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| - This was my first time to Coquine and I wanted to like the food in this restaurant as much as I like ambiance (although I did find the seating a little too close together)and friendly servers, but alas, the food fell short in my expectations.
I started with the French Onion soup which I would give a C grade to, as the flavors needed to be more concentrated and more rich tasting. The saving grace was that the Gruyère cheese on top was nicely browned and the bread was good as well.
For a main I had the Moules Frites and my friend had the Salade Nicoise. There was a decent portion of mussels, but I found too many of them had fractured shells and while the fries were OK, they were not very crisp and could have been much hotter.
My friend's salad was also just OK, with the highlight being a nice piece tuna, properly seared on the outside and raw inside, and the lows being the potatoes that were not just firm, but just this side of raw (we noticed the next table did not eat the potatoes in their Nicoise as well). Also, there was some grey at the edge of the hard boiled eggs. where the yolk meets the white. A home cook can do this easily enough, but there is a very easy way to prevent this and I myself found this be disappointing and not up to standard in a restaurant setting.
I will say the restaurant was quite busy and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, as were my friend and I catching each other up. I just wish the food had been a better, perhaps this is also why I gave 3 stars, instead of less.
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