Zee Grill

Zee Grill (Phebe's)
Address: 641 Mt Pleasant Road, Toronto (Eglinton & Mt Pleasant)
Phone: (416) 484-6428

i suddenly crave for oysters & wanna have a Christmas dinner with oysters!! we tried to call some seafood restaurants (e.g. Starfish, Oyster Boy, etc.) on Christmas day but couldn't reach any of those.. LG left a message on Zee Grill & surprisingly, they got back to us in the morning of Boxing day! & that's how we ending up having a belated Christmas dinner on the Boxing day at Zee Grill..

it's a cozy restaurant.. they had some antique ceiling fans.. the environment was great.. there wasn't many customers there on the night of Boxing day.. i guess Boxing day might not really be the night for fancy dinner.. =P
after having the baguette, we asked the waitress if she had any suggestion re oysters.. we would like to have some rich & creamy ones.. but they only have oysters from east coast, so we ordered two different kinds & some clams too..



the middle 6 oysters were Caraquette (from N.B.), the outside 6 were Eal Lake (from N.S.).. there were 6 Little Neck clams as well.. they were very firm.. we love the Caraquette more.. tasted very fresh! & definitely the clams, i can feel the taste of the seawater..

we had some cold appetizers too..
Seafood Poke (above left).. it's lime marinated ahi, scallops, shrimp with pine nuts & roquette.. it's just so-so..
Parfait de foie gras (above right).. the foie gras & sauterne-onion marmalade with toasted baguette & nut bread..

i took another two pics of it.. it tasted VERY good.. not very rich.. it felt like a spread.. it also came with a marmalade jam..

for main course, the Daily Fish was Halibut.. LG tried that & said it's good..

i had the Roast Breast of Duck, which has mushrooms, beans, garlic potato, & pear-rhubarb compote.. i love it..

since we parked our car on the road outside the restaurant, we paid the meter parking for up to 8:30pm.. & when the chef brought us the main courses, LG asked if we actually have to pay for the parking (as it's public holiday).. the chef said yes & he said he would pay for the additional half hour parking for us.. we were still wondering what he said, but he then went straight out & paying the parking at the meter!! he is so nice!! we didn't imagine that he would do so for us!! the chef is also the owner of the restaurant & he's called Jac Eckhardt.. he will also answer seafood questions if customers send him emails.. what a nice guy!