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| - Very confused about the good reviews for this place. Went for dinner, party of two. The service was great, really good wine list. It's a cosy place with a nice atmosphere, but the food was (actually) bad.
We had two appetizers (corn/chicken tamale, $17 & cod/chili smashed cucumbers, $18), two mains (gnocchi, $32 and ribs, $35), and a bottle of wine.
Everything was lukewarm/room temperature, really small portions, not at all tasty or satisfying. The tamale was wet, deconstrucuted in a bowl, covered with a forest of raw coriander that overpowered everything else. The cod dish was flavourless and the fish was overdone. The gnocchi was maybe the biggest disappointment - grainy and oily, texture of leftover lasagna, whole hazelnuts that overpowered the chanterelle flavour. The rib dish was six small pork ribs floating in this watery fish sauce dressing covered with raw vegetables (the ribs were somehow dry despite the amount of liquid in the bowl?)...
Really disappointing as we were looking forward to trying this place for some time, but left totally unsatisfied with everything we tasted. Made worse by the fact that the prices are twice what they are at other places in the neighbourhood. There are many restaurants around there with really high quality and delicious food - what's going on here!
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