Journeyman - I've been to the underground restaurant, so I had an idea what to expect, but this was still different than that. First, harder to find than I expected, although pleasant inside. They were very nice about a substitution for me (one of the dishes was Egg, mushroom, turnip and I don't like egg or mushroom, so they gave me charcuterie instead), and a conversation with Meg told me that beverage pairings wasn't going to work for me so I had a very nice white instead. Service was good, if a little confusing sometimes, although that could be that I had met 2 of the 3 servers socially, so there was an odd line between socializing and service.

For food, we both had the 5 course (omnivore for me and veggie for him) with the second course substituted for charcuterie for me. The start was yellow tomato and curry soup with cheese puffs (don't remember exactly what the puffs were). The soup was better than the puffs, but both were good. Then the "salad" course which was art plates of scattered vegetables and smears (both slightly different) which was fun and tasty. I didn't love the bread (it was fine, just not omg), but jducoeur enjoyed it. jducoeur also enjoyed his egg mushroom turnip (although he said later it was his least favorite course, being nothing special), but my charcuterie plate was awesome. It was duck liverwurst, beef heart, something mousse (liver mousse of some kind I think), and veal terrine. The veal terrine was mostly texture, and the mousse was standard liver mousse, but the other two and the accompaniments (curried veggies for the terrine and a spicy yuzu chutney(?) for the heart) were incredible. It was also huge.

Third course was my least favorite, being Sea Bass oyster dashi, which I expected to love, but I don't love dashi, and the whole thing was a little salty. The agnolotti with ricotta/chorizo were good, but didn't seem to go with the dish, but I did like the oysters (and I generally don't). J's veggie version (heavier on agnolotti done with eggplant and veggie oil with an eggplant foam and some other stuff including mushrooms) worked much better as a dish. Fourth course was ricotta and stuff for J and Lamb for me. Mine was braised lamb which I ate with stewed little plums, and roast lamb with a pistachio smear. mmmm By now I was almost stuffed, but the palate cleanser of cucumber, G&T and mint was good, and the dessert was omg. Caramel cake with some sort of really really yummy ice cream (caramel and something, didn't catch it but had great bite to it), and I was too full for caramel walnuts and meringues. Then some followers (rose panna cotta that I wasn't a fan of but j was, some great little cookies, and then black pepper marshmallows yum). All in all, I was stuffed and done by the time we finished, and J was already talking about coming back. A lovely end to the weekend.