Bistro La Source has probably one of the best all-you-can deals that I've EVER seen! On Monday nights they have all-you-can eat mussels for $10 per person. They have six different kinds of mussels and you can refill with different sauces each time. Dan and I made it through three rounds each, so we got to try each of the different sauces. I must say, the price and food were definitely worth it, but you need to have some patience as the service is a bit spotty. Our particular waitress seemed out of it, even asking me after we had asked for the liquor menu and after I ordered cider, whether I knew that the cider was, in fact, hard. Meaning she thought I didn't know it was alcoholic. WTF. Also we ordered fries to go with our mussels, and they didn't arrive until the end of round two. We also were not offered bread likes some tables, but had to ask for it from same waitress and didn't get it until after we had devoured the first round. However later when we asked from a different waitress, we got it right away. So again, spotty service. There was also outdoor seating but the wait was long so we decided to eat indoors. Overall though definitely worth a Monday night trip. $10 for like a gazillion mussels haha.
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| Bowl #1: Thai - coconut milk, garlic, ginger, Thai basil and chilies |
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| Bowl #2: Normandy - mushrooms, bacon, onion, and cream. $1 supplement for this. |
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| Bowl #3: Diablo - tomato, garlic, red chilies |
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| Bowl #4: Curry - cilantro and cream |
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| Bowl #5: Mariniere - garlic, shallots, white wine, and butter |
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| Bowl #6: Provencale - tomato, garlic, white wine, herbs |
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Mussels Monday Menu
If I had to rank them, they would be as follows:
(1) Normandy - cause bacon makes everything better!
(2) Curry - it's tough but I thought this had slightly better flavor than Thai
(3) Thai - nice coconutiness, but slightly less powerful than curry
(4) Diablo - a lot of flavor but for me overpowered by spicyness
(5) Provencale - tasty and tomato-y but nothing that memorable
(6) Mariniere - traditional white wine butter sauce. Just way too salty and comparatively not as exciting |
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I rank them as:
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3) Thai and Curry. It depends on what part of Asia you are feeling like. Both were done very well.
5) Provencale. It was Diablo without the chili.
6) Mariniere. Considering how well the other were cooked, it was surprising that they failed on the basic mussel sauce.