It's been more than four years since we were last at Le Bistrot. Egads! 😮 But maybe it's two plus years if we subtract the Covid years which I'm not counting. Prices have gone up for the steaks! 😱 But we've confidence the food should still be enjoyable because we've had quite a bit of good eating here previously (un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze).
Bread's a smaller portion these days. They didn't even bring it out until we asked. In the past, it would have arrived pretty quickly after we've made our orders.
We were upsold their last potion of foie gras for the evening which they said was for sharing. Was kinda small for sharing when it arrived and I guess it was our fault that we didn't ask about how much it was before realizing that it was $48 when we got the bill. Overpriced? We thought so. The saving grace was that it was delicious, especially so with the heavily buttered toast and that rich......demi-glace?
Their garbure is an old favourite.
Dill scented vegetable soup with duck stock, bacon, croutons and our favourite rendition - the one with chicken dumpling.
We came for the lamb saddle today. Nicely done, full of meatiness and larger portioned than I imagined. That saltiness from anchoïade was just good pairing for the meat.
Side of crushed potatoes with olive oil and parsley. Nicely salted.
There's a coconut soufflé which we haven't seen on the menu before. I liked it. Especially so when it's piping hot with that browny nut butter thingy in the middle that added a richness into the coconut egginess. On the side was caramel butter cookie ice cream.
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