The lovely ladies over at Coco & Lowe started a monthly dinner/dance party at Nyood a few months ago and this month I finally decided to check it out. Now those who know me know that I don’t go out a lot. I hate the crowds/scene on Saturdays, Fridays I’m often tuckered out and Monday through Thursday I feel the need to be responsible as I have the 9-to-5 thing to think about. But this past Thursday I decided to come out to support Coco & Lowe because frankly, a girl’s gotta eat.
Nyood has been on my radar for a while but I never think of checking the place out. Not sure why, it just never comes up when I’m picking a dinner place. When I saw the posted menu for the evening I thought it sounded yummy enough to give it a try. I also trusted the hosts because if Coco & Lowe are playing a part in the menu selection the chances are that it will be pretty delicious. Check out the menu below…
Overall I was very impressed with the meal. Beets are pretty much one of my favourite foods every so starting with a beet salad with all sorts of yummy things in it is just asking me to fall in love. Seriously, they could have brought out a giant bowl of this and called it dinner and I would have eaten and said thanks! The lamb fougasse flatbread was also enjoyable. I meant to ask the waiter what type of lamb they served because it was delicious and oh so mild. My guess is that it might be an Ontario lamb and not New Zealand but whatever it was it was pretty good. I didn’t necessarily taste the curry oil but the flavours I picked up from the lamb, tomato and goat cheese were good enough.
The Fire Roasted Linguini truth be told was not my fave course, which is fine because with 6 courses something has to come in last. Maybe my taste buds were muddled from such flavourful dishes before but I wasn’t really picking up much flavour from the linguini other than the tomatoes. I could have used a bit more garlic and scallion.
The surprise hit for me was the Panko Crusted Chicken. I don’t care for chicken but can tolerate it while breaded and fried… or at least baked to simulate fried. I loved the pear, radicchio and lime salad that went with it, it could have been a course on its own. The Vegetable Antipasto was a nice accompaniment to the dishes served.
Now the dessert. OH THE DESSERT. I knew it was going to be delicious when my friend Adjoa of prettysweet Custom Cake Creations tweeted that it was pretty amazing. She knows her pastries. It was amazing. It was dense chocolaty goodness with a great hit of hazelnut flavour throughout. It was served with vanilla ice cream but really should have been served with another slice of the tart. Seriously, can I have some Chocolate Hazelnut Tart with my Chocolate Hazelnut Tart next time?
I had a great time at Nyood and look forward to coming out for future evenings. The place was packed when we were there, not uncomfortably packed but more in a “clearly this is the right place to be” kind of packed. A nice vibe with great music courtesy of DJ Lissa Monet and a lovely group of people. Oh, and shouts to our FAB waiter Anofrio or possibly Arturo. Seriously, the best.
The Social Register happens the last Thursday of the month. Keep your eye on Coco & Lowe for more details.
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thanks so much for coming Tonya! so glad that you enjoyed yourself!! Can’t wait until you take a Friday off *wink wink*
xoxo,
Catriona
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