If you had told me that fried watermelon would be the (so far) stand out dish of 2018 I would have thought for sure I was dreaming. Fried? Watermelon? How is that even possible? I still don’t know how it’s done, but I do know that DaiLo (voted one of the top 100 restaurants in Canada 2018) makes a damn good dish of it. That dish alone is reason enough for them to be a top 100 contender. The fried octopus tacos sealed the deal. DaiLo was amazing.
The pork hock was a mild dip. But that was our fault. It was just too fatty for our tastes- even though that is how it is supposed to be. Although the sauce was not that great either. The jellyfish slaw (which I had considered getting as an app) was a knockout though.
Our last dish was the babyback ribs and oh man- they were amazing. It was impossible to compare them to previous ribs we’d had because they were that different. They were topped with a delicious sauce that was unlike anything we had ever tried. We were back in knockout territory. Completing the experience was the old fashioned cocktail I had with a fancy whisky in it. Oh and the service was great.
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