The inside is pretty spacious and is based around a horse theme (even the bathrooms are decorated like stables). The menu has a variety of foods from giant seafood towers, steaks, fish entrees and an abundance of side and appetizer options. Nancy and I decided to split a bunch of things instead of each getting an entree. We started with the Brussels sprout leaves, poached egg, toasted hazelnuts, maple bacon lardons, truffle-yuzu hollandaise ($13), the burger with Pennsylvania Havarti, maple bacon, a fried egg + fries ($18) and Cauliflower & gruyère gratin ($7). We were also about to order the mustard mashed potatoes but our waitress so kindly pointed out that we were ordering a lot of carbs and that the burger came with a large order of fries. So thanks to her we probably saved ourselves 1,000 calories on dinner.
The meal started off with these amazing puffs of bread that was kind of hard on the outside but very puffy and soft in the inside. It came with a side of froie gras butter and camembert cheese. It was fabulous and every meal should start like this. I used to never like brussel sprouts but there's been this big explosion and trendiness about it that I've actually started to really like it recently. I loved this dish because it was just the leaves steamed but then you got this amazing buttery goodness of the poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Conveniently we were able to use the bread to sop up the remaining mixture. Next the burger came out and I'm so glad we decided to split it. Not because it was big (it was regular sized) but with the bacon and fried egg on top, it was just a bit too much for 1 person. Trying to cut it in half might have ruined the burger for us because as soon as I cut it in half, the egg yolk broke and the whole thing was just kind of soggy. The bottom was a bit too greasy, but that didn't stop me from eating my half in about 3 minutes. The fries that came with the meal were crispy and addictive and came with a spicy ketchup and mayo. I love that this place serves the basics condiments with slight twists. The disappointment of the meal was the cauliflower gratin. The gruyere taste was just too strong for the dish that it overpowered each bite. Plus the pieces of cauliflower were too big for a gratin. We also got the Christmas pudding ($9) for dessert which I thought was pudding but was instead a chocolate cake like dish with raisins and vanilla ice cream. The cake tasted like a donut and was actually fine but when you were expecting pudding a cake comes out, it's a little bit disappointing.
All in all the meal was totally fine just not mind blowing. The environment is definitely social and festive and probably more fun for larger groups. Total bill with drinks $45/pp without tip.
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