トロントのチヤード – Chiado, Toronto

カレッジ通りのリトルイタリーの一角に良い店を見つけた。ポルトガル料理で、本国から届けられる魚を中心に、洗練された料理を出す。内装も上品で、壁の絵画の趣味もなかなかだ。まず出てきたアミューズのチーズはほとんど豆腐のようで、この皿の上に細い線を引いているのがワインのソースだ。
僕が注文したのは前菜がグルーパーのカルパッチョ白アスパラガスのマリネ添え、メインは甘めのソースといろんな野菜を乗せたクルビーナのソテーで、これはスズキに近い食感だった。連れの友人のメインに添えられたアスパラもそうなのだが、どれも野菜のうまさが際立っていた。
ワインもポルトガル産が並ぶ。勧めてもらったRui Madeiraの白CARMと赤Vinha da Urzeは共に魅力に富むワインだった。飲んだ量が少なかった酒を除く今晩の勘定はふたりで約$130。





We had a superb dinner in a restaurant in Little Italy on College Street. They offer refined Portuguese dishes with fish that mostly came from Portugal. Their high taste also radiates from the interior including the paintings on the wall. With the amuse that came first, the narrow line of the dish is wine-based sauce. The cheese tastes almost like Japanese tofu.
I ordered Grouper carpaccio with marinated white asparagus as the starter, and Corbina sauté with sweet sauce on top of various vegetables for the main dish. Corbina was like sea bass in the taste. All the vegetables, including the other asparagus in my partner’s main dish, were amazingly wonderful.
Their wine list was entirely Portuguese, so I followed their recommendation: The glasses of white CARM and red Vinha da Urze were both from the same winery, Rui Madeira, and quite impressive. Excluding drinks, the charge for two was about $130.