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My BF and I had reservations at Gare De L'est for 9 on a Friday night. We expected to order from the prix fix menu, because according to their website, it is available. BUT, turns out, I really cannot read French despite learning it all throughout middle school and high school. The prix fix menu is only available if there is some showing at the theatre next door.
The service was amazing! I don't remember having such amazing service before. Everything was prompt and the waitress was really friendly. The atmosphere of this place was also amazing and super bougee (is this the correct spelling?), which is my favorite kind of atmosphere.
I love onion soup, so I ordered the onion soup along with the canard (duck). My BF ordered the pate de campagne and the stek frites.
The onion soup was super sweet. I've never had such a caramelized SWEET onion soup before and the whole thing was kind of loaded with either red wine vinegar or just red wine. I think this was the most flavor intensive onion soup I've ever had, and it wasn't such a good thing. The red wine was really overwhelming, as well as the sweetness of the soup. The duck was kind of a let down for me. I thought the skin would be really crispy, but it was just OK. If I ever came back, I would definitely not order the duck again.
My BF's dish was okay. He really enjoyed the appetizer, but he also felt like he ordered wrongly for the main. He was served a tiny tiny piece of steak and an overload of fries. He asked for medium rare, and it looked more rare than medium rare to me, but he said it was medium.
We ended up ordering the trio of profiteroles for dessert and that tasted really good. The cream inside was really vanilly and tasty, and the puff pasty melted in your mouth.
Anyway, not a lot of negative of positive thoughts for this place.
TLDR; Nice atmosphere, great service, but the food wasn't as special as I thought it would be.
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