You can just look at those spaetzle and know this plate meant business... perfectly fluffy specimens ready to go swimming in that amazing deer ragout. Giant hunks of tender meat sashayed through the deep, red wine-soaked gravy... it was a stunner of a dish. Perfect fall offering. The only complaint would be that they did not grind up the spices (juniper berries, pepper corns, etc.) a bit more... but Mrs. C is a stickler about things like that.