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Beef Tartare ($16)
Grass Fed Angus Beef with a Quail Egg, served with brioche. This was okay, nothing special.
Foie gras ($15)
Foie gras Mousse topped with pistachio bits, served with brioche. This was okay, nothing special. The mousse had a very light foie gras flavoring. Not worth the price.
Bone Marrow & Escargots ($18)
Of all the appetizers, this was probably the most bang for your buck. 2 pieces of bone marrow, each with 4 pieces of escargots on top. It was served with toast on the side, which i thought it was odd cause it was literally a normal slice of bread toasted. The bone marrow was really good, the escargot lacked a bit of flavor.
18 oz Aged RIbeye ($49)
Cooked medium rare, it was a little more on the rare side but I didn't mind it. The meat wasn't as tender as I hoped it would be. Lacked a bit of flavoring and was a bit too charred for my liking as it tasted more burnt than well seasoned.
Truffle Frites ($9)
I really liked the frites. When it said truffle frites I thought there would be a few shavings of truffle, but turns out it was just topped with parmesan. I guess they used truffle oil.
Not sure why but we didn't get much attention or service for the night. But the weirdest thing was, it was just our table! The owner walked around chatting all other tables asking how their meals were and checked in from time to time, but not a peep at our table. Two things bothered me the most that night. The first thing, our server would come and ask to take away a plate but knowing there's still food on it, he asked one of us to quickly take the food so he can take the plate away. Thing is, it's not like its taking up space and another dish was on its way. The second thing that bothered me the most was I saw our server noticing we wanted to ask him something but he purposely did not make eye contact. The table beside us sat down when we were in the middle of eating our appetizers but they ended up finishing their appetizers and were served their mains before we got our mains. When our server served them their mains, he glanced and was wondering where our mains were (me too right?), but he never came back to address it until we asked 5 mins later. After the server told us it would take another 3 mins he did come back with a tuna ceviche on the house. I appreciated the gesture given it was tasty too, but didn't quite change my perception of the service.
Don't think i'll be coming back.
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