45Auberge du Pommier

One of the five prettiest restaurants in town. Like a French country cottage, its look and feel mimic a Michelin-starred French country resto, thanks to stone shelves and mantles, pressed tin sconces, orchids everywhere, and comfy armchairs upholstered in black and white toile. The menu is unapologetically old school French: Butter, butter everywhere and not a sign of lemongrass. Perfectly cooked scallops come with Kobe beef cheek that melts in the mouth like butter, with a sauce made of pureed squash enriched with butter. Truffle cappuccino is the Oliver & Bonacini trademark mushroom soup with foam on top. They roast squab ruby red tender and dot the plate with sweet/tart wild grape juice. They butter-poach lobster sous-vide for ultimate tenderness. Quick, pinch me, is this Paris or north Toronto?