• Pomegranate+Chocolate+Basil+Lime

    I whipped up this dessert tonight on the fly when I found out, a half hour into service, that one of pastry cooks was coming in to dine with her Beau. Basil and lime chocolate pate, pomegranate gelato, seeds and coulis, flourless chocolate cake with lime syrup. One of our back servers helped me take …

  • Pumpkin+Smoked Chocolate+Cranberries+Goat Cheese

    This was my personal addition to our the fall/winter menu. Spiced pumpkin cake, port braised cranberries on a ganache of smoked Lindt  milk chocolate, served with a mild goat cheese gelato. Sorry its not the best picture I took it on my iphone and the kitchen has florescent lighting.

  • Tiramisù di piedi

    Tiramisù di piedi, basically meaning stacked tiramisu. This is Atul’s interpretation of a tiramisù . This is also the dish that convinced all the chefs when he was interviewing that he was the man for the job. Coffee macaroon, mascarpone cream and coffee gelee make-up the tower and it is served with a cafe latte …

  • Lemon Tart for origin

    Chef asked me on Wednesday to come up with a simple lemon tart with an almond crust for origin (our sister restaurant). I ran it by him today. Lemon Curd, Almond Sablee, Ontario Currents, Vanilla Creme Fraiche, Thai Basil … He approved