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2014-08-30
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Went for a Friday tête-à-tête with my dining companion. This little cafe located in Soho was incredibly noisy; perhaps due to the tables being too close together. The bread was disappointingly cold and hard, not to the point of being stale but not appetizing. Overall the food was too savory; the foie gras on crisp bread cushioned with apples was rich but chef was too heavy handed with the salt. Same problem with the escargots baked in garlic butter. The mushroom soup was creamy with a touch of t
Went for a Friday tête-à-tête with my dining companion. This little cafe located in Soho was incredibly noisy; perhaps due to the tables being too close together. The bread was disappointingly cold and hard, not to the point of being stale but not appetizing.
Overall the food was too savory; the foie gras on crisp bread cushioned with apples was rich but chef was too heavy handed with the salt. Same problem with the escargots baked in garlic butter. The mushroom soup was creamy with a touch of truffle oil.
Then an inexplicably long wait for the main courses and we were nearly running late for our movie. It appeared that we were not the only ones waiting for our food - was there an accident in the kitchens??
The bouillabaisse came after repeated reminders; it was good in a surf and turf sense - not forgetting that this course was a mélange originating from fishermen gathering the leftovers of a day's catch as dinner. The seafood (mussels, oysters, fish) were fresh and we liked the chewy fish skin (collagen! collagen!). The duck confit was fatty as it should be, the potatoes were good but the string beans were - you got it - way too salty.
The service was satisfactory - the staff were genuinely apologetic about the non-appearance of the food, though not of much practical use. If not for the discount from the AE card, this meal would be over 450 per head which is way too pricey. Now it was $244 each - I could swallow that.
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