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August 01, 2005
Restaurant Levain
Friday night I was allowed the privilege to enjoy a dinner at Restaurant Levain with some great company. We opted for the five-course dinner. It's been a while since I've enjoyed such great food. While everything I tasted was definitely superb in quality, I must say that the duck [with a whole bunch of other stuff going on] was my favorite part of the meal. The only thing preventing me from going back here anytime soon would be the price. This is a once-or-twice-a-year kind of restaurant, at least for me. Well, I guess if I end up having fifty dollars lying around the house every week, it wouldn't be a bad thing to stop in.
The quality is definitely worth the money though. The service was great, the style was great (simple, but definitely refined), the food was great, and the wine was great. We brought our own wine, a cabernet sauvignon from a winery near Walla Walla, WA, but I'm sure the wines that they supply would be excellent as well.
The only critique I would give, and perhaps it's just because I am by no means an expert epicurean, is that there was so much going on with each dish. Sure, it was either duck, bass, tomatoes, whatever the dish was, but it had a minute long trail of extra flavor that was put in, or what exactly was on the side. I stopped listening after I heard "duck" and whatever the sides in the sauce she said I simply ignored, mainly because listening to whatever our server said would mean nothing. Again, I am but a lowly midwestern boy, who knows nothing of such haute cuisine. Bottom line: try to condense what comes after the word "duck" or "bass" or whatever the main part of the dish is [like, cut the time in half].
Will I go back? YES! But only for a special occasion. Like if a family member were to come and visit me. Or I get hired somewhere.
Posted by piep0058 at August 1, 2005 11:02 AM | Nightlife