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| - came here with a group of friends for an 8pm reservation. we were seated immediately and saw the italian nonna that was featured on the website, so i knew the food was going to be good. we went with the family style meal which came with x many starters, x many salads, x many pastas and a main of individual choice. i went with the "sexy duck leg", because i live and breathe for duck. and let's be honest...the name expresses my sentiments towards duck precisely.
the salads were descent, but who screws up salad, right? the calamari was DELICIOUS and included plenty of tentacles (my fav). the pasta was LEGIT AMAZING. so i had high hopes for the duck leg.
i got my duck leg and it was COVERED in fennel. CRUSTED in fennel. nowhere on the menu does it say fennel because i would have ordered the lamb shank instead. fennel = deal breaker.
so i removed the skin completely to try the meat, just to be hit with an unreasonable amount of salt. my dad is from shanghai...we eat A LOT of salty food. i've been told that i prefer things much saltier than the average person. this duck leg was one of the saltiest things i've ever had in my mouth in recent history, short of eating salt directly from the shaker. i ate it anyway, punctuated with large gulps of water in between each bite. when the server came to collect the plates, he asked how it was. i said that i was very salty. the host came to me and said, "sorry you got a salty duck leg. it usually happens with later reservations." i appreciated his apology for what it was, but what does that MEAN exactly that duck legs get saltier later on in the evening? do you marinate it in salt water or something????
i would definitely go back for the pasta. not for the salty sexy duck leg.
the lamb shank was amazing though and fell off the bone. highly recommended.
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