Editor's note: Since the publication of this gallery, the restaurant Borealia has changed its name to Boralia due to a trademark issue. The headline of this gallery has been changed to reflect this.
Photos by Kevin Van Paassen for The Globe and Mail. Read Chris Nuttall-Smith's review here.

Pan-roasted elk.

Cippoline onions stuffed with a curried carrot whip with rye crackers, dark-roasted carrots and a skiff of onion béchamel.

The chocolate beignets are inspired by the famed hot chocolate drinks of the east-coast fortress town of Louisbourg.