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| - B for effort, Bistro la Bon. I enjoyed your atmosphere, and your wine selection, don't get me wrong.
For me and my friend, dinner came out to $63. For hummus, 2 veggie risotto (terrible, terrible veggie risotto), and a napoleon for dessert.
When a restaurant has the guts to charge me $15 for rice with a few pieces of onion, brussel sprouts and beet-- they better be ready to get hit with a real critique. The appeal of the vegetable risotto was that it had "hints" of truffle oil. Hints are nice-- presenting a basic aroma while not overpowering the dish with oil and truffle. All of the veggies were almost greasy they were doused in so much truffle oil. The risotto wasn't cooked correctly-- the texture was cooked a pinch under al dente. I personally don't like my risotto even at al dente, but I know thats a personal opinion.
The hummus was decent but instead of homemade pita, it was served with pieces of this flaky, greasy pie crust-tasting stuff. Two-for-two: greasy food.
Lastly! The saving grace of the meal: the passion fruit napoleon. The layout was gorgeous and the texture was spot-on. The only negative was the overly bitter taste of the passion fruit cream. Made me and my date pucker (and I love sour things).
Sorry Bistro La Bon, at least you made quite a bit of money off of my meal.
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