312 Des Meurons

Tipu and I checked out In Ferno’s tonight. Let me begin with the good and work my way down. The decor is exquisite. Wonderful rich walls, beautiful art work and I loved the flower arrangements on the table. They use slender flat vases. You normally take a bulb/flower/large fat leaf/major feature and have it tilted to one side and take a stringy slender leaf tied back to it to make a loop-ti-doop. I tried to find a pic on the web but couldn’t. Apologies.

The appetizers were wonderful. I had lobster potstickers. Tipu had lamb tempura. Both very happy. Dinner Tipu had lamb again and I had a fillet. I honestly thought that fillet meant fish, silly stupid me. Anyways, so it was the first time I’ve ever had steak at a restaurant. I was kind of dissapointed. The meat wasn’t seasoned enough and I felt it was dry. However I do not believe I am used to the idea of steak so steak eaters should not base their opinion on mine. A big thick slab of beef with nothing else, no sauces, etc. does not appeal to me. Tipu was happy with his lamb. Both dishes came with baked potatos, some slightly runny sweet potatoes and some steamed cauliflower. Not impressed with the cauliflower. Seems a little too domestic for a nice restaurant.

The disaster was the dessert. I got a brick hard torte. I had to send it back. I felt really bad, I’ve never done that before but other tables were doing the same. The torte was just a brick. It looked beautiful but you couldn’t cut into it. I tried and almost broke the dish. I asked the server for a steak knife and then she just suggested I try something else. If they broke it up for you it might work. It was whole hazelnuts held together in a sugary mixture that went and became some industrial strength material. So instead I got some Paris pastry dessert with different kinds of creams in the middle. I didn’t like it either. It was obnoxiously sweet. Tipu had a cappucino creme brulet. He liked his dessert.

So the restaurant is a popular restaurant. I’ve heard about it a few times. You could also tell by the line-ups and amount of reservations that it’s very well known in Winnipeg. It’s a very small pretty eating place. I told Tipu when I walked in that some day I’d love to have a place like this of our own. That being said, I don’t know if they were having a bad night or I am too used to mom and pop restaurants and not meant for sophistication because I was not thrilled.

3.5/5