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I swear we've been in
this place in at least four of its incarnations. The latest, Aix (French
for "overpriced"), is as big and overly-bright as the others. Nobody
has really figured out what to make of the bi-leveled space here,
often trying to put up walls and add muted colors to make it seem
in the least bit cozy. These guys have managed to make the place feel
like a somewhat upscale Ikea showroom. That's not good when you're
dropping about $100 dollars a head. We did the four course prix fixe
tasting menu with the wine pairing. For those of you heathens out
there, this basically means that for a set price ($86 in this case),
one gets four courses (appetizer, two main courses and a dessert),
along with four glasses of wine. We must say that the food was rather
unremarkable and pretty bland. Our understanding is that French food
is supposed to be all about the sauces, but most of their dishes seem
to be lacking that great, thick stuff that gives the food, uh, taste.
Luckily everything tastes better with a buzz, and after four glasses,
the booze started doing its job. It's no surprise, then, that the
best part of the meal was the hazelnut soufflŽ with peanut butter
ice cream. Granted, that shit would have been good dead sober, but
it's a shame we had to wait until the end of the night to get something
worth our hard earned cash. [MF]
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