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| I was in West Seattle with a bit of time on my hands before recording my first ever podcast. I was super stoked for it and I thought I would celebrate the occasion with my favorite sandwich food. |
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| I sat at the bar. It was about 11 AM on a Saturday so it felt like the restaurant was filled with a perhaps hungover Saturday crowd. Georgetown is pretty casual and a bit hipster but there was a good mix of people in the joint: older people, younger people. Jules Maes has a casual, neighborhood feel. I watched the cooks cook. |
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| Le Menu. I was excited. I had been to Jules Maes in the past and I think I have a memory of having their French dip before but I wasn't sure. I knew I had had their tater tots and thinking back on it, maybe that's all I should have gotten. Tots can be quite delicious, you know. |
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| Sorry for the lack of focus on this here picture. It says, "Prime Rib Dip: horseradish sauce, herb-garlic au jus, French roll. The grand total since I ordered a side salad instead of tots or fries as $20.08. |
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| Here it is served. The sandwich doesn't look too big or tall. Nothing too exciting about it. The sandwiches look a little floppy and sloppy and we'll get into that particular issue a bit later. |
Here are my detailed tasting notes as I ate this here sandwich meal:
- Greasy tasting
- My plate sat for about five minutes after the kitchen finished with it (I watched them set my plate down and counted the minutes as it got cold.) Sad.
- Overall, the bread was ok and perhaps even ideal: it was chewy bread and had a bit of a sourdough taste, I thought. Bread probably gets a 4 of 5.
- Since the sandwich sat for so long, I had to ask for hot jus and getting that took a long time, too (bad service). The woman behind the bar said she would get me some and then she never did so I finally begged for more from another bartender. When it came out the second time it was hot at least.
- As for how the green salad was: the Bleu cheese dressing was good, which was nice but by no means saved the meal. The salad was only okay and was not very big either (compare to the Georgetown Liquor salad that is served with their very delicious Picard sandwich). That thing was like a separate and delicious meal of food!).
- The sandwich came with the creamy horseradish pre-added. The consequence of this action was a greasy and wet texture of the sandwich. I wouldn't call it juicy, just greasy and heavy.
- They put a lot of care into their jus: it was dark and claimed to be herb-garlic, but I really didn't think it was that good. I give it a 3 of 5 for care but it didn't blow my mind or please me to the degree I would rather be pleased. The jus was dark, rich and authentic but it also had some kind of woodend and/or umami flavor, which didn't do it for me. It maybe needed to be tangy-er.
Scoring:
- Bread - 4 of 5 - for its chewiness and good flavor
- Meat - 3 of 5 - the prime rib didn't really stand out at all
- Non-Meat Toppings - 0 of 5 - the horseradish cream made the sandwich unnecessarily greasy and caused it to lose any hope of tasting fresh
- Jus - 3 of 5 - for an attention to quality but the flavor in the end was not all that great
- Sandwich - 2 of 5 -
- Overall - 2 of 5 - wasn't a fan. The slow service, coupled with a sandwich that was pre-coated in a mayonnaise-like substance was not my cup o' tea
Conclusion:
Overall I give this sandwich and meal experience a 2 of 5 due to bad service and a French dip that seemed greasy. Next time I go I will A) get tots instead of the salad B) get the horseradish on the side and C) make sure that it comes out from the kitchen rapidly. I am not willing to settle for luke (warm? No, Skywalker, you inbred) jus.
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