Bouchon would not be my favorite high end steak place.... because it isn't a high end steak place. Some of the negative reviews for Bouchon are pretty funny, it's as if they should add another word to their name after Bouchon to indicate to people exactly what kind of restaurant this is... alas, maybe in an ideal world... I mean come on-you get warm pistachios to start- which are fabulous by the way.
Here are the things I tried there
Soup du jour- this was a lentil soup that was actually pretty mediocre. I wanted to pull out my key ring salt container and season it up but alas I left it at home :(. Was not a great start to the meal
Steak Frites- and you won me back. This was great- the steak was cooked perfectly, it came with a large portion of butter on top, and the fries were excellently seasoned with truffley goodness.
Pork Belly- this was a special entree that I shared with a friend. It came with more lentils as the vegetable which were unimpressive but the pork belly itself was ridiculously good. Nice and crispy on the outside, very fatty and tender on the inside.
Lemon Tart- this was also awesome. As my dinning companions noted it was also like 3X the size of the chocolate tart for the poor soul who was foolish enough to order that. It was super lemony tasting so if you don't like that bitter bite than this probably isn't for you.
The service was good throughout and no one in the party had any complaints about the meal.