Ottawa Foodies

Four of us went out on to Le Panache Cafe on Saturday. In short, the food was good, service was great and the atmosphere is very nice.

Among the 4 of us we had:

The Crepe stuffed with meat and cheese. (Very Tasty)

Soup amazing, I can’t put my finger on what the taste was but very unique and delicious.

The garden salad (it was a garden salad)

The salmon (over cooked)

The lamb (delicious, just minty enough)

The Chicken (Gina didn’t comment, because she was too impressed with the service)

and a couple bottles of Pino Noir, not overly expensive and a decent bottle.

I will let you know what Gina though of the chicken.

Deserts were Crème Brule, and Lemon Cheese Cake. The CB was ok and Gina raved about how light and fresh the cheese cake was and had a nice crusty graham cracker bottom.

Also, FREE PARKING, which is a HUGE plus in China Town on a Saturday night.

I would recommend it, especially as a date spot.

Excellent restaurant and great atmosphere. The lamb in Mint sauce is delicious.

Service is great too, I beleive the name of the owner (and waitress) in the evening is Marie and she's extremely nice. Once I ordered the steak but there was no sauce on the menu. She happily suggested a mushroom sauce as they can add/alternate the recipe to anyone's delight. It was excellent.

We are now very often go there as a family for dinner on special occasions and are never disappointed. I highly recommend it as well.

Way backin January 2006 we tried this place for the first time.

We got there and were happy to find that it had it's own parking lot. We were the only ones there upon arrival and it remained that way for the 2 hours we were there. The hostess/owner seated us by the front window and lit a candle on our table. She was so nice and sweet and didn't make us feel weird about being her only customers. We didn't feel watched nor forgotten.

We both ordered the Table Hote
My meal
- Meat filled crepe.
- Chicken and Vegetable soup
- Duckling in Orange sauce with vegetables
- Creme Caramel

Brent's meal
- Meat filled crepe.
- Chicken and Vegetable soup
- Rack of Lamb in Mint Sauce with vegetables
- Lemon Cheesecake

We shared a bottle of Pinot Noir.

I have to say, every single thing was excellent. I won't go into the details of each dish unless specifically asked but it was unbleievably good. Even a simple broth soup was insanely good.

When she brought out my dessert, she had put a birthday candle in one of the strawberries decorating the plate. She was such a cute lady!

Total cost was about 118$ before tip. Definitely worth the quality of the food and the comfortable atmosphere.

We've been there two more times since then and they were both just as great.