7.0 La Gentiane (yes as in the ancient eau de vie), 4, rue Stanislas in the 6th, 01.45.48.11.39, (Metro: ND des Champs), closed weekends, is a little sister of the bistrot Marcel, a few steps away. It has a carte that is totally retro; their reputation is for the pot-au-feu,......thus.....but first......
Madame ordered the Montgolfiere of onions - "do you know what that means? a blimp of onions." But no it was actually onion soup in a croute, not bad although they'd added some strange spices. I had two starters, which I meant to be sequenced but they arrived almost simultaneously: chicken liver salad and carpaccio of pork belly with what they called pisto, but it was deconstructed. But both were quite good but definitely old school.
Then Madame, who had ordered their famous pot-au-feu, got it - Wow!, enough for her for the rest of the week: "No," he said, "my frig is full, it's yours." Yikes. Quite good though, that which I tasted.
We both had quite pleasant coffee which came with 2 liquored cherries (very old boy). dB=68.8
Our bill with a bottle of water and very decent bread, was 90 E for 2.
Go? If you're into the bistro cooking when your parents came to France yes, if you're into Astrance and Gagniare, forgeddabouddit!
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