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| - We got a reservation, same day, for 9:30PM on a Saturday night during the Grande Prix. Rather amazing considering how packed the entire city is.
The food wasn't as good as I had hoped for after reading the reviews here (maybe 4 stars out of 5) but the service was really quite attentive while not being obtrusive. Our waiter was fabulous and took the time to explain the dishes, the preparation, and even ensured that I didn't order anything that contained wheat as I am allergic.
I started with the asparagus first course. It was quite bland and very small - I wouldn't order it again. I worried that my main course might not be enough to sate my appetite. My dining companion had a half order of the gnocchi to start with and he said it was fabulous. It was served with a mascarpone sauce, morels, and a balsamic reduction. I wished I could have had some but there was some flour in the preparation. He was in love and said he would give it 7.5 out of 10 stars.
For my main course, I had the duck breast with a cauliflower puree and "warm potato salad". The duck portion was quite large but not very tender (probably as it was served medium rare). It was tasty but the sauce that accompanied it was not stellar. I also didn't feel that the cauliflower puree was a good match to the duck flavor. It was sprayed with a vinegar at the table that made it a bit too tart/sour. I didn't understand where the "warm potato salad" was though - there were these tiny little friend potato chips stuck into the puree, and small balls of potato with each mound of puree - the balls were a bit undercooked - was this the warm potato salad? I would give this a 3 out of 5. While good (or was I just really hungry due to the small first course?) it needs some work to be truly stellar.
My companion had the salmon (I think with a mustard sauce) and it looked quite wonderful. Good sized portion. He said it was very good.
I was quite full after the large duck portion (I'd like to see what duck that they took that breast off of - it was huge! - some sort of monster sized duck!). I ordered a few macaroons for dessert - they were amazingly light and airy, the fillings put inside of the two halves right before serving. Uber fresh. They have quite a few flavors to choose from which is nothing short of amazing - how do they find the time to make these, i wondered. The couple adjacent to us ordered the creme brulee assortment for their dessert and it looked fabulous. The dessert menu had a few things that were immediately understandable, but a few of the items ("dessert salad"?) were so "modern" that I just wasn't interested.
A few things they need:
- A wine menu by the glass that you can read from your table
- A dessert drink menu to accompany the dessert menu
- Nicer bathrooms (or someone to attend to them during the evening). The womens' toilette had towels thrown all over the counter and the floor was wet
I would definitely come here again. It's a very nice dining experience. It just needs a bit of help with a few of the menu items to knock my socks off.
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