I Love and Hate winterlicious! Love it because there's more excuses for dining out (esp. the finer dining places) and Hate it because..Ugh my diet plan is always ruined :(
I think I gained another pound or so since I came back from the holidays (on TOP of all the holiday weight I've gained over the holidays)
I think it's time for some damage control....
Treadmill here I come!!!!
So Jump is a sub restaurant that belongs to the O&B group (same owners as the famous Canoe restaurant). But unfortunately, Canoe is EXTREMELY difficult to book for their any (season)-licious type of events so I opted for Jump because I thought the restaurant owned by the same group of people should execute their food the similar way. (or at least, not too much worse)
Nice blinds! right?
Well, Yea.
Am I foreshadowing too much? :P I think by now most of you can probably tell where I am going with this but... you might have a different opinion than mine so...
I really pushed our lunch this time because it was an extremely difficult one to arrange. Mostly because they open only on weekdays (maybe also sunday?) for lunch and, although the restaurant itself is located within the financial district of DT Toronto (wellington and Yonge) - if you don't work around that area, it's really hard to finish the entire lunch within one hour and get back to work.
Anyhow, I managed to lure Janice and Grant into having this lunch with me, mainly because their lunch menu looked just fabulous! (Actually dinner was not so, and more costly)
The restaurant itself was very energetic and lively; with a very modern decor and a high ceiling (esp. loved the blinds they were using) But as we were having lunch, I noticed that it was a bit too loud for anything. We had to yell over the lunch table in order to hear what each other was saying.
Now on to the food.
Janice and I both started with the Canadian Rock Crab Cake.
It came with roasted red pepper sauce and celeriac & carrot slaw. The crab cake was nicely done. Not too much binding, lots of crab meat, and very little fishy taste. However, the sauce and the slaw were both quite bland.
Grant had a Wild Mushroom soup (I forgot to take a picture) - but it was claimed that they did not use any cream or butter, just the mushrooms. Grant noted that it was flavourless (he had to add more salt to compensate)
Pulled BBQ beef short rib sandwich - :) no comment; but it surely looked delish!!
ta-dah-!! Janice and I both opted for Pan-Seared nova scotia scallop (this is also the reason why I chose this restaurant for lunch - despite all the difficulty in finding people joining me!!!)
But... :( this was a major MAJOR disappointment!! To be fair, the scallops were fresh - it was sweet and had a bit of that resistance when you bite into it. But the crostini was a disaster (yes, there was a crostini and no I didn't eat it) - it was in the broth.
:S
I really didn't get it. And it pretty much ruined the dish because it was soggy, and mushy and.. well yea everything but tasty. The artichoke ad mushroom minestra was also very very bland.
Maybe they were some how running low on their salt supply that day. Or I guess health conscious people eat less salt these days. But if the food is less salty, you have to use more herb to compensate!! less salty does not mean the food has to be flavourless....
I felt bad for those little scallops :(
Flour-less chocolate torte <3
need I say more?
but this one was just alright. Tasted more like a brownie (a little dry.. i wonder if they just left it there for too long? )
Over all, I enjoyed my company at Jump. We sure had a relaxing lunch (I was worried that the ambiance might be too serious but it was very bright and vibrant, which was great) but the food.. I really can't say that I enjoyed them that much.
From all the other feed backs that I have gotten from other friends of mine, I probably will not go back to try their food.
Price $$$
Food 2.5/5
Service: 3.5/5
ambiance: 4/5 or 2/5 depends on if you are looking for the subtle type or the vibrant type!
Nice..
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