horrible.. everything wrong with cuisine. Too many flavors on a dish and not layered correctly for the palate. As poor at pairing sauces (gelee) with dishes as Jaquesimo’s. I liked his steakhouse and can even do luke, but i do not recommend august (though it seems like several NJ residents do—which means chalmatian’s might like, eh?). Too expensive for own good (though Besh is known to cater to this specific nouveau rich element) Wine list passable, though too many obvious choices.

I went to august wih my sister for her graduation from Med School. The atmosphere was extremely cosy, but still very “fine dining.” (Old brick walls, old hardwood floors that give a satisfying, hollow THUD when you walk, intimate lighting, etc.) There’s some construction going on right now on Tchoupitoulas around it so you kind of have to walk under some scaffolding to get there, and the street is punctuated by…characters, but nothing terribly unusualy in New Orleans.

The Food:
The meal started with an amuse’ which to be honest seemed “phoned in.” It wasn’t bad, and i appreciated the effort. I started with the gnocci and it was, to quote “coffee talk” BUTTA! My sister had the trio of foie gras. While, foie gras isn’t my favorite, there was a champagne gele’ that was really cool. For dinner I ordered the duck and it was incredible. A warning though, the chef is very modern in his practices so don’t be surprised when you find a foam or gel on youf dish. He also puts together very interesting flavors, as the incredible strawberry jelly and bitter licorice sauce on my duck attest. My sister had the Kobe short ribs and it made me want to slap my mother. My only knock on the restaurant was the dessert menu. It was pretty lacking and kind of uninspired if you ask me…but you probably didn’t ask me so…it’s all good.

Drinks:
Great wine list and surprisingly low priced cocktails given the ammount of dough we shelled out for everything else.

Price:
A LOT!

My favorite restaurant in New Orleans