bon appetite!

Oo la la! had an excellent dinner last night at Sebastien's, a delightful French restaurante at Greenwood Avenue.

It was crowded and real noisy (my friends joked about how our tiny Asian lungs cannot compete with those of the mostly European crowd at the restaurant) Could barely hear each other talk sometimes!

Ah now for the degustation menu (well not exactly, we ordered a la carte)



we started off with a portobello salad (unfortunately we shared A portobello mushroom)
and i had one of the specials of the night, the osso bucco, which came with a nice buttery mashed potato. It was somewhat like that beef bourguignon. the meat was nice and tender (hardly needed the knife!) but i still prefer the one at Pontini which had a less heavy-going sauce.

Mel had the duck confit - always good. But she didn't like the amount of salad they gave. Should have ordered it myself!!

Yubin chose the lamb - also another good choice. That was what i had the last time (also the first time) i was there. It comes with an interesting assortment of diced veg, comprising squash, tomatoes, eggplant and others.

and char went with the glazed pork ribs, also another special of the day. It was very sweet but the meat was oh so tender!

We decided we still had space for dessert, but this is not to say that the portions were small. This is no teenyweeny portions the size of a one-dollarcoin type of place. it was good hearty food.

So we went for the poached pear and the peach melba. unfortunately not very good choices! they were very sweet and had quite a... acquired? taste. not something i'd try again, to be honest.

But it was overall an excellent meal and definitely will be heading back again - next time i will order the duck!!

Quick aside: have been meaning to post this URL for the Julie/Julia project where this lady (julie) is cooking her way thru the Mastering the art of French Cooking hence, Julia (Childs). very interesting