i enjoyed reading this. we’ve been to vin papillon twice. both times we had reservations at joe beef and liverpool house and ended up staying the whole night at vin papillon instead since we were having such a good time. in fact, i got engaged after dinner the first time we visited.
the second time was last summer and not as good as the first. the menu changes so often, its hard to find the same stuff twice. i remember we loved the cheese plate the first time as well as some urchin shooters, some roasted carrot dish and some others. the second time, we loved a soft shell crab with salsa verde.
the wine is actually my gripe here. we had some overpriced bottles at vin papillon. a $20 usd frappato cost $80 CAD when we last visited. i think they take advantage of their buzz to jack up prices on wine not thinking the customers know any better. i think we also had a syrah from ardeche. we had 4 glasses and instead of charging us for the bottle, they charged us for each glass.
that said, its inventive place and much more tolerable than a heavy gut bomb id eat at joe beef.
