[Hondaracer]

Went to the cheese and meat festival tonight at the terminal city club. Event was an a absolute joke. 20 minute lineup for garbage vendors and things like grimms pre packaged pepperoni and $8 bottles of wine.

For $65 we stayed for 30 minutes and left without trying probably a third of the booths because people weren't just going up and sampling everyone was lined up around the room and each person stopped and talked for 2-5 minutes. Absolute joke of an event.

After had reso at wildebeast. Never been there before, good drink list

Ordered the fried chicken, fried chestnuts, and sous vie egg to start. Decent little starters

Had the lamb tartare, bone marrow, and duck breast for mains

Tartare was bland served with home made potato chips. Not very good

Bone marrow was good but typical, with a decently fresh loaf of bread

Duck breast served with a few veggies and a pate was terribly cooked. I very rarely ever complain about a dish but when the wifey said it was like rubber I tasted it and none of the fat had been rendered, inside was essentially rare and still sinewy.

Sent that dish back and was credited for it. I'm never one to return a dish but it was almost inedible.

Overall experience probably a 6.5/10

Don't think I'd repeat just based on cost, experience, and options around.