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| - This is one of those reviews where I wonder if I missed something, everyone seems head over heels in love with au pied de cochon, but I was not that impressed.
First, the service and décor. The service was pretty slow, we were there for about 3 and a half hours. There had to be at least a 45 minute wait between our apps and our entrees. Our waitress was polite and friendly, but wasn't around that often. She did help pick a great bottle of wine after my original choice was no longer available. My water glass was empty quite a few times, but that's a busboy issue. The décor and layout was a bit odd, they obviously made the conscientious decision to choose cramming as many people in as possible over comfort and style.
Second, the food. I'm really torn about how to describe the food. I think the best way is to say that each item was one of the most delicious things I've ever had - for the first 1 - 2 bites. After that, it got gross kinda quick. I am no stranger to rich foods, and I subscribe to the French (or Paula Deen) school of thought that cooking with butter makes everything better, but this food was just over the top. I started with a Duck Carpaccio. Carpaccio is usually light and fresh and this one was too, until I broke the egg yolk over the entire dish as instructed. Then it just got creamy and all the flavors got muddled and didn't really work well together. Someone else ordered the Foie Gras Poutine, and I really couldn't stomach much more than a few bites. Again, I have to think I'm missing something here because everyone raves about it. To me, it's taking something completely trashy like Disco Fries and trying to class it up by adding some Foie Gras and cheese curds. The duck in the can was undercooked and again, completely over the top with Foie (apparently the duck is supposed to come out under done according to the wait staff). The main entrée was the rabbit special for 2 - 3 people. It's a whole rabbit, with the head braised in red wine, two legs sous-vide (I believe), two legs roasted, and the remainder of the rabbit rolled and stuffed with foie and roasted / baked, all served over a creamy polenta. The roasted legs were amazing, but moving onto the torso sections, the meat was completely overpowered by the foie.
All in all it seems that the point of this restaurant is to eat as much Foie Gras as possible. It's not done in a classy way, where a little goes a long way, but an in your face Foie Gras fest. Maybe it's unfair for me to rate au pied de cochon based on not liking a specific type of food (i.e. Poutine) - especially without having any other point of reference, but I think the over the top ideology of throwing Foie Gras around like it's rosemary or salt and pepper is really the underlying issue here. I just don't get this place.
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