jj's liberty bistro

not french food. we were very disappointed with our lunch at jj's today. i will start with the good points. the place is charming & we had a cheese platter that was excellent. from there it was all downhill. the french onion soup lacked the necessary depth of flavor & provolone cheese on french soup is just wrong. the boeuf bourginon was tough, had sliced red potatoes, no shallots or mushrooms & was floating in fat. it was also served over pasta~julia child would have fainted over this interpretation. the morrocan chicken was overcooked & dry. it had an overabundance of tumeric but, lacked other morrocan seasonings. the french fries were thick pieces of mushy potato & certainly not pommes frites. we had the hazelnut creme brulee for desert which was shameful. it was made in a deep dish & therefore the solids separated from the liquids. it looked like flan but was more like custard soup. the service was good but, we would never return. i had really hoped to have a goodexperiencebut, sadly it did not happen.

raw goose liver and onion skin soup. i had the "good fortune" toexperienceall this in one single dinner. and yes, jj comes to talk to you at the table. and when my baby daughter adoringly looked at him, and i pointed out that she liked him he responded: " am i disturbing, because i have a lot of things to do in the kitchen, and don't have to stand here and talk to you."

i mentioned the onion skin in my soup to our waitress - she didn't even apologize - and certainly jj didn't come back out to do so.

the liver "salad" was prepared on my request. i love foi gras, and have had many times, many-many ways - but never had it uncooked/raw (from frozen), and the salad on the side was 5 leaves of mixed greens. so i have to tell you, that raw foi gras is bitter. yuck!

jj asked if i liked it, and i politely said that it was ok. i will forever regret that i didn't elaborate. and i hope her reads this!

i asked my family not to go back. there are other french restaurants in the are which will delight those who seek this type of cousine.

having enjoyed such an incredible lunch at the french pantry , it was only logical that we seek out an authentic frenchexperience(as in owned and operated by a french expatriate) in hopes of another amazingexperience(besides, it was a weekend and the