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| - It's rare to ever have a dining experience where everything is over-the-top amazing, but I was lucky enough to have experienced this at Comme Ça (pronounced kohm-sa, as a friend who was good enough to me to point it out so that I could avoid any embarassment by pronouncing it incorrectly in the presence of less well-known company). Let's start with the best part: The FOOD.
We ordered to share:
6 oysters - so fresh and delicate and delicious. The perfect starter to the meal.
Bone Marrow and Oxtail Jam - HOLY MOLY BEJEEZUS! This dish is AMAZE-BALLS! It's absolutely mind-blowing. The bone marrow is crispy on top, but when you scoop it out, you can spread it on the crostini like jam. It has a smooth buttery flavor that is so savory, it will make your eyes pop out of your head. The oxtail jam is served in a little cast iron pot with some greens and shallots. I'm not sure exactly how we were supposed to eat this, but we just ate it with our forks. This too was amazing. This entire dish was perfect. There's just no other way to describe it.
Pork Shank - This was fall off the bone tender and delicious. While it was so delicious, I kind of wish we had ordered something else because of how savory and meaty the Bone Marrow and Oxtail dish was. But the dish itself is an explosion of out of this world flavors. The sauce that it comes with is a perfect compliment to the tender chunks of tender pork.
Mac n Cheese - This was your typical fine-dining mac n cheese, which i LOVE, with the extra twist of added blood sausage. It was the perfect side to compliment the pork shank.
For drinks, we splurged and ordered the specialty cocktails, which were the Peche de Triumph, which is a whiskey and peach bitters. This was fruity and went down way too easily. Next I ordered a "big dog", which was again a whiskey but with chocolate bitters served in a glass washed out with absinthe. My date ordered something else with bourbon, but i can't remember the name of it, however it was amazing as well.
On top of the amazing food and drinks, our server was awesome. She was so knowledgeable about the entire menu and helped us in our ordering of drinks and we liked everything she recommended.
Overall a very amazing experience and I can't wait to go back and try more. For fine dining, it wasn't too bad for prices either. Our bill for two came to about $180.
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