If it is the first time at a Georgian restaurant, you should go for their classics - kachapuri acharuli (most famous Georgian dish and a must order - and also a good indicator how serious the restaurant is about their dishes based on the cheeses they are using), lamb khinkali, Badrijani Nigvzit (eggplant on the menu), one of the mtsvadi, and lobio kontanshi
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Also, try the Pkhali veggie spreads. They’re good.
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Thanks everyone for the advice - we’re pretty excited to try a new cuisine. I will have cause to be visiting Cardiff regularly over the next little while so if this place is good, we can revisit and explore the menu over time.
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I remember eating at Cardiff on a Sunday night, and most independent restaurants were closed on Sunday’s. We are at Bill’s that night as a result. It was fine. I find midrange chain restaurants in the UK are often better quality than chain restaurants in Canada.
We are at 3 indie restaurants our other 3 nights in Cardiff.
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Hmmm. No plans for Sunday night yet. Might end up being supermarket-sourced steaks cooked in the little apartment I’m renting.
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I’ll be curious to hear what you think. If you like Mediterranean, Eastern European, Middle Eastern flavors, this should be easy to love.
Berlin is experiencing a wave of Georgian restaurants that started a few years ago, and we’re happy about it 
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Not sure why my autocorrect changed my ates to ares. Sorry!
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Zaatar bread, manti, milk cake.
I don’t know what booza is (with the milk cake) but I’d give it a go.
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Booza is an Arabic frozen dessert, sometimes flavoured with orange blossom water or rose water.
I love Manti. My friend wants to do the tasting menu, so I will go along with that. I will try the Manti another time.
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What would order for dinner at Union in Toronto? The menu changes a little daily. This was last night’s offering.
I’m kind of confused by this menu’s lack of headers. Are these supposed to be mostly shareable things? How big are they and how many should be ordered? The more expensive plates toward the bottom seem to be entrees, but maybe they’re also shareable? A bit more info on the menu would be ideal… (And unfortunately I’ve seen this a lot recently; why not just print the info so I don’t need to listen to an explanation of how to order from the server?)
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I took screenshots. It’s a little more clear on the paper menu in the restaurant.
The top half are first courses, ending with King Salmon Tartare.
I would say the Wings
and Sliders are meant to be shared.
The first course salads and parsnips are the size where it’s small enough for a first course before a main or it could be split.
I think some parties would share the beef tartare. I don’t like beef tartare so I haven’t ordered it. I have some friends who would be likely to order the beef tartare for one person.
The Gnocchi
and the Polenta could be shared, but they are also the right size for a vegetarian main.
Here is what their Polenta looks like at brunch.
The $70 Steak Frites is intended for one person.
I have dined at Union for dinner a couple times. I have split 2 starters, 2 mains and a dessert with my friend.
The friend I’m dining with usually wants a starter, a main and a dessert.
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Our meal at Union Restaurant in Toronto.
Manhattan
Cornish hen, frites, aioli
lasagna
sticky ginger pudding and bread pudding
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What would you order for dinner at Donna’s in Toronto?
My friend and I will likely share 4 or 5 dishes.
The mains / larger plates start at the potato cauliflower gratin.
I think I will have to try the Sticky Toffee Pudding, to compare and contrast.
Wow, that’s quite a menu. I feel like they’re taking some really interesting risks. I kind of want one of everything but in particular: I’d be curious to try the magic chilies thing, because I have no idea what a “magic chili” is. Lamb liver? Yes please. Cod liver…maybe. Mackerel tartare, another yes please. And let’s throw a carpaccio in there, round it out with the salad, good to go.
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Donna’s is a pretty neat place.
Not sure what makes their chili magic, yet! I will ask.
(my friend doesn’t do liver, and I don’t like fish liver enough to pay for it, lol, so no liver in the cards for us )
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