Spoon and Fork

Spoon and Fork is an all you can eat restaurant that specializes everything from Japanese sushi to Thai curry to Italian Pasta.  Although there are many different locations within the city, we decided to give the one on York Mills Road a try.  When we got there, a rather large menu with a huge variety of foods were given to us.  At $29.99, it is probably one of the more expensive all you can eat places in the city and that is not including drinks or dessert either.

Beet Salad, Prosciutto Ham, Mango Salad

I will only highlight some of the foods that were brought to us as we certainly took advantage of the huge selection of items in their menu that evening.  For starters we ordered their Prosciutto Ham, Beet Salad and Mango Salad.  The two salads were done very well as they were both simple, refreshing and provided that bit of exoticness to the table.  The Mango Salad had some cashews and peppers added to it to give it that bit of zangy taste and the Beet Salad came with green leaf sprouts and sauce added to it to really enhance all the flavors of that salad.  The Prosciutto Ham was served on a slice of cantaloupe fruit.  The funny part was that since there was only once slice of ham, I decided to order a half dozen more, asking the waitress if it was possibly to get just the ham and not melon that went with it.  Either she didn’t understand or the food was already made but she came back with like a half dozen plates of this dish with the meat on top of a melon which unfortunately filled up our entire table. 

Beef Tataki

The sashimi plate was pretty good.  It had a mixture of eel, squid, salmon sashimi and serf clam which were all very fresh and provided an interesting combination.  There were no butterfish, whitefish or tuna on the plate however one could not actually complain about what was served on the plates as the types of sushimi served were certainly no slouches either. 

Green Curry Chicken

One of my favorites for the night was the beef tataki.  Perfectly seasoned and perfectly seared on the outside, it was nice and pink on the inside. This dish alone was probably about one third of a person's bill that evening.  We liked it so much that we actually ended up ordering a couple more plates of this dish.  Each slice of meat was sliced thinly and the each slice sucked up the sauce very well to give each piece a nice juicy flavor to it.  Every piece was great and it’s something that one should order when they are there. 

Lamb Legs

Another great dish to have while one is there was the Lamb Legs.  This small but beautifully plated dish again was perfectly prepared and the meat nicely seasoned all around.  One could truly enjoy the tenderness of the meat all the way around.  Although one could complain that it was only a tiny piece of lamb leg however the tininess allowed one to enjoy their entire meal and not become bogged down with just the one piece of meat. 

Red Curry Chicken

A couple of dishes that were a little disappointing were the Green Curry Chicken and the Red Curry Chicken.  The green curry chicken looked great, had all the necessary peppers in it, had its curry spiciness to it however the sauce itself was a little “diluted”.  It was all there but when one tastes it, it feels like it was lacking something.  Either there was too much coconut milk in it or the curry sauce itself became watered down but something was amiss when tasting the green curry.  The red curry was in my mind a little too pasty and thick.  It felt like there were one too many tomatoes in it and there was hardly any spiciness to it.  Both of the curries smelled very good and looked reasonable on presentation but unfortunately lacked the finishing punch to make it a truly wonderful dish. 

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Another disappointing dish was the hot and sour soup.  Although I had the miso soup and it tasted fine, a couple of my friends had the hot and sour soup and felt it was more like a sweet and sour soup.  The taste was way off and something was definitely amiss.  Needless to say the soup was tossed aside after a couple of sips and left for the trash bin. 

Coconut Shrimp

Overall the food was not bad but the price might turn some people away.  At almost thirty bucks a pop, with no drinks except water and no dessert could be a little discouraging for some especially for the price one pays.  The waitresses were able to keep up with the orders with the exception of the last one which they unfortunately had totally forgotten.  The place does look a little upscale and it would be good place for a first date however if your cost conscious then it might not be the place for you.  Overall, I give it a 3.5 out of 5. 

Spoon and Fork

865 York Mills Road Unit #9

North York, Ontario

647-748-3675