La Voile
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 587-4200
06/22/2008 Posted by Carina305
...referring to all the flies buzzing around. I do realize it's difficult to keep flies away, but there were so many flying around, it was a bit off-putting. The decor was fine, but the music was a bit loud, which resulted in people talking very loudly. But my main focus is the food: overall, I was unimpressed and will not be going there again. We had the fried zucchini blossoms, the marrow, and the rabbit and pistachio terrine. Of the three, the terrine was the best - a very tasty and well executed dish. The marrow was fair if unremarkable. The fried zucchini blossoms were terrible. They were stuffed with a mushroom mix, battered in a thick, heavy batter, and served on top of a tomato sauce. The batter was bitter, and overpowered the other components of the dish. For our main dishes we had the filet mignon with marrow, the sea bream deboned tableside, the frog legs, and the lamb chop and saddle of lamb. I didn't try the filet mignon. The sea bream was fine, but not something I'd order again. The frog legs were very tender, but the sauce was very rich, buttery, and a bit bland. The lamb dish was a bit of a mess. Everything was swimming in some sort of oil, and everything tasted like red peppers (there was a stuffed red pepper on the dish - not tasty at all). They didn't ask me how I like my lamb prepared, and the chop came out mostly raw. When I was able to taste the lamb, it was very tasty and tender - too bad they ruined it with the weird red pepper flavor. Desserts were average, nothing to write home about except for the creme brulee which was fantastic. The staff is very friendly, the wine list was very good (few by the glass options, though).
Pros: Staff, wine, creme brulee
Cons: Flies, food
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