Le Cornichon in the 14th is a place a local turned us onto a few years ago in game season and we usually go then, but another denizen of the area needed to be near his home and office and so we found ourselves here again today. Someone said "you must reserve" and indeed, you must (today there were two office parties and with the other locals, the place was packed).
My companions quickly decided to have the soup with two types of mushrooms while I had sweetbreads of lamb toasted on the plancha with a host of vegetables; both perfect for a dank, dark day.
For mains we had the fish of the day - a perfectly cooked piece of rouget, duck bits with mushrooms and baby pork morsels with carrots.
I rarely have cheese, because our street is such a great source of such for dinner, but it called to me and was terrific; meanwhile our friend had an intriguing lemon tart, really a wafer and Colette had pineapple with a sorbet.
Our bill, with two bottles of wine and three coffees, was 185 E or 123.33 E a couple for a fine fine meal. Was it traditional bistro? No, bistronomique? Maybe, neobistro? Humm? I have difficulty with classifications. But in the end, who cares?
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