Park Slope: Suprisingly Awesome Burger at Soigne Restaurant & Wine Bar

Brooklyn has its own Restaurant Week and it's called Dine In Brooklyn.  T and I decided to try a place that we heard about in Park Slope called Soigne Restaurant & Wine Bar.

Restaurant Week dinners typically include 3 courses.  Prior to our first course, however, we got a nice little surprise, complimentary pastries stuffed with gruyere cheese and onion tarts.  The gruyere-stuffed pastries were okay, a little salty for my taste.  The onion tarts were simple but good.

Gruyere-Stuffed Pastries ★★★☆☆    Onion Tarts ★★★★☆

For our first course, T and I both got the crabcakes.  These were quite tasty.  The mustard in the crabcakes complimented the white balsamic-tomato jam really well.  A thoroughly enjoyable appetizer.

Crab Cakes ★★★★☆

Next up, the main entrees.  I got the seared scallops with corn purée and lobster risotto.  This dish was not very good.  The scallops and corn purée were fine but the risotto tasted like rice and was undercooked.  Overall, not what I was hoping for.

Seared Scallops ★★☆☆☆

T ordered the Soigne Burger.  It was awesome!  Super juicy meat, with tasty cheddar, on a really soft brioche bun and side of extra tasty bacon and onion jam.  Yum!  One of the best burgers I've ever had.  The truffle fries on the side were also really good.  You could really taste the truffly goodness of it.

Soigne Burger ★★★★★   Truffle Fries ★★★★☆

For dessert, I ordered the ricotta cheesecake with blackberries and T got the valrhona chocolate bread pudding.  The ricotta cheesecake was much airier than most cheesecakes but overall it was only okay.  The bread pudding was warm and very chocolatey.  The whipped caramel creme was really nice, and complemented the chocolatey part really well.

Bread Pudding ★★★★☆   Cheesecake ★★★☆☆

Overall, it was fun meal, enjoyable but not fantastic, except for the burger, which was delicious.