I had my reservations with Au Pied de Cochon once I read the yelp! reviews.  Why, you might ask?  Well, when any restaurant has an army of cheerleaders behind it, it worries me.  While I do like a good recommendation, I often take a pause when I hear \""go here or else you will never be happy again!\""  Ok, I ad lib'd that part.\n\nIn regards to the restaurant, we found it quite nice, and the service friendly.  However, I must agree with another reviewer that the balance of the dishes was, well, missing.\n\nFor instance, the menu, by first impressions, does not leave one saying \""I have to have this, and this, and this.\""  While an attractive menu, one does not need a fatty Entree, a fatty main, and a fatty dessert.  \n\nWe did start with a course of foie gras.  While it was creamy, the taste was rather stale, and as such, we wasted about $10.00 worth because we would not eat it.  It wasn't spoiled, but it just wasn't good.\n\nWe moved on to the main courses, I had the duck in mushroom sauce.  It was almost as if the chef said \""no, I will not salt this dish, no matter how much it calls for salt.\""  It was, in a word, bland.  The duck itself was nice, but the flavors did not call out to me.\n\nFor dessert, I tried the poached pear, as it was the \""lightest\"" offering.  It was delicious, but not enough for me to remember my meal at apdc fondly. \n\nAlas, I came, I ate, and I'm not returning.