Luckily, M Bistro satisfies our jones for exotic ingredients, and then some. Yes, they have foie gras paired with chocolate croquembouche and lavender gastrique while their snails are basil fed (yes, they really taste like fresh basil), topped with almond foam and meuniere sauce. And for slightly more timid souls, chef owner Matt McLinn's delightful, Mediterranean inspired menu includes plenty of classic entrees, such as roasted paella with seasonal shellfish and chorizo, cheap jerseys or ricotta gnocchi with Guinea hen and crispy artichokes. More than a year ago, when I first reviewed Fava Pot, chef owner Dina Daniel had not yet installed the oven necessary to bake aish baladi, the pillowy, whole wheat bread that's so essential to Egyptians they use the same word ("aish") to mean both "bread" and "life." If Fava Pot was good before the addition of aish baladi back when the place still served lifeless, third party chips it's at least two times