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| - I came here for a birthday dinner. The restaurant is really small and intimate, and you may end up sharing a table with other diners. The menu is organized into snacks, small plates, and large plates which are entree portioned. Everything comes up as it's ready and you're encouraged to share your food with others in your party. Thick wooden tables and water and coffee served in clear glass carafes defines the decor of this place.
Under snacks category, we order duck fat fries, dates, and rabbit rillette. Under the small plates category we ordered octopus, pork belly, and lamb carpaccio. Everything was very rich and filling. Our party of 3 came away feeling stuffed. I wasn't such a fan of the duck fat fries. I didn't taste the duck specifically, and mostly just tasted like well fried fries. I wouldn't order it again. The dates were stuffed with chorizo and baked in a piquillo pepper sauce. So delicious. I wish it was just a touch more spicy but the dates were deliciously sweet and countered nicely with the chorizo. I also loved the rabbit rillette topped with pistachios and comes with some pickled cherries. Amazing even without the cherries. Ask for extra bread because there will be so much delicious rillette.
For the small plates, I found the octopus a bit tough but the flavor was good. The pork belly I would've preferred crispier, but the green apple slaw that it came with balanced so well with the pork belly. It elevated the dish. The lamb carpaccio came with a raw yolk on top and was a big hit with my fellow diners.
They don't take reservations, but at 7pm on a Saturday night, we had no problem snagging a table.
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