Coco Lezzone
A visit to Coco Lezzone on Toronto’s College Street recently introduced me to a dish I’d never had before – Elk. The restaurant was great – absolutely packed out and full of noise, action and almost theatrical style service. Billed as a modern European restaurant serving a selection of salad, pasta, fish and meat courses it’s definitely a good place to go – but what I want to write about is the Elk.
picture by | experttorontogirl
This is a really great piece of meat, somewhere between beef and venison in taste. Apparently very high in protein and lower in fat than beef or chicken, so pretty healthy as well.
Coco’s served it in with sauté potatoes and veg with a raisin-bourbon jus – just perfect. The closest I could find to this recipe was here.
So returning to London, I’m trying to track it down, but with no joy as yet – can anyone help? The ‘exotic’ meat sites I found do Bison and Venison – close alternatives, but no Elk.
Finally, if you like Barry White, visit Coco’s web site with your sound on – the love walrus accompanies you through your online visit, but I didn’t see him in person.
Coco Lezzone
602 College Street
Toronto
416-535-1489