Avelo is a truly amazing plant-based experience. The presentation and flavour of the food can not accurately be described with words, it must be experienced.
You have the choice of a five or eight coarse meal, the five coarse is $65.00 per person (CDN) and the eight coarse dinner is $95.00 per person (CDN)
If you are ever visiting Toronto or if you live here and want to experience what amazing chefs can achieve using only plant-based food I cannot recommend this restaurant enough.
a reservation is highly recommended
The eight coarse dinner started with Sunchoke Soup with persimmon puree and sunchoke and persimmon chips.
The next dish was Coca, Flatbread with parsnip chipotle sauce, roasted fennel with Morita chilli and maple-tamari teriyaki.
The next dish was Celtuce, Lettuce stem with tofu bearnaise, pomegranate & beet syrup, sumac & zucchini crisp and pecans.
Next on the menu was not part of the coarse, this was a pallet cleanser which was called - Amuse Bouche. This consisted of a Pistachio cracker with huancaina sauce, edamame and salsify purees and long-cooked black shallot.
The next coarse was Celeriac, Salt baked celeriac with skin, celeriac puree and crumble, pickled celery and dark celery sauce.
The next dish was Truffle ravioli, with provencal inspired aigo bouido veloute, shaved white truffle and grilled chanterelles.
Up next was the Potato Galette, with a warm salad of Brussel sprouts & figs dressed with celery vinegar, placed on tomato sofrito with yeast garum and finally drizzled with herb oil in oat bechamel.
The next dish was Wheat berries risotto with quenelle of porcini mushroom puree, grilled hedgehog mushroom and carrot & lemon foam
The last Palate cleanser of the night was Fresh apple slice with apple kombucha reduction, black apple and fermented apple crisp.
Since we were a couple we got 2 different desserts. The first one was Black garlic ice cream with cookie crumbles and drizzle of tamari/chocolate ganache.
The other dessert was a Sage and grape tart with pistachio charcoal crust and sage syrup.
