere. I've got a tough alternative for the residuum of this calendar week - produce I cash inward one's chips dorsum or produce I explore all the other options that Toronto has to offer? I'm non certain I tin facial expression about other 8 years for to a greater extent than Fressen.
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Fressen's been around forever, in addition to I don't actually know the Toronto spider web log scene, but a quick search turned upwardly a bunch of really positive reviews inward the final twelvemonth - cheque out Vegan Band Dude, One Healthy Munchkin in addition to short review of their (sadly no longer operational) weekend brunch.
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Fressen
478 Queen Street West, Toronto
416 504 5127 (if you're going on a weekend it's likely wise to book)
Cold tapas iii dishes for $15, Appetisers $9, Mains $16 (although the combination of GST in addition to tipping way y'all destination upwardly paying a fair fight to a greater extent than than those prices - I've no thought why they listing pre-tax prices everywhere, but they do)
478 Queen Street West, Toronto
416 504 5127 (if you're going on a weekend it's likely wise to book)
Cold tapas iii dishes for $15, Appetisers $9, Mains $16 (although the combination of GST in addition to tipping way y'all destination upwardly paying a fair fight to a greater extent than than those prices - I've no thought why they listing pre-tax prices everywhere, but they do)
Accessibility: Fressen has a pocket-sized pace every bit y'all cash inward one's chips inward in addition to is dim in addition to fairly crowded. There's about other couplet of steps betwixt the bar surface area in addition to the forepart room. I didn't cheque out the toilets, but I think they're somewhere inward a higher house these steps (see MeShell's comment below). Ordering in addition to payment happens at the tabular array (or bar inward my case).
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