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| - We had a fantastic meal here on a sleepy and blustery Wednesday evening. We scoured the area for a place that could provide my veggie gal with an option beyond hot cheese, and this menu was really interesting (plus bilingual - merci!). We trekked in right after they opened and were the only customers for about 20 minutes. The server was very friendly, worked with our pidgin french, explained some of the special items, and suggested some options to my veggie gal. She enjoyed an excellent salad and a few small wedges of cheese (mission partly accomplished!)
Things really started to line up for me when I spied an item on the wine list that seemed to indicate a sparkling honey wine (which is something I have been homebrewing for a few years). Our server confirmed it was a dry, sparkling raspberry infused hydromel (mead/honey wine) but that she thought that they were out. She went in the back and dug around, and came up with the last bottle, the empty vessel of which is now on my mantelpiece.
From there my evening just got better. I opted for the coppa steak, which roasted veggies and a nice mashed potato base, plus some amendments. Now, coppa is a type of cured meat usually sold by the thin slice, so to come up with a steak was just ridiculous. This glorious plate of awesomeness came out and melded with the hydromel into this fusion of late summer, autumn and the coming winter on my palate - it was a truly epic experience. The essence of farm to table, and a testament to the effort put into this restaurant by the meal planners, purveyors, chef and serving staff. To translate the work put into growing good veggies and meat seamlessly through a designed dish, prepped by a chef on a slow night, and delivering a well laid out dish is the goal, and they totally nailed it.
Our dessert was another high wire act, and a really interesting way to end the meal. Pavlova: house meringue cookies, a mango beer reduction and firm thin slices of a nice pear was a totally unique palate, if a tad sweet for our personal tastes. Still, well conceived, sourced and executed again.
By this point our eyes were spinning in our heads, and a few other folks had entered to enjoy this excellent fare, and we wobbled off into the blustery night, fortified for the weather. Thanks for being a real highlight of our time in this great neighborhood, in this fair city!
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