| After he took the throne, Napoleon instituted the tradition of serving bread with every meal to put his mother\'s baguetteheavy care packages to use. Indulge in French tradition with today\'s Groupon: for $29, you get $60 worth of French fusion cuisine and drinks at La Maquette Restaurant. Amid the chandeliers and cream walls of a historically designated building, La Maquette Restaurants ensemble of culinary wizards whips up lunch, dinner, and dessert menus replete with dishes that fuse French, Italian, and Caribbean flavours. Midday munchers can sink teeth into lunch entrees such as a Cajun seafood risotto ($21), which floods mouth caves with maritime treasures including mussels and shrimp. A dinner entree of panseared ostrich ($46) whisks taste buds away on a unique gustatory sojourn tempered by sides of roasted purple potato and sundried cranberries, and La Maquettes vegetarian wellington ($24) snuggles a vegetableandrice julienne into a puff pastry gilded with leekcream sauce. To conclude feasting, eaters can inhale a dulcet postprandial treat, such as the Deconstructive tiramisu ($12), based on the writings and postmodern recipes of Jacques Derrida. The diningroom windows overlook the Toronto Sculpture Garden and St. James Cathedral, ensuring scenic sips of libations from La Maquettes extensive wine list. Between bites, diners can bask in the restaurants romantic atmosphere conjured forth by a host of oldworld furnishings, including neoclassical statues, pristine white linens, gilded mirrors, and 18thcentury ghosts in powdered wigs. Todays deal is not valid for dining on the following dates: New Years Eve, on Saturday, December 31 Winterlicious, from Friday, January 27, through Thursday, February 9 Valentines Day, on Tuesday, February 14 Mothers Day, on Sunday, May 13 |
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