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| - L'Albatros used to be one of my favorite restaurants in Cleveland. My most recent visit was definitely disappointing and did not live up to my previous stellar visits here.
First off, cocktails were great and wine were great. They have an extensive and broad wines by the glass list.
We started off with the charcuterie board. It was good, just like I remember it being. No complaints except for the fact that it literally took twenty minutes to come out. Why?
We then split the watercress caesar. I don't know what was caesar about this salad. It was watercress with white anchovies, croutons, caper berries, and olives. No shaved parmesan, no creamy traditional caesar dressing. I don't even know what the dressing was. It was disappointing, and extremely salty. Talk about salt overload. The dish name and description were definitely misleading.
Lastly, we split the pork two ways for our entree: braised pork shank, pork belly, and crispy fried cauliflower. The individual parts were cooked well, but I felt that the dish lacked flavor. It also needed more of the broth/sauce that the dish sat in.
I hope that tonight's visit was a fluke and not the direction that L'Albatros is heading.
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