Feeding a famished horde of
demanding rock stars doesn't intimidate owner Barbara
Stuart-Peterson and Chef Randall Harrison (she'll brainstorm
fashion-forward ideas, he'll execute them). Sony's Junos gala menu
this year was music to the mouth: grilled rare tuna was served with
marinated cucumber ribbons; fennel, prosciutto and porcini mushrooms
spilled off goat cheese wafers; oka cheese toasts were ripe with
blackberries, raspberries and scallions. Bourbon-grilled shrimp
intoxicated on sweet potato toasts. Lobster and leek fricassee burst
from roasted corn muffins. The pants may have been leather but the
meat wasn't: tender Mongolian beef sandwiches were tuned up with
sesame scallions and black bean aioli. Cassava root cups overflowed
with fennel, mango and fresh basil salsa. On-site, S+S used fragrant
Taiwanese plum black tea, oolong tea and jiinshan to smoke salmon,
scallops and prawns, and served them up with a sweet-and-spicy
onion-melon relish.
Where:
411
Richmond St. (at Parliament St.)
Unit 4,
416-955-1360
