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| - I've had Buvette Chez Simone bookmarked for awhile now, partially due to the fact that wine bars are never fun when you go alone and it's so much cheaper per person when you're in a group. Unfortunately, the majority of my friends put most of their money into clubbing and buying bottle upon bottle of cheap alcohol, which is great every once in a while, but I personally don't have the energy to do that all the time and it can get a bit repetitive. So what better way is there to explore the wine bar scene than when your parents come to town and want a semi-classy affair with great food?
Upon first walking in, I noticed that the space inside was way more spacious than what the exterior implied, and it had beautiful wood furnishings that shined and sparkled with the help of the lights above. We decided to try an array of rosé and red wines by the half glass (all from France and Italy if I can remember). For the food, we got half orders of the spicy sausage, garlic sausage, duck rillettes, and bleu cheese; a Greek salad on the side; a dish of lamb with roast corn; and a half-order of roast chicken with root vegetables.
All of the wines tasted amazing and really contrasted with each other in terms of taste, even if they were in the same color group. I preferred the stronger wines as I like stronger drinks in general, but the lighter ones were still great! The charcuterie platter came with thin and crisp crouton-like bread slices, pickles and pickled onions, a cube of beet, mustard and pink sauce (not sure what it was), and bread and butter on the side. Everything on the plate tasted amazing, and when I mean everything I mean EVERYTHING. Sure, the spicy sausage could have been more spicy, but I liked how its somewhat harder texture contrasted with the more conventional one of the garlic sausage, and both had distinct tastes as well: the spicy one tasted more aged, for instance. The duck rillettes reminded me of pate's chunkier cousin with actual shreds of meat, and I honestly could have eaten an entire bowl of that and not get sick of it. The bleu cheese was savory and bold and went along well with the red wine. The beet tasted very fresh and the pickled vegetables added a bit of refreshing sourness to the party. As for the Greek salad, it was okay; I personally don't like olives that much because they are WAY too salty for my taste, and this time was no different. The other components, however, were very good, especially the feta cheese. After we were done with the starters, the waiter cleared our table so he could bring out the main dishes.
When the lamb was served, I couldn't help but notice how tiny the portion size was for the price we were paying for it. The piece of meat was probably about the size of my palm, and it cost $19.50. It tasted really good, and the knife cut through it very smoothly and had just the right amount of fat, but it still feels like a bit much for what we were getting. The chicken dish was pretty tasty and had crispy skin and juicy meat, but I've had better elsewhere at much more casual places that obviously are cheaper. The real star of the plate was the root vegetables, as they were perfectly roasted but maintained the essence of their natural flavoring.
I will definitely try to come back to Buvette Chez Simone to sample their other main courses and salads; everything here is really top notch! Now, if only I could actually afford to eat at places like here on a more regular basis...
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