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| - Yes, they have organic/special order wines that you'll have never heard off, and their menu is written cutely on blackboard. The atmosphere is great, albeit loud, but the service was attentive and despite the size of the place it feels like a family affair where everybody's just a friend visiting.
But the food was mostly just Meh. Sure, the phoqonailles (seal slides) was strong and quite tasty.
- The seal mergez poutine was also excellent, through it underplayed its sauce and it felt like a little plate of random things more than a poutine.
- The duck heart tartar with foie gras shavings was underwelming, and I could hardly taste the duck.
- The prime cut of beef was very simply prepared, cooked medium unless asked, and was served with some of the best dauphines potatoes I can remember having.
-The seabream (la dorade) was the most average meal of the evening, and the ris-de-veau was barely batter.
As a Quebecois expat just in town for a couple days, I miss the Montreal restaurants and try to make the most of my trip here. DC just isn't even close when it comes to good meals.
Perhaps my mistake was that the night before, I went to Le Club Chasse et Peche for dinner. Both meals ended up costing about $175-200 for two, but as I was paying and kept thinking about the meal from the night before I ended up feeling a little frustrated.
I guess in the end, it's one of these "been there, done that" following Anthony Bourdain around. Once is enough. And I can cross off "eating seal" from my foodie bucket list.
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