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| - Was at Marben's basement resto, bavette, on Saturday night. We were about a party of 40 people and we had a fixed-price dinner. Not sure if everyone has access to it or if it's special for big groups. Started out with raw oysters (yum), then you have a choice - I got a charcuterie plate, which was lovely, though I heard that the soup was also delicious. Then they have burgers that are quartered, and then a choice of a main - I went with duck leg confit and it was just fantastic. Crispy skin, juicy and fall-off-the-bone meat. I can't remember what vegetables it came with because the duck was just so good! Then dessert, choice of either an massive chocolate ice cream sandwich (very dense, brownie-like sandwich part) or a deconstructed apple pie, which is what I had. It was tasty but it came with a mound of cheesecake-flavoured ice cream, and I don't norrmally like cheesecake, so that was too bad. Service, given our large size, was quite good, although they didn't come around to fill our water glasses as much as I would have liked them to. Also, the quartered burgers arrived after our mains did, so no one really wanted to eat them. We left probably around 11, so I can't comment as to whether it turned into a good bar. But I liked the food, so I would definitely go back again.
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