Ericandblueboy Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Quote Dauphine’s is the newest restaurant concept from Long Shot Hospitality, the team behind Washington, D.C.’s beloved restaurant, The Salt Line. Led by critically acclaimed Chef Kristen Essig, Dauphine’s is inspired by the playful spirit and iconic cuisine of New Orleans. @Tom Sietsema gushed about this new restaurant so I had to check it out. We started with some seafood and boucherie. I've had blue crab fingers (cracked claws) before in N.O. so I know they're easy to eat. In this case, they were dipped into a slaw of tarragon remoulade & celery root, very delicious (beware of small pieces of crab claw in the slaw). The fish dip was a bit bitter due to the preserved lemon salad (tasted like zest). From the boucherie, we had some banh mi chicken liver mousse, rabbit pate, and mortadella. The chicken liver mousse served with pickled veggies was fantastic, and the rabbit pate was almost as tasty. However, the mortadella did not make an impression on me. We ordered the $10 bread basket to go with the boucherie (which comes with crostini), but it had only one small baguette, 2 small biscuits, and 2 slices of toast. From the cooked foods, we ordered the Oysters Dauphine, chargrilled oysters with spinach, pecorino and supposedly horseradish (which I didn't taste). They were plump, juicy and perfectly cooked/seasoned. In addition, we ordered hangar steak and potato puffs. The steak was tasty but a little chewy. I'm definitely returning to check out more of the menu. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers2000 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thanks for checking it out - as this is at the ground floor of the office I work in, I'm looking forward to hitting it up when I'm downtown next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Went back to try a few more dishes. Fried Hog's Head Cheese - grilled sweetbreads, tarragon-crab remoulade. Excellent preparation with tender sweetbread, nicely breaded and seasoned. None of that awfully offally flavor. Paneed Skate Wing - crab, kale, beet, sherry & creole mustard beurre blanc. Bottom line - nicely fried well seasoned fish. Cochon de Lait - grilled pork neck steak, red beans, collard greens, puffed rice. Looks boring and tastes kinda boring. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 We were here this summer and dined outside and enjoyed our meal. Worthy of going back to it did not blow me away. Still worth another meal in the right time and situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dedrick Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/7/2022 at 5:02 PM, Pool Boy said: We were here this summer and dined outside and enjoyed our meal. Worthy of going back to it did not blow me away. Still worth another meal in the right time and situation. This pretty well sums up my feelings on this place as well. We had a very nice meal there, it was very pleasant, but nothing wowed me. The room is nice, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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