Post by ssmynkint on May 19, 2012 21:49:46 GMT -5
La Cabriole
1341 Burgess Rd
Chattanooga TN
C’est domage? Non, c’est merde!
Not unlike the late and unlamented Café Francais, La Cabriole is a one woman operation. Madame is the owner, cook and server in a converted double wide that can seat around 40 people. Dinners are by reservation only with one seating on Fridays and Saturdays at $50 per person for a prix fixe seven course meal. Madame will, to some degree, accommodate your selection of an entrée, as long as the product is readily available at a retail outlet.
We were the first to arrive, but had to await the arrival of the other four reservees before we were served a hot course.
The appetizer was salted cashews, fresh from a jar.
The soup was a lentil, which may or may not have been made in house, with good mouth feel although the garlic flavor was clearly dehydrated.
A spinach quiche was nice with fresh garlic (albeit frozen spinach) in a commercial crust.
The bread course (!!!!) consisted of sliced supermarket “French” bread, unheated, and soft-crusted.
Our entrées arrived 45 minutes later, after a party of four, who had arrived after us, were served theirs. The pacific sole, which we had requested be sautéed, was broiled and arrived lukewarm with shriveled, over cooked green beans. The lamb chops were barely warm, poorly trimmed and devoid of any seasoning or much flavor. The accompanying potato, snap peas and baby carrots had been roasted into brownish oblivion.
We left before being subjected to the salad and desert courses.
Whatever this establishment might have been before the passing of the chef/owner, it currently has nothing to do with French cuisine, professional restaurant food, or worthwhile experience.
Ambiance: Good
Service: Execrable
Food: Laughably poor
Value: None
AVOID
1341 Burgess Rd
Chattanooga TN
C’est domage? Non, c’est merde!
Not unlike the late and unlamented Café Francais, La Cabriole is a one woman operation. Madame is the owner, cook and server in a converted double wide that can seat around 40 people. Dinners are by reservation only with one seating on Fridays and Saturdays at $50 per person for a prix fixe seven course meal. Madame will, to some degree, accommodate your selection of an entrée, as long as the product is readily available at a retail outlet.
We were the first to arrive, but had to await the arrival of the other four reservees before we were served a hot course.
The appetizer was salted cashews, fresh from a jar.
The soup was a lentil, which may or may not have been made in house, with good mouth feel although the garlic flavor was clearly dehydrated.
A spinach quiche was nice with fresh garlic (albeit frozen spinach) in a commercial crust.
The bread course (!!!!) consisted of sliced supermarket “French” bread, unheated, and soft-crusted.
Our entrées arrived 45 minutes later, after a party of four, who had arrived after us, were served theirs. The pacific sole, which we had requested be sautéed, was broiled and arrived lukewarm with shriveled, over cooked green beans. The lamb chops were barely warm, poorly trimmed and devoid of any seasoning or much flavor. The accompanying potato, snap peas and baby carrots had been roasted into brownish oblivion.
We left before being subjected to the salad and desert courses.
Whatever this establishment might have been before the passing of the chef/owner, it currently has nothing to do with French cuisine, professional restaurant food, or worthwhile experience.
Ambiance: Good
Service: Execrable
Food: Laughably poor
Value: None
AVOID