Forage Review

Well, it's that time of the year again, my favourite dine out time. =) Decided to try this place because the reviews seem good. This was my first dine out of 2018 ($30 per person).

When we got there it was ok packed. The atmosphere was dark with loud music. Good service, the girl was nice.

For our first course, I got the grilled Humboldt squid and my friend got their award winning chowder ($5 more). The squid had no taste at all but it was not bad after I mixed it with everything. It was chewy and the kimchi and soy gave it a nice flavour, a little kick but not too much. The puffed wild rice had a crunchy texture and the taste was different compared to normal rice (I think I talked about wild rice in good bowl review?).

I tried my friend's and it was not bad but I thought the chowder was thicker than normal? My friend said it's normal but don't know and doesn't really matter. The thicker it is, the more flour or something they added to thicken it, that's all. It's cute how it's on a tiny cast iron pan.

Second course, I got the crispy halibut cheeks and friend got the harissa grilled duck leg. I was a bit disappointed at the halibut dish. The halibut itself was good, ok crispy but no taste. They should have a sauce or something for that dish, really. I just ate it with the green cauliflower cous cous which went pretty good together. There was this yogurt thing on the side and I didn't like it. I think it may have been Greek yogurt and I'm not a big fan of that. I don't like that thickness and it was on the sour side, it reminds me a bit of cheese or something and I don't like it. There were some root veggie in it and the taste was funny to me. Overall I just didn't enjoy that main course at all but I finished it all up. I don't like to waste food and I do respect the chefs in making a meal for people.

I tried my friend's duck and it was good, I guess I just picked the wrong dish. At first I wanted the duck but then I'm not really a duck person.

 

Last course, dessert, can't really go wrong with dessert. It's sad but it was my favourite course... I got the chocolate cherry bar and friend got the elderflower cheese puff. I really like the chocolate bar, it was very chocolate and a bit of cherry sour taste. The little dark pink puff on top was really cool, it had a melt in your mouth feeling. I also really like the almond shavings, very almond. I wish it was bigger, I have lots of room for dessert lol.

 

I don't eat cheese but I tried my friend's and it didn't have any cheese and it was good. It looked like a huge cream puff. It was sweet and crunchy and the gin spiked blueberry tasted a bit like lychee which was not bad. They said this dessert is always on their menu.

 

Will I come back again, hm...this is hard. Yes and no. Yes, if their menu is interesting and makes me want to try. No, because the main course really disappoint me, not my thing.