Amuse Bouche

It is hard not to be a little awestruck by the little eatery at Tecumseth and Whitaker, because Jason Inniss and Bertrand Alépée have successfully turned the old and somewhat tired Nonna's locale into an ambitiously cute French bistro.
Transformed from the simple Italian eatery, the revamped dining space is bright and comfortable, radiating privilege thanks to the elderly moneyed couples that fill the seats. The focused menu spans the globe with dishes like Coconut and cashew crusted yellow-fin tuna, ($28) with Dungeness crab and bamboo shoot salad, bonito leek foam. Also, Grilled Alberta beef tenderloin ($29) with a spicy corn flan, tomatillo and hearts of palm salsa and mango ketchup dish can be found. Not to be outdone, the roasted breast of fat duck ($26) with soursop puree, cardamom reduction; or perhaps the Lamb three ways ($27): loin, shank, or merguez.
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We (4) went out to try this place on January 30, 2007. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable.

All the appetizers were great, 3 of 4 mains were fantastic (pork was a little over done) and desserts were fantastic.

We'll go again as soon as I save enough pocket money

After a wonderful dining experience at Susur's a few weeks earlier, despite some of the reviews, we were hoping to replicate another evening of exquisite dining. No luck at Amuse Bouche. The presentation of each plate was interesting but sadly, the food was not. The appetizer of fois gras was satisfactory but not special; the entre of pork was dry and tasteless. The portions seemed unusually small and the main dish failed to deliver or live up to its mouth-watering description. Service wasn't particularly warm but somewhat efficient--although by the time they remembered the wine, we were almost finished and ready to leave. Overall, an expensive dinner for what it was. There are better restaurants in the city.

Comme ci comme ca,
A pretty good meal, but the atmosphere is more strip mall than Kensington Market...you can find all the familiar french faves in here, but the wine list was fairly basic, and they didn't have half the bottles on it anyway. But worth the visit nonetheless.

Came for Amuse Bouche - thought it was very cute, had great ambiance, but wasn't completely blown away. Escargot was fab, the red snapper was a little overpowering, desserts in general are delicious.

I would have gladdy selected minus 4 star is it was available.

We heard abou Amuse-Bouche when we moved to downtown To. For my birhtday 6 of us decided to go try their dessert tasting menu. We booked 2 week before, and got a call last minute asking to push our reservation from 9 to 9:30pm. When we arrived at 9:25pm, our table was still not ready. The restaurant did not have any waiting area so we were push in every direction. A very rude hostess came and ask us to wait in the "waiting area". It was at the back of the restaurant where the toilet were. At 9:55pm, we had enough of this non-sense and decide to leave as there was no sign that our table was clearing.

To make matter worst, not only the hostess did not come to apologize or offered us something to compensate this experience, she told us that she doesn't understand why we are leaving. She claims that theya re simply behind by 5 min. I understand that time varies between's people's watches, but she must have her's set in a different time zone.

Beware of snubby/pretentious service!