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Home CCTV Camera in Brampton Alo Restaurant is a one Michelin Star French restaurant in Toronto that opened in July 2015, known for its tasting menu served in stylish, serene surrounds atop a Victorian building. On September 13, 2022, Alo Restaurant was awarded One Michelin Star in Toronto’s Michelin Guide, the first Canadian edition, making it one of the first Michelin restaurants in Canada. Home CCTV Camera in Brampton. On September 27, 2023, Alo Restaurant returned as one of the One Michelin Star restaurants in Toronto in the 2023 Michelin Guide. Inside Michelin Star Alo Restaurant in Toronto It’s very hard to spot Alo Restaurant as it is sort of tucked away among the other establishments with bright lights and big signs. The Alo sign is very small and is quite easy to miss, which we did actually. When we entered the building, there’s a host beside the elevator door who checked our reservations. Once confirmed, she called the upstairs to tell them we’re heading up and then led us to the elevators. There are two parts to Alo Restaurant: The Bar at Alo and the main dining room. The Barroom at Alo is a 20-seater area when you exit the 3rd floor elevator and has its own menu mostly in the $15-20 shareable plates and its own tasting menu as well. The main dining room of Alo Restaurant is a tasting restaurant that offers a blind multi-course tasting menu. Once we reached 3rd floor and exited the elevators, the General Manager Amanda Bradley and Executive Chef Patrick Kriss were already waiting to greet us. Home CCTV Camera in Brampton. Another person was there to take out coats as well. We were then led to our table at the furthest end of the floor by the windows. Lighting is very dim here so I’m sorry about the photos. I dined at Alo Restaurant with my sister on December 2016 for a (second) celebratory dinner on her new job in Seattle, which was a good excuse for us to check this place out as it’s been in our list for a long time. In case you’re wondering, for the first celebratory dinner, we went to Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto, another one of the Michelin Star restaurants in Toronto. Alo Restaurant Price When I dined at Alo Restaurant back in December 2016, the price was $105 for the 10-course tasting menu and $65 for the optional wine pairing. As of September 28, 2023, Kitchen Counter Tasting Menu and Dining Room Tasting Menu at Alo Restaurant both cost $225 (from $185 in May 2022), not including drinks, taxes and tips. Wine pairings are available in the Dining Room and Kitchen Counter for $135 per person (from $90 in May 2022) The 6-course tasting menu at Alo’s Barroom is $120 per person (no increase since May 2022). Home CCTV Camera in Brampton. Tasting Menu at Michelin Star Alo Restaurant Having dined at Michelin restaurants and World’s 50 Best Restaurants like n/naka, El Celler de Can Roca, Oud Sluis, Robuchon au Dôme, we were obviously doing the tasting menu at Toronto’s Alo Restaurant. We also shared a wine pairing. Alo Restaurant don’t really allow splitting a wine pairing into two glasses unlike other places I’ve been to. They said we can just share the same glass from one wine pairing. This ended up to be better actually since they do give generous pours. I suggest doing this at Alo. Here’s what you can expect with the tasting menu at Alo Restaurant. Canapes French gougères with caramelized onions, fermented jalapeño and fontina cheese baked inside of it. It looked like a simple bread ball from the outside, but, when you pop one in your mouth, you are greeted with a mix of flavours that combined to one mindblowing delicious treat. The dough had a crunchy shell but warm and moist dough inside, but then inside is mostly hallow with the tasty baked cheese inside. The fermented jalapeno added a bit of kick and was good in cutting the saltiness of the cheese, and the caramelized onion added a bit of sweetness. Just perfect! The second canapé just under the gougeres is Foie Gras with hearts of palm, passion fruit meringue and coconut. I’m a big sucker for foie gras, so this was definitely a treat at Alo. Though it was just plain foie gras, the addition of passion fruit meringue and coconut added a nice touch and actually changed the overall taste of the foie! I thought to myself, if the canapés were this good already, you know you’re in for a treat the rest of the night at Alo Restaurant. First Course Foie Gras, celery, ginger – paired with Domain Baud ‘Blanc de Blanc Cremant de Jura n/v’ (France) I was so happy to see Foie Gras again! And this course at Alo Restaurant reminds me of Molecular Gastronomy with its pureed foie gras, pureed celery and foie gras foam. The celery helped balance the creaminess of the foie gras Second Course Hearts of Palm, Pear, Coconut, Finger Lime – paired with Bernard Fouquet Vouvray ‘Cuvee de Silex’ 2015 (France) This course was a really good palate cleanser as foie gras items and gougères can actually linger in your taste buds. Third Course For the third course at Alo Toronto, we got a choice between Steelhead Trout, Creme Fraiche, Sorrel, Cavier, OR Hokkaido Sea Scallop, Sea Urchin, Meyer Lemon, Fennel. We both got the Sea Scallops and Sea Urchin course because we’re both big fans of them. It was paired with Anselmo Mendes ‘Muris Antigos’ Alvarinho 2015 (Portugal). It was amazing and one of my favourite dishes that night at Alo Toronto! The creamy umami taste of the uni went well with the scallop as it gave the dish a bite. The Meyer lemon added a nice citrusy touch and balances the creaminess of the uni. Fourth Course / Bread Pain au Lait (Milk Bread) – The bread was so fresh and warm, topped with