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The "menu gastronomique" on this night consisted of three items:
-A fantastic French Onion soup (but really, you better not screw this one up if you're a French restaurant), that was loaded with bubbly cheese and a rich broth.
-A relatively bland portion of seared duck breast that looked a little bare on the plate and was a little dry for my taste. Note: one of the other diners had the duck entree, which she was extremely enamored with
-A tasty elk medallion, prepared au poivre, which was perfectly cooked but really did not pack the peppery punch I was expecting. Fortunately the plate had enough other flavor on it to complement the meat well. This included foie gras, as well as some roasted new potatoes and a vegetable medley which were both very nice.
I can't for the life of me remember the name of the bottle of wine we had, but I was fairly unimpressed with a boring cabernet that lacked any real flavor. This was a $45 bottle at the restaurant that could not have fetched more than $10 at a grocery store.
I should mention here that when the check came, they billed the prix fixe as $52 instead of the $42 that was listed. Keep your wits about you.
It was a good meal. Given that French restaurants on this adorable cobbled section of Old Montreal are more densely packed than Montreal bars are with underage Americans, I will probably not be back to Le Sauvagine, even should I find myself back in this neck of the woods again. But unless you have some insider info, this place'll do.
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