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🤢 2/5 - We were sat at a cozy little table for two in an absolutely
By 👻 @Esther C., 07/18/2022 3:00 am
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We were sat at a cozy little table for two in an absolutely beautiful garden out back. The space was enchanting and felt like a celebration of summer. If only that were enough... THE MOUSSE AND THE BREAD SERVICE -The mousse was fantastic, but unfortunately it's served only with these terrible slices of greasy bread. I think they were going for some kind of a cracker situation, but it was just a complete failure. Greasy as anything, paper thin, extremely brittle, and barely able to stand up to the mousse actually being spread onto it without crumbling into a million pieces. We were also only given enough of them to enjoy roughly one third of the mousse. We had to heckle our waiter for two more orders of them just to finish it off. We would have loved to spread it on the focaccia that came with the twelve dollar bread service, but the two pitifully tiny little rolls that they sadly try to pass off as an order of bread had already been eaten by that point. The bread really pissed us off. When you read "bread service" on a menu, you're probably under the impression you'll be receiving some kind of a bread basket. What we received were two absolutely pitiful and frankly insulting little pieces of focaccia. Each as big as a small biscuit. And if you want two more? That'll be another twelve bucks. We found this not only greedy, but kind of pretentious. These two basic little focaccia rolls are presented as if they're something special, something that actually warrants their price tag, but they're just not. THE RANGOONS -Four little dumplings, each maybe the size of a ping-pong ball, served in some cheeky little red and white Chinese food to-go container with a side of sweet and sour sauce. This container appeared to be brimming with rangoons, so my boyfriend and I each immediately popped one into our mouths. We quickly regretted this decision, as we found on closer inspection that this container was not in fact brimming with rangoons. There were but four, propped up in the box by some cardboard at the bottom to make it look like you're actually getting a reasonable amount of food. We'd accidentally eaten half the dish in a single bite (These were in the mid-sized plates section on the menu, mind you). Just pathetic. And just as we were about to eat the last one, a server came to pre-bus our table and took the sweet and sour sauce away. She obviously knew we weren't finished with the dish since she left it on the table, so I'm sure it was just a mistake, but we then had to ask for another side of sauce and wait for it to be ran to the table just to eat our one little rangoon, which felt really silly. If they hadn't been so forgettable we may have just been able to enjoy it without the sauce, but sadly they were no more enjoyable than your typical Chinese restaurant crab rangoon. THE SCALLOPS AND THE DUCK-Both the scallops and the duck were fantastic, and Olmstead's only saving grace. Especially the duck, which was cooked absolutely perfectly. It was smoked in house and seasoned generously with zaatar. Of course, neither the duck nor scallops came with a substantial side dish, but the duck was accompanied by a nice piece of simple, chewy flatbread. The bread was something between a crepe and a thin piece of naan and added a nice textural element to the protein. The scallops, served on a skewer, were extremely tender and came with a bit of nicely cooked corn and a beautiful blueberry gastrique. We felt the gastrique actually complimented the duck a bit more than the scallops, so we were very happy we received these dishes together. The portions of these dishes were also a bit more reasonable, but then again, they ought to be for thirty to forty bucks a pop. If we ever decide to go again (which we probably won't), we'd probably just forego the smaller plates and stick to the meatier dishes. IN CONCLUSIONSo all in all, some of the food was quite good, and with the exception of the crackers served with the mousse, none of it was bad. But I left kind of feeling like I'd been taken for a fool. This place attracts park slope stroller pushers and clean-cut Brooklyn yup-yups like flies to sh*t and Olmsted knows they can just charge clients like this whatever they want and that they'll all just lap it up with a smile on their face, but places like this are a splurge for me. So if my boyfriend and I are gonna spend $200 on a single meal, you bet your ass I want to leave feeling full, and this was far from the case. It's the typical shared plate scam; half the food for entree prices. And when I say half, I mean barely.
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