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| - Overall I thought the food we ordered was fairly good, though it would have been better to eat in the cafe, rather than to go, since the buns got a little too soggy and everything was a little cold. It seems like a great place to go and sit to relax and eat, but maybe not if you're in a rush. This could have been our timing, since it sounded like one of the two people working the counter just left for break or something, however the process of getting all of our food packed and paid for took a really long time (15-20 minutes), even though it was ready and sitting on the counter when we got there. I got the crab cake burger, which tasted great, but as I mentioned all of the juices caused the fried bits to get soggy and the patty fell apart as I ate it (again, probably much better eaten there). I will say the price of the meal seemed fairly good for the portion.
The biggest disappointment was the desserts though. My sister-in-law and I are really into pastries, and while these looked quite pretty in the case, they all tasted stale like they had been in the fridge for about a week. We got a pear & almond tart, a mont blanc, and the baba rum. The pear tart was the most tolerable of the three, however all of them tasted like they had been in the fridge for about a week. Both the mont blanc and baba rum had whipped cream on them, and the edges of the cream were noticeably yellowed & dried out. The whipped cream on the mont blanc had a meringue puff in the middle, which wasn't easy to cut through and squished the cream all over the place, and the rum sauce for the baba rum had an aftertaste I couldn't wait to get out of my mouth. The pear tart had a canned pear in the middle, which seemed low quality for the cost, and the crust was also really firm. I was sad to do so, but we threw out all three after only a couple of bites.
I'm only in town for another day or so, and with all the options available I don't think I'll get a chance to try Merci again, but if I did, I'd make sure to eat at the cafe, and head elsewhere for dessert.
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