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| - Cool new spot in Laval with cool vibes, wacky decor and live music.
Disclaimer: review is based on a table d'hote menu from Valentine's Day, so I can't speak about its everyday menu.
The table d'hote menu that night was very well thought out and put creative twists on foods to -up- the romance, so to speak. It was a bit of a hit and miss with the food, but ultimately the experience didn't warrant anything less than four stars.
I started with a light salad. This was less than two weeks ago and I can safely say I don't remember a thing about this salad except that it was green. I think it was good?
Second course was the escargots with the phyllo dough pastry concoction. Beautifully presented but didn't taste nearly as good. Remember the movie It Takes Two with the Olsen twins? Where one of them goes to a cocktail party, walks around and gets offered an escargot? And then she spits it out and says something along the lines of "ew why does this taste like balloon!" That about sums this course up.
Mid-meal cleanse: A grapefruit/banana sorbet in a shot glass. COOL. Got to rid the balloon taste from my mouth.
Mains: Thank god. Nice chunk of beef with great mashed potatoes and some bacon. Just great. Good protein makes up for everything.
Dessert: French Almond cake. Thank god again. 2 for 2. This cake was simple, no fuss, and delicious.
The live music was really amazing. Great pianist and cellist, doing their thing. Had no idea what they played until their very last song, which was the charlie brown song. Also, props to the resto for going around and passing out roses to the men to give to their ladies. Nice touch.
Crowd-wise: I felt like a little boy with his kindergarten girlfriend, so it was a little bit of an older crowd. Whatever. I'll still be back for drinks.
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