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Le Gratin

Ate at this restaurant from a recommendation from a friend. Really great.

Menu is mainly in French, so took a while to decide what to get. Aside from the beat salad everything was awesome (mainly since I don’t like beats).

For drinks, we got a bottle of red wine to share (Chateau Pegau). Great for pairing with the rest of the food.

For food, we did family style. Got the steak tartare (with sour dough bread), the Pate (with chicken liver), brats salad, the gratin, and medium-rare duck. Best duck I’ve ever had (the duck itself and the sauce).

For desert got the PROFITEROLE CHOCOLAT-NOISETTE. Great choice.

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Aviary

This restaurant was my first kitchen table experience. And gotta say, had a really great time. Each meal was served by a different waiter, and they all were fully engaging. They described every meal and drink.

As a friend put it, this place was more about the drinks, and the food was the actual pairing to the drinks.

Some other notes is that this place is from the same group as Alinea, and they do recommend drinks back and forth. Also, my three favorite foods from below is the pea soup (had real crab meat), the scallops, and the scallion fritters.

Here is the complete menu:

  • Dungeons and dragons (white run with dragon fruit) and a ricotta lemon zest starter
  • Golden eggs drink (pineapple beer tequila) with scallops and caviar
  • The blue berry (gin, blue berry) and scallion fritters
  • Tea (rum and cognac) with Crab meat dish
  • Truffle explosion
  • Duck with popcorn whisky (3 whiskies)
  • Wendies frosty and chips (which you dip the chips in )
  • Sorbet with an aperitif (there was almonds and several fruits in it)

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Paella Bar

We grabbed lunch in this place that is in St Josep Mercat.

Had a couple of appetizers and of course, a paella. For the apps we got the lobster and duck croquet, and an octopus dish. Both were great. For paella, it was the Catalana Paella, which had sausage, chicken, prawn and mussels. It was also really good.