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| - Summary: This meal kicked the crap out of anything I've had in Madison, and it did it without much trouble.
Amazing, service, fantastic food, a terrific bartender, and an incredible experience that easily rivaled my food standard, Battersby. Oh, and the sad thing? We went to Forequarter only after finding out Pig in a Fur Coat was closed.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Started with the coffee roasted beets, hibiscus, and topped with buttermilk ice cream, as well as the greens with radishes, turnips, beets and feta. Outstanding.
Then, there was some mythical delay in the kitchen, so they brought out a totally-free-of-charge mini plate with a delicious French cheese, goat salami, and fresh tomatoes. That cheese was killer. And free! Damn.
Dinner: my aunt got the smoked trout, which was out of this world. I got the quail with curry leaf pudding, pickled peaches, and summer squash. A-maz-ing. My uncle got the duck with chili-rubbed corn (I'm pretty sure I'm missing something). All outstanding.
Oh, and THEN, because they forgot to bring it, they brought out the blistered shishito peppers with lemon and parmesan...so. fucking. good. But wait! Because they forgot, that was free too!
Dessert? A chocolate terrine with mint panna cotta and currents? Top notch.
And then the booze--what an awesome bartender! He was making random drinks for us all night, and my dark and stormy was phenomenal. Hell, everything was phenomenal.
If you need some comparisons: Quality was on par or better than L'Etoile, dishes were more delicious than Pig in a Fur Coat, and their ingredient combinations/techniques made Nostrano look pedestrian. Yeah. Really.
Talk about leaving Madison the right way--Forequarter is my top meal of 2013. NYC--you've got your work cut out for you.
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