Bin 790

This last week I was brought to a new restaurant in Kanata called Bin 790. This is a small place right in front of the theatre that seats about 35 ppl. It has a very urban loft feel but with nice rich colors that make you feel very comfortable. We went there at around 6:30 without making a reservation. The host was very accommodating in that we ended up getting a table with 5 minutes even though the place was full. They sat us at the bar but it was right in front of the open kitchen so I was delight to see what was going on in the kitchen. This is also a tapas style restaurant where you can share plates which I enjoy as I can try more things then if it was a typical 3 to 5 course meal.

We started off with the rosemary flat bread. Now this was one of the only disappointing dish from that. night. The rosemary was a buttery past spread on a nan bread and put in the oven to heat up. To me a flat bread is hard and crunchy with roughly chopped Rosemary that you roll out a la minute.
The following dish was a Grilled Portobellos. The marinated was very nice but the mushrooms where a bit over cooked as they where grilled the whole time. It would have been a bit nicer if they where finished in the oven so they could keep there thick fleshy flavor. The following dish that came out was the Sesame seared Ahi Tuna. This was the typical sesame topped tuna that you can get anywhere but I have to say that it was perfectly cooked with just a bit of searing on the side. The wasabi glaze though was not very present. We got some Tenderloin Bites they where very tasty with the foie gras butter but unfortunately over cooked. It was almost well done when I personally never eat it more then medium rare. We also had some pan seared bison. It was very nicely cooked but the potato confit was a bit under done and thus harder then it should have been. The mixed berries went very nicely with the dish.
The last two items where the Spinach Salad Very simple and light just the way it should be on a tapas  menu. We also ordered the green curry Mussels. The mussels where very nicely cooked but they where a bit to garlicky and not the green curry was barely present. A thicker sauce and the garlic being sauteed a bit longer would have solved that problem.
All in all it was a very nice experience and I would return in the future. For two ppl with two glasses of wine each be prepared to spend around 70 per person.