cod butternut squash, applewood smoked bacon, maitake mushrooms, soy butter ~ japanese eel summer truffle, quail egg, crushed potato ~ lamb kabocha squash, spinach-soy purée, red wine sauce ~ market cheeses ~ concord grape, peanut, toast

Today at the Eglinton & Bayview Dominion they had morels, chanterelles, enoki, maitake, beech and King Oyster as well as the commonly available pseudo-wild mushrooms.

, market. (It’s also adjacent to Powell’s for Cooks.) Look for morel and maitake mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, pea shoots, asparagus, rhubarb, greens, onion family produce, etc.

main was a ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST mustard greens, maitake mushrooms and yukon gold potatoes. Same review as the steak. These two were the disappointments. Finally, dessert. We had the STICKY BUN STUFFED BAKED APPLE with spiced...

/ rabbit confit, roasted carrots & maitake mushrooms. Truly out of this world- better than any of the pastas on their dinner menu. Small portion, just perfect.

. Another interesting, though less luxurious, choice of fungi came from the certified organic vendor, Rain Forest Mushrooms. I’d never seen the lion’s mane before. They also had maitake and ake.My favorite food vendor...

. It was Steamed Halibut in an Orange-Ginger Scented Dashi Broth with a Maitake, Oyster Mushroom Medley. The halibut was fresh and tasty and steamed just right. The dish was light, and made a good first course, but it was not a...

overcooked (I like game bird med-rare) but it was excellent. The salty, slightly smokey speck didn’t overpower the bird and worked better with bites of the spinach. Tempura Maitake Mushrooms – This was an entire...

fishy while they were cooking) - the standout in this dish was the risotto, “done perfectly” ($29); bone-in veal tenderloin, maitake mushrooms, veal jus ($28) - “excellent;” and lamb osso bucco, stewed...

the use by Chef Feenie in the Mushroom Menu of truffles was nicely controlled. (4) Maitake, shimiji, snowcap and morel parpadelle, with pinenuts, arugula, fresh herbs This was a good dish, with a medium-consistency, intense...

it as much as I did. 3) Sautéed Gulf Shrimp and Ezo Abalone in Garlic Parsley Butter Sauce with Maitake Mushrooms and Preserved Lemon – good, but not as good as the two courses previous, in his opinion. He thought the...

with the Guinea Hen Breast with Rosemary-Pork Sausage, Maitake Mushrooms and Bread Dumpling. Tom had the Branzini with Fennel Purée, Niçoise Olives, Zucchini and Saffron. The guinea hen almost finished me off- it was wonderful...

variation on the typical orange japanese salad dressing. I’d definitely recommend getting this as it was the freshest thing we ordered + we had the eel and maitake tempura which was quite good but . . . not life changing....

in an earthy porcini dashi broth with leek and maitakes. Interestingly enough, it was paired with a Malbec and it was good. The star dish of the night was a braised beef short rib in a potato puree with a heavenly truffle pistou....

was light and tender. He had some serious plate envy going on though. Burrata with zucchini cake (I substituted Tempura Maitake mushrooms w/Meyer Lemon and cucumber slices from the vegetable menu – a little bit of spice from...