You know those times on vacation when you just flew in, are in a super touristy part of town, haven’t eaten in about 12 hours and start to snap at each other?
And by snap at each other, I mean you start to fantasize about killing your entire family?
At times like that, you step into the nearest possible restaurant.
Even if no one else is in it, it looks like the inside of a Disneyland ride, and…
there is a giant laminated menu.
You could get a boring but impeccably fresh salad, with ham and potatoes.
Mussels Mariniere.
You could get these traditional mussels, steamed in white wine, lemon and onions. The shocking thing is how delicious this pot of mussels were – all sweet and juicy, with nary a grain of sand nor shriveled mussel among them. This was a better pot of mussels than many I have had in NYC.
Chevre Chaud Salad
You would do well to order the chevre chaud salad. This is one of my FAVORITE foods on the planet – a fresh green salad, served with toasts topped with creamy, grassy goat cheese, broiled until melting and bubbling. Cool lettuce, sharp vinaigrette and piquant goat cheese make for the perfect bite.
Tartiflette
Of cures, if you are the smartest one (as the mother always is), you will get the tartiflette. A dish popular in the French Alps, this is made with Reblechon cheese (Similar to the St. Marcellin), bacon, onions and potatoes. All sauteed and melted into a skillet. That’s right…melty cheese, salty bacon, sweet onions and tender potatoes.
If it gets better than that, you had better email me stat and let me know what I have been missing.
Bottom line – this was not the best meal in France, but it was still so good that I would make it my favorite restaurant if ti were in the States. How is it possible that every SINGLE restaurant in France, even the crappy ones, are better than our great ones?! This was incredibly cheap, and even though the service was totally horrendous, it was still a delicious lunch. And after a little tartiflette, I barely even wanted to kill my family anymore.
