4.5 Le Bien Decide, 117 rue du Cherche Midi in the 6th, sits next to its mothership, Chez Dumonet (Josephine) which now has a vouturier, and bears the umistakable stamp of its owner and wine-supplier actor Gerald Depardieu.
It has a wall of bottles of Depardieu wines, his photos and metal portrait etchings are prominent and you have a sense he's hovering over it.
It has a limited but interesting sounding carte and I chose the terrine du chef (on the chalkboard given as de cochon) - against the marinated red peppers salad - and it was quite up to par with an added touch of raw mushroom slices along with the salad which was spoiled by brown ends on the frisees.
I then chose the lamb shoulder over the jarre, thinking that June 1st it'd still be spring lamb but it had mysteriously turned muttony and had chestnuts, surely not seasonal; but it was saved by a fabulous sauce, fine vegetables and one of the best crusts on bread I've had in a while.
Knowing I would be having some brie de something tonight I choose the chocolate mousse which was OK.
My bill with some of himself's reasonably priced wine, a coffee and no bottled water - was 52 E (but then of course I got some wine off the shelves at 50% off that makes the real bill look much higher).
Go? I'm afraid, despite the fact that I love the idea of bistros d'a cote, this is no Jeanne A. You want to love it, but the food was quite a disappointment.
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