Planning an intimate dinner at home is a thoughtful idea, but if you lack the necessary culinary prowess, keep in mind that significant others usually don't buy the old "Hot Pockets are a known aphrodisiac" excuse. Plan a hot date that doesn't involve the microwave with today's WagJag: $45 for a prix fixe dinner for two at Zemra Bar Lounge.

Zemra Bar Lounge has all the components you'll need for a romantic date, epic group get-together or book club convention. The midtown resto on the outskirts of the Corso Italia neighbourhood serves up homemade Mediterranean meals flavoured with a hint of contemporary zeal. Each freshly concocted dish is best enjoyed alongside one of Zemra's signature cocktails or martinis. Nosh and sip while you bask in the warm, amber-hued light of the unique restaurant dwellings, originally designed by the owners, and enjoy the restaurant's weekly entertainment.

Prix Fixe Menu

Starter

• Bread basket with chef's feature dip
• Wild mushroom cappuccino truffle foam and sumac dust
  
  

Appetizer

• Mediterranean flatbread with roasted red pepper, prosciutto, baby arugula and goat cheese
• Grilled calamari with sundried tomatoes, black olives, capers and anchovies, lemon zest and garlic confit in brown butter
• Zemra caprese with vine-ripe tomatoes, feta cheese, fresh mint, house-marinated olives and balsamic reduction
  
  

Main Course

• Seared veal scaloppini with crispy pancetta and balsamic drizzle
• Braised lamb shank with apple cranberry or ginger glaze
• Spinach and ricotta raviolini with wild mushrooms, tomato concasse, baby arugula and roasted garlic olio
• Fish of the day

(Entrees are accompanied with chef's daily side selections)

Dessert

• Decadent dessert platter