We spent a wonderful evening with Rosemary and Don celebrating their anniversary, and thank them for taking us out for dinner. They met us at D's Beach Bar and had a cocktail with us before we headed out to La Cigale for dinner in one car. The setting of La Cigale is beautiful as we have never been there before and the conversation was interesting because of their vast experience of their years of visiting SXM. The service was top notch.
I will defer to Rosemary for a report on the culinary experience as she has much more experience with dining at high end restaurants and I will supply the pictures of the night.
I will give you my thoughts on my wife's and my dining experience. My wife and I shared an order of escargot and to be honest they were good, but I've had better. My wife's entree was Roasted Scallops with brown butter on Green Asparagus Risotto and Parmesan Crisps, which she said was very good. I had the Black Angus Beef Tenderloin Filet with mashed potatoes and Sautéed Vegetables. The steak had good flavor, but to be honest, I've had a more tender steak at Jax's and The Palms. I'll leave it up to Rosemary to review their dinners.
This was our second visit made better by the company of the Whaletales; however, I did not find the food to be as good as our first visit.
While my sea bass was superb, my starter of lobster bisque was disappointing. After breaking through the hard crust covering I found one quarter of a cup of bisque and I never tasted lobster.
Both men at the table chose the beef filet and both claimed cooked perfectly, great flavor but on the tough side. Not a melt in your mouth moment.
Sea scallops were claimed to be good nothing more although they were presented well.
As someone stated before on this forum, chairs are too low for the table. In fact I found mine very low when a leg broke and I found myself on the ground. I’m sorry Whale didn’t get a photo of that!
I was embarrassed that this dinner did not live up to expectations and the hype I gave Whale. Our meal at Be Kool was far superior even though it lacked the view at La Cigale. We will not visit here again.
