Toronto Uncovered » Cocktail Lounge http://torontouncovered.com Everything you want to know.. and some things you don't Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:15:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Watusi http://torontouncovered.com/2009/07/16/watusi/ http://torontouncovered.com/2009/07/16/watusi/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:06:08 +0000 hmorrison http://torontouncovered.com/?p=252 Photo courtesy of City NewsFriday night a bunch of my  girlfriends treated me to a belated birthday dinner. We headed to Ossington’s Watusi, a 1960′s themed cocktail lounge that opened its doors last Spring. Watusi is fairly small and intimate, seating approximately fifty or sixty people. Since there were  eight of us, we decided to split a bunch of different things off the menu, tapas-style. Most of the dishes are smaller servings, so this worked out perfectly.

We ordered nearly every item, including wanton nachos, lamb sirloin, blue cheese pizza and black cod.  Side note: is there anything  blue cheese doesn’t taste good on? Everything was fabulous.  Simple, well infused dishes that perfectly married natural flavours with delicious spices and marinades.

I am not usually a big dessert person. I typically prefer to fill up on “food food” over sweets.  But since it was my birthday, I decided to have my cake and eat it too. The desserts turned out to be  my favourite part of the meal.  The avocado white mousse and pineapple crumble are two items I have developed permanent cravings for. Both were very original and not too sweet or rich.

Photo courtesy of CityNews It wouldn’t be a proper birthday (or even normal day) celebration without some drinks to wash down all of this great food. Two words: Dirty Martinis! They make a mean one!

Total cost worked out to about $50.00 a person, including tax and tip. The only thing lacking was a patio!

Photos courtesy of CityNews

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