The food is good. Close to excellent even. Fresh and well prepared. Imaginative but not gaudy, in a well-researched sort of way. Although there is no appetizer menu, the first course includes an ample fresh prawn cocktail and the fancier black bean cake with duck confit.
Stars is expensive.
Thirteen Coins 125 Boren Ave N, 682-2513. My early dining experience at the 13 Coins with my parents brought me back to see if it still exuded the mystery, the shimmer, the drama of Adult Life. I was not disappointed. Adults swam everywhere, accompanied by the subtle ice-cube clink of cocktails, shared possibly on clandestine dates. Remember this place when, famished from an arduous night of drinking, you long for substance before you retire.