contemporary tastings

Contemporary tastings offer a modern approach to dining: scaled-down portion sizes, diversity of tastes and textures and an introduction to variety, with unique service matched to special vintages. Contemporary tastings are served multi-course on interesting plates, presenting a broad culinary experience for your guests. Contemporary tastings can also be served as an appetizer course during a seated dinner party.

• Tequila shrimp cocktail with corn tortilla matchsticks, cilantro and a roasted tomato-horseradish sauce (served in a Martini glass)
  3 jumbo tiger shrimp – $12.00
  5 jumbo tiger shrimp – $16.00
  
• Rice paper red snapper with tatsoi, pickled vegetables and miso vinaigrette – $11.00
  
• Halibut with a truffle mashed potato and peppercress seedlings served with a roasted garlic and vanilla orange sauce – $11.00
  
• Mushroom-crusted lamb chop with a polenta ratatouille tower served with a minted lamb jus – $16.00
  
• Lobster tail risotto with a saffron cream and oven-dried tomatoes topped with shiso and a tiger shrimp – $15.50
  
• Millennium seared jumbo scallops (3) on a bed of spicy greens and sweet potato dressed with a balsamic strawberry syrup – $13.00
  
• Forest mushroom phyllo cup with a saffron yogurt and tomato jewels with blond frisée – $8.50
  
• Smoked salmon and thyme glazed onion tart with sage tempura and essence of sugar beets – $8.00
  
• Boneless white mountain quail with roasted root vegetables served with a maple glazed cloudberry jus – $10.00
  
• Peppered ginger crusted sushi tuna with a wild rice lemon cake with cucumber ribbons served with a gari-wasabi sauce – $12.00
  
• Lemon zest and black pepper seared black cod served on grilled new potatoes on a bed of Niagara herbs and shoots (opal basil, peppercress, radish seedling, lemon balm, shiso leaves) finished with grapefruit and black plum vinaigrette – $14.00
  
• Dijon mustard and rosemary crusted rack of lamb served with a celeriac-Yukon mash with glazed baby Bermuda onions, fine beans sautéed with beurre noisette and roasted baby yellow beets, served with a natural lamb jus infused with mint.– $19.00
  
• AAA Canadian beef tenderloin roasted whole and carved at the station to accompany Jarlsberg cheese scalloped potatoes and oven-roasted root vegetables with roasted garlic. Served with a Merlot reduction – $15.00
  
• Roasted vegetarian strudel carved at the station and served with a mushroom ragoût and sweet potato mash, finished with a Ontario tomato chutney – $8.00
  

Tasting menus typically have a selection of two to three items.